Canon XH A1S, XH G1S instruction manual Playback, Memory Card Operations, About the LCD screen, 146

Recording

Problem		Cause		Solution
A vertical light bar appears on the screen.	Bright light in a dark scene may cause a		Record in Av mode with an aperture value		61
	vertical light bar (smear) to appear. This is		in the range F5.6–F8.0.
	not a malfunction.
Viewfinder picture is blurred.	Viewfinder is not adjusted.		Adjust the viewfinder with the dioptric		19
			adjustment lever.
Audio is not recorded.	The input channel is not set correctly.		Set the appropriate input channel.		51
	Microphone connected to the XLR terminal		Set the	switch to ON.	51
	needs to be powered by the phantom power.
Audio is recorded in a very low level.	The	switch is set to M, and	Adjust the audio level correctly.		51
	recording level is set too low.
	Microphone attenuator is turned on.		Set the FRONT MIC ATT. switch or the		51
				switch to OFF.

Playback

Problem

Cause

Solution

Pressing the playback button does not	Camcorder is turned off, or is not set to	Set the camcorder to	mode.	107
start playback.	mode.
	Cassette is not loaded.	Load a cassette.		25
Tape is running, but image will not appear	Video heads are dirty.	Clean the video heads.		143
on the TV screen.
	You attempted to play back or dub a	Stop playback/dubbing.		–
	copyright protected tape.
	The video output cable is not connected	Verify that the video cable is connected		–
	correctly.	properly.
While playing back a tape recorded in HDV	Video heads are dirty.	Clean the video heads with a dry cleaning		143
standard there are brief stops in the		cassette.
playback picture.

Memory Card Operations

Problem

Cause

Solution

Memory card cannot be inserted.	Memory card was not facing the correct				Turn the memory card over and try				26
	direction.				inserting it again.
Memory card cannot be recorded.	No memory card.				Insert a memory card.				26
	Memory card is full.				Replace the memory card or erase images.				122
	Memory card is not initialized.				Initialize the memory card.				124
	The folder and file numbers have reached				Set [FILE NOS.] to [RESET] and insert a new				113
	their maximum value.				memory card.
Memory card cannot be played back.	The	dial or	/	(card/tape)	Set the		dial to VCR/PLAY and the		120
	switch are not set to the correct position.					/	(card/tape) switch to	.
Image cannot be erased.	Image is protected.				Cancel the protection.				123
	On an SDHC or SD memory card, the write-				Change the position of the write-protect				142
	protect switch is set to the locked position.				switch on the memory card to unlock it.
flashes red.	Card error occurred.				Turn off the camcorder. Remove and
					reinsert the memory card. Initialize the				124
					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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