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
-An error occurred when trying to access control data on the
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
bNo picture appears on the viewfinder.
- Pull out the viewfinder until it clicks to activate the viewfinder (028).
bViewfinder picture is blurred.
- Adjust the viewfinder with the dioptric adjustment lever (028).
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