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TROUBLESHOOTING In Case of Difficulty
Symptoms Troubles, Checks and Remedial Actions
Power cannot be switched ON. • Is power supply connected properly?
• Is battery pack charged?
• Was the power turned ON immediately after being turned OFF?
Wait at least 5 seconds before turning the power ON again once
it has been turned OFF.
Operation buttons on the • Is the cassette cover open?
GY-DV300 fail to work. The GY-DV300 remains inoperative as long as the cassette door
is open.
• Is a tape inserted?
Recording is not possible. • Is the switch on cassette set to “REC”? If it is set to “SAVE”, set
it to REC.
• Is the MODE switch set to “CAM-A” or “CAM-B”? If set to “VTR”,
shooting is not possible.
The camera image does not • Is the MODE switch set to “CAM-A” or “CAM-B”? If set to “VTR”,
appear on the LCD screen or in the camera image is not output.
the viewfinder.
Image on the LCD screen or the • Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen or viewfinder screen.
viewfinder screen looks dark or • Check if the ND filter switch is set to “ON”.
unclear. • Is the iris closed?
• Is the shutter speed setting too fast?
Manual adjustments, such as • Is the shooting mode the AUTO mode?
adjustment of shutter speed, gain, • Is AE mode ON?
iris, etc. not possible. To enable manual adjustments, set the AE item on the
OPERATION menu screen to OFF.
Camera-shake compensation • Is the OIS item on the OPERATION menu screen set to OFF?
does not work. Set to ON to activate the camera-shake compensation function.
The sound from the built-in • Is the MIC1 INPUT SEL item on the SYSTEM [1/2] menu screen
microphone is not input. set to XLR?
To use the built-in microphone, set to INT.
The sound from the microphone • Is the MIC1 INPUT SEL item on the SYSTEM [1/2] menu screen
connected to the MIC 1 input set to INT?
connector is not input. To use the microphone connected to the MIC 1 input connector,
set to XLR.
Noise interferes with playback • Video head may be clogged with dirt.
video. Clean head with the special head cleaning tape.
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Noise appears when playing back • When a tape recorded on another unit is played back or used
a tape recorded on another unit. for recording, this phenomenon may occur due to tracking errors.
The transient section between
scenes recorded on other units
and those recorded on the
GY-DV300 may appear disturbed.
Sound is not heard from the built- • Sound is not output from the built-in speaker in the recording
in speaker in the recording mode. mode. The built-in speaker outputs the playback sound.
No sound during playback. • Is the PB AUDIO SEL item on the VTR menu screen set to
CH3/4?
To output the sound recorded during shooting, set to CH1/CH2.