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Others
Troubleshooting
Symptom Action
Power does not turn on. ●
Is the AC adapter properly connected?
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Is the battery charged?
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Is the power turned on immediately after it is turned off? Make sure to wait for an
interval of at least 5 seconds before turning on the power again.
Unable to start recording. ●
Is the record button lock switch on the handle turned on?
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Is the write-protect switch of the SDHC card turned on? Make sure that the write-
protect switch is turned off. (
A
Page 33)
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Is the camera recorder set to the Camera mode? (Operation mode indicator:
Lights up in blue/purple) If the operation mode indicator lights up in another color,
camera images are not output. Use the [CAM/MEDIA] selection button to switch
to the Camera mode. (
A
Page 7)
Camera image is not output on the LCD
monitor and viewfinder screens.
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Is the camera recorder set to the Camera mode? (Operation mode indicator:
Lights up in blue/purple) If the operation mode indicator lights up in another color,
camera images are not output. Use the [CAM/MEDIA] selection button to switch
to the Camera mode. (
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Page 7)
Images on the LCD monitor and
viewfinder screens appear dark or
blurred.
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Readjust the brightness of the LCD monitor screen and viewfinder.
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Is the [ND FILTER] switch set to [1/16]?
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Is the iris closed?
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Is the shutter speed setting too high?
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Check the connection of the viewfinder cable.
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Is the amount of peaking too little? Use the [LCD PEAKING +/-] button to adjust
the contour for the LCD monitor screen and the [VF PEAKING] knob for the
viewfinder screen. (
A
Page 28)
Playback does not start after selecting a
clip thumbnail and pressing the Set
button.
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Is the selected clip a playable clip? Playback is not possible if the clip has a
different video format setting.
HD/DV signals cannot be input. ●
Is the camera recorder set to the IEEE1394 Input mode? (Operation mode
indicator: Lights up in orange)
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Is the [HD/DV] IEEE1394 terminal mode switch correctly set?
No sound during playback. ●
Is the currently played clip recorded in the Variable Frame REC mode?
(
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Page 56)
The [CH1/CH2 AUDIO LEVEL] adjustment
knob does not work.
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Is the [CH1/CH2 AUDIO SELECT] switch set to
A
AUTO
B
?
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Is the [FULL AUTO] switch set to
A
ON
B
?
SDHC card cannot be initialized
(formatted).
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Is the write-protect switch of the SDHC card turned on? Make sure that the write-
protect switch is turned off. (
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Page 33)
Battery alarm appears even after loading
a charged battery.
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Is the battery too old?
The time code and user’s bit are not
displayed.
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The time code and user's bit are not displayed in IEEE1394 input mode.
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Even in Camera mode or SD Card mode, the time code and user's bit may not be
displayed depending to the type of status display.
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Is [TC/UB] of [Status Display...] in the [LCD/VF] menu set to
A
Off
B
? To display the
time code and user’s bit, set it to
A
On
B
. (
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Page 85)