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 [Reset All] menu option to reset all the camcorder’s settings to default values.

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. This is not a malfunction. To reduce the symptoms,

change the [Flicker Reduction] setting.

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 ( 139).

Sound is distorted or is recorded at lower levels.

-When recording near loud sounds (such as fireworks, shows or concerts), sound may become distorted or it may not be recorded at the actual levels. Activate the microphone attenuator

( 135) or adjust the audio recording level manually ( 68).

The picture is displayed correctly but there is no sound from the built-in speaker.

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Speaker volume is turned off. Adjust the volume.

 

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If the STV-250N Stereo Video able is connected to the camcorder, disconnect it.

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The AV OUT/

terminal is set to headphone output. Set

[AV/Headphones] to [AV].

Memory Card and Accessories

Cannot insert the memory card.

-The memory card was not facing the correct direction. Turn the memory card over and insert it.

Cannot record on the memory card.

-The memory card is full. Delete some recordings ( 53, 90) to free some space or replace the memory card.

-Initialize the memory card ( 38) when you use it with the camcorder for the first time.

-The LOCK switch on the memory card is set to prevent accidental erasure. Change the posi- tion of the LOCK switch.

-A compatible memory card must be used to be able to record movies on a memory card

( 35).

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