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Troubleshooting
(High temperature warning)
Slow flashing
• The temperature of your camcorder is
getting higher. Turn off your camcorder
and leave it for a while in a cool place.
Fast flashing*
• The temperature of your camcorder is
extremely high. Turn off your camcorder
and leave it for a while in a cool place.
(Warning indicator pertaining to
“Memory Stick Duo”)
• No “Memory Stick Duo” is inserted
(p. 29).
(Warning indicators pertaining to
“Memory Stick Duo” formatting)*
• The “Memory Stick Duo” is damaged.
• The “Memory Stick Duo” is not formatted
correctly (p. 63, 107).
(Warning indicator pertaining to
incompatible “Memory Stick Duo”)*
• An incompatible “Memory Stick Duo” is
inserted (p. 63, 107).
- (Warning indicator pertaining
to the write-protect of the “Memory
Stick Duo”)*
• The write-protect tab on the “Memory
Stick Duo” is set to lock (p. 107).
• Access to the “Memory Stick Duo” was
restricted on another device.
(Warning indicator pertaining to
the flash)
Fast flashing
• There is something wrong with the flash.
(Warning indicator pertaining to
camera-shake warning)
• The amount of lights is not sufficient, so
camera-shake easily occurs. Use the flash.
• The camcorder is unsteady, so camera-
shake easily occurs. Hold the camcorder
steady with both hands and shoot the
image. However, note that the camera-
shake warning indicator does not
disappear.
* You hear a melody when the warning indicators
appear on the screen (p. 75).
If messages appear on the screen, follow the
instructions.
x Disc
Z Recording on disc disabled.
• A malfunction has occurred with the disc
and the disc cannot be used.
Playback prohibited.
• You are trying to play back an
incompatible disc with your camcorder.
• You are trying to play back an image
recorded with a copyright protection
signal.
Z Need to unfinalize disc.
• To record on the finalized DVD+RW/
DVD-RW (VIDEO mode in the case of SD
(standard definition) image quality),
unfinalize it (p. 64).
Z Disc error. Remove disc.
• Your camcorder cannot recognize the disc,
because the disc is incompatible, has
scratches.
Z Disc error. Unsupported
format.
• The disc recorded in the different format
code from your camcorder. Formatting the
Examples of warning messages
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