Recording

Recording

Problem

Cause

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image will not appear

Camcorder is not set to

Set the camcorder to

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on the screen.

CAMERA mode.

CAMERA mode.

 

 

“SET THE TIME ZONE,

Time zone, date and time

Set the time zone, date and

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DATE AND TIME”

are not set, or the backup

time, or replace the backup

 

 

appears on the screen.

battery is exhausted.

battery and reset the date

 

 

 

 

and time.

 

 

Pressing the start/stop

Camcorder is turned off.

Turn on the power.

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button will not start

 

 

 

 

Cassette is not loaded.

Load a cassette.

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recording.

Tape reached the end (bEND

Rewind the tape or replace

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flashes on the screen).

the cassette.

 

 

 

Cassette is protected (v

Replace the tape or change

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flashes on the screen).

the position of the protect

 

 

 

 

switch.

 

 

 

Camcorder is set to a mode

Set the camcorder to

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other than the CAMERA mode.

CAMERA mode.

 

 

Camcorder will not

Autofocus does not work on

Focus manually.

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focus.

that subject.

 

 

 

 

Viewfinder is not adjusted.

Adjust the viewfinder with

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the dioptric adjustment

 

 

 

 

lever.

 

 

 

Lens is dirty.

Clean the lens.

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A vertical light bar

Bright light in a dark scene

 

appears on the screen.

may cause a vertical light

– – –

 

 

 

bar (smear) to appear. This is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not a malfunction.

 

 

 

Sound is distorted or

When recording near loud

 

recorded in a lower

sound (such as fireworks,

 

 

 

volume than the actual

drums or concerts), sound

– – –

 

 

volume.

may become distorted or

 

 

 

may not be recorded in the

 

 

 

 

actual sound level. This is

 

 

 

 

not a malfunction.

 

 

 

Viewfinder picture is

Viewfinder is not adjusted.

Adjust the viewfinder with

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blurred.

 

the dioptric adjustment

 

 

 

 

lever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E other than the CAMERA mode.

Information

Additional

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Canon 65, 60 instruction manual Recording, other than the CAMERA mode