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“ ” flashes red on the | The camcorder | Consult a Canon Service | – | |||
screen. | malfunctions. | Centre. |
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Image will not appear | Camcorder is not set to | Set the camcorder to | 21 | |||
on the screen. | CAMERA mode. | CAMERA mode. |
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“SET THE TIME ZONE, | Time zone, date and time | Set the time zone, date and | 18 | |||
DATE AND TIME” | are not set, or the backup | time, or replace the backup |
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appears on the screen. | battery is exhausted. | battery and reset the date |
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| and time. |
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Pressing the start/stop | Camcorder is turned off. | Turn on the power. | 21 | |||
button will not start |
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Cassette is not loaded. | Load a cassette. | 14 | ||||
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Tape reached the end | Rewind the tape or replace | 14 | ||||
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| (“b | ” flashes on the | the cassette. |
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| screen). |
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| Cassette is protected (“v” | Change the position of the | 149 | |||
| flashes on the screen). | protect switch. |
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| Camcorder is set to a mode | Set the camcorder to | 21 | |||
| other than the CAMERA mode. | CAMERA mode. |
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Camcorder will not | Autofocus does not work on | Focus manually. | 51 | |||
focus. | that subject. |
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| Viewfinder is not adjusted. | Adjust the viewfinder with | 16 | |||
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| the dioptric adjustment lever. |
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| Lens is dirty. | Clean the lens. | 146 | |||
A vertical light bar | Bright light in a dark scene |
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appears on the screen. | may cause a vertical light | – – – |
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| bar (smear) to appear. This is |
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| not a malfunction. |
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Viewfinder picture is | Viewfinder is not adjusted. | Adjust the viewfinder with | 16 | |||
blurred. |
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| the dioptric adjustment lever. |
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Sound is distorted. | When recording near loud | Sound may be recorded | 59 | |||
| sounds (such as fireworks, | properly when you set [MIC | 60 | |||
| drums or concerts), sound | ATT] to [ON] in the menu, or |
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| may become distorted. | when you adjust the audio |
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| recording level manually. |
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Sound is recorded in a | When recording near loud | Sound may be recorded | 59 | |||
lower level than the | sounds (such as fireworks, | properly when you adjust the |
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actual level. | drums or concerts), sound | audio recording level |
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| may be recorded not in the | manually. |
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| actual sound level. |
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| [MIC ATT] is set to [ON] in | Set [MIC ATT] to [OFF] in the | 60 | |||
| the menu. | menu. |
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