The red ON/OFF (CHG) indicator flashes very slowly ( one flash at 2- second intervals).

- The temperature of the battery pack is outside the charging range. If the battery pack’s temperature is below 0 °C (32 °F), warm it before charging it; if it is above 40 °C (104 °F), let the battery pack cool down before charging it.

-Charge the battery pack in temperatures between 0 °C and 40 °C (32 °F and 104 °F).

-The battery pack is damaged. Use a different battery pack.

oappears on the screen

-The LOCK switch on the Eye-Fi card is set to prevent accidental erasure. Change the position of the LOCK switch.

-An error occurred when trying to access control data on the Eye-Fi card. Turn the camcorder off then on again. If the icon appears often, there might be a problem with the Eye-Fi card. Contact the card manufacturer’s customer care.

Picture and Sound

The screen appears too dark.

-The LCD screen was dimmed. Hold hpressed down for 2 seconds to restore the LCD screen to its previous brightness setting.

Screen displays turn on and off repeatedly.

-The battery pack is exhausted. Replace or charge the battery pack.

-Remove the battery pack and reattach it correctly.

Abnormal characters appear on the screen and the camcorder does not operate properly.

-Disconnect the power source and reconnect it after a short time. If the problem still persists, use the 68[Reset All] menu option to reset all the camcorder’s settings to default val- ues.

Video noise appears on screen.

-Keep a distance between the camcorder and devices that emit strong electromagnetic fields (plasma TVs, cellular phones, etc.).

Horizontal bands appear on the screen.

-This is a phenomenon typical of CMOS image sensors when recording under some types of fluorescent, mercury or sodium lamps. To reduce the symptoms, set the recording program to [Programmed AE] or [Shutter-Pri. AE] (070). This is not a malfunction.

Noise can be heard along with the recorded sound

-When recording sound with an external microphone, the interference caused by wireless communications may be picked up and recorded as noise. We recommend turning off the wireless communication while recording (0146).

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