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The cassette cannot be removed.
• Does the power lamp comes on when opening the
cassette cover? (pp. 13~14) Make sure that the
battery and the AC adaptor are properly connected.
(pp. 11~12)
• Is the battery in use discharged? Charge the
battery and remove the cassette.
• Close the cassette cover completely, and fully open
it again. (pp. 13~14)
No operation other than cassette removal can
be performed.
• Has condensation occurred? Wait until the
condensation indication disappears. (p. 55)
Recording
Recording does not start although power is
supplied to the Camcorder and the cassette is
correctly inserted.
• Is the accidental erasure prevention slider on
the cassette open? If it is open (set to [SAVE]),
recording cannot be performed. (p. 14)
• Is the tape wound to the end? Insert a new
cassette.
• Is the Recording Mode set? When in the Playback
Mode, recording cannot be performed. (p. 22)
• Has condensation occurred? No operation other
than cassette removal can be performed when
condensation occurs. Wait until the condensation
indication disappears. (p. 55)
• Is the cassette cover open? If the cover is open,
the Camcorder may not operate normally. Close
the cassette cover. (pp. 13~14)
The screen has changed suddenly.
• Has the demonstration started? In the Tape
Recording mode, if you set [ DEMO MODE]
>> [ON] without inserting a cassette or a card,
the demonstration starts. For normal use, set this
function to [OFF]. (p. 19)
A cassette cannot be inserted.
• Has condensation occurred? Wait until the
condensation indication disappears.
Auto focus function does not work.
• Is manual focus mode selected? If auto focus mode
is selected, focus is automatically adjusted.
• There are some recording subjects and
surroundings for which the auto focus does not
operate correctly. (p. 60) If so, use the manual
focus mode to adjust the focus. (p. 31)
• Is the MagicPix function set? When the MagicPix
function is working, focusing shifts into the manual
mode.
Indications
A sentence is displayed in red or yellow in the
screen center.
• Read the contents and respond to them.
(pp. 49~50)
The remaining tape time indication
disappears.
• The remaining tape time indication may disappear
temporarily during Still Advance Playback or other
operation. If you continue ordinary recording or
playback, the indication is restored.
The remaining tape time Indication does not
match the actual remaining tape time.
• If scenes of less than 15 seconds are continuously
recorded, the remaining tape time cannot be
correctly displayed.
• In some cases, the remaining tape time indication
may show remaining tape time that is 2 to
3 minutes shorter than the actual remaining tape
time.
A function indication such as mode indication,
remaining tape time indication, or time code
indication is not shown.
• If you set [ SETUP] >> [ DISPLAY] >> [OFF],
indications other than the tape running condition,
warning, and date indications disappear.
Playback (Sound)
Sound is not played back from the built-in
speaker of the Camcorder.
• Is the volume too low? During playback, push the
[– / VOL +] lever to display the volume indication
and adjust it. (p. 32)
Different sounds are reproduced at the same
time.
• Have you set [ SETUP] >> [ 12bit AUDIO] >>
[MIX]? If you set [ AUDIO REC] >> [12bit] and
dub audio to a recorded tape, you can hear the
sound on recording and the sound dubbed at a
later time. To hear the sounds separately, set to
[ST1] or [ST2]. (p. 19)
• Have you set [ SETUP] >> [ AUDIO OUT] >>
[STEREO] and reproduced a picture containing the
main sound and sub sound? Set to [L] to hear main
sound, and set to [R] to hear the sub sound. (p. 53)
Playback (Pictures)
Mosaic-pattern noise appears on images
during cue or review playback.
• This phenomenon is characteristic of digital video
systems. It is not a malfunction.
Horizontal stripes appear on images during
cue and review playback.
• Horizontal stripes may appear depending on the
scene, but this is not a malfunction.