Canon XG A1 Playback, Recording, About the LCD screen, Memory Card Operations

Recording

Problem

Cause

Solution

A vertical light bar appears on the

Bright light in a dark scene may

Record in the Av mode with F5.6–

screen.

cause a vertical light bar (smear) to

F8.0.

appear. This is not a malfunction.

Viewfinder picture is blurred.

Viewfinder is not adjusted.

Adjust the viewfinder with the

dioptric adjustment lever.

Audio is not recorded.

The input channel selection switch is

Set the input channel selection

not set to the correct position.

switch to the correct position.

Even though you are using the built-

Set [XLR INPUT] to [OFF].

in microphone, [XLR INPUT] is set to

[ON

XLR].

Microphone connected to the XLR

Set the

switch to ON.

terminal needs to be powered by the

phantom power.

Audio is recorded in a very low

The AUDIO LEVEL switch is set to

Adjust the audio level correctly.

level.

M, and recording level is set too low.

Microphone attenuator is turned on.

Set the MIC ATT. switch or the

switch to OFF.

Playback

Problem		Cause	Solution



Pressing the playback button does	Camcorder is turned off, or is not set		Set the camcorder to	91
not start playback.	to	mode.	mode.
	Cassette is not loaded.		Load a cassette.	21
Tape is running, but image will not	Video heads are dirty.		Clean the video heads.	144
appear on the TV screen.	You attempted to play back or dub a		Stop playback/dubbing.		–
	copyright protected tape.
	The video output cable is not		Verify that the video cable is		–
	connected correctly.		connected properly.
While playing back a tape recorded	Video heads are dirty.		Clean the video heads with a dry	144
in HDV standard there are brief			cleaning cassette.
stops in the playback picture.

Memory Card Operations

Problem

Cause

Solution

Memory card cannot be inserted.

Memory card was not facing the

Turn the memory card over and

correct direction.

reinsert it.

Memory card cannot be recorded.

No memory card.

Insert a memory card.

Memory card is full.

Replace the memory card or erase

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images.

Memory card is not initialized.

Initialize the memory card.

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The folder and file numbers have

Set [FILE NOS.] to [RESET] and

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reached their maximum value.

insert a new memory card.

Memory card cannot be played

The

dial or

(card/

Set the

dial to VCR/PLAY

back.

tape) switch are not set to the correct

and the

(card/tape) switch to

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position.

Image cannot be erased.

Image is protected.

Cancel the protection.

On an SDHC or SD memory card, the

Change the position of the write-

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write-protect switch is set to the

protect switch on the memory card

locked position.

to unlock it.

“

” flashes red.

Card error occurred.

Turn off the camcorder. Remove and

reinsert the memory card. Initialize

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the memory card if flashing persists.

About the LCD screen

The LCD screen is produced with extremely high-precision manufacturing techniques, with more than 99.99% of the pixels operating to specification. Less than 0.01% of the pixels may occasionally misfire or appear as black, red, green or blue dots. This has no effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a malfunction.

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