Trouble Checks
Trouble | Checks and Adjustments |
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Bright, crystal- | • Sunlight is directly entering the lens. |
shaped spots appear |
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in viewfinder or on |
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LCD monitor |
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Colored bright spots | • Black spots or bright spots of light (red, green, or blue) |
appear on LCD | might appear on the LCD monitor. These spots are not |
monitor | recorded on the tape and are not due to a defect in the unit. |
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Back of LCD | • The light used to illuminate the LCD monitor causes it to |
monitor is hot | be hot. Close the LCD monitor and turn off the camcorder |
| to let it cool down. |
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Rechargeable | • If battery has not been used for some time, completely |
battery runs down | drain the battery’s power and recharge it. |
sooner than | • Battery run times are measured when the camcorder is |
expected | recording continuously. You can check your battery by first |
| fully charging it and then aiming the camcorder at a clock |
| and recording the picture of the clock. When the recording |
| stops, play the last recorded section and note the clock |
| time. A |
| of recording time. In practical use, you might not be able |
| to record for the full time because the camera uses battery |
| power when it is waiting between recordings (record- |
| pause) and zooming. |
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