Note:

E• Some subjects are not suitable for autofocus. In these situations, you will often get better results

using manual focus ( 79). Focus on something which is about the same distance away, lock the focus, and then point the camcorder at your original, hard-to-focus subject.

Horizontal stripes

Many subjects at

Behind glass

Without much contrast

 

different distances

 

(e.g. a white wall)

Reflective surfaces (e.g.

Fast moving objects

Dark subjects

Night scenes

shiny car surfaces)

 

 

 

Additional

Information

Recording/Playback (Cont.)

Problem

Cause and/or what to do about it

?Some/all of the digital effects do not • There are a number of restrictions on using the

work.

digital effects. (

 

62).

 

? The e (play) button does not work.

• The camcorder is not set to TAPE PLAY (VCR)

 

mode (

 

87).

 

 

 

 

 

• The cassette is not loaded (

 

18).

 

 

 

• The cassette has reached the end.

?There is a bright stripe on the screen. • When recording in dark places a bright light in the scene may cause a vertical light bar (“smear”) to appear. This is a normal feature of

 

camcorders.

? The playback picture is rough (with

• The video heads need cleaning ( 141).

mosaic-like noise).

 

?There is no picture on the TV screen. • AV \ DV OUT (Analog-digital converter) is not

set to OFF in the menu ( 103).

? There is no picture on the TV screen,

• The video heads need cleaning (

 

141).

 

even though the tape is moving.

• The TV/VIDEO selector on the TV is not set to

? There is no sound coming from the

VIDEO (

 

95-96).

 

 

 

• The speaker has been turned off with the

speaker during playback.

selector dial (

 

89).

 

 

 

 

• Headphones are being used.

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