Canon ZR20 instruction manual Shiny car

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Note:

•Some subjects are not suitable for autofocus. In these situations, you will often get better results using manual focus ( 66). Focus on something which is about the same distance away, lock the focus, and then point the camcorder at your original, hard-to-focus subject.

Horizontal stripes Many subjects at	Behind glass	Without much
different distances		contrast (e.g. a
		white wall)

Reflective surfaces	Fast moving	Dark subjects	Night scenes
(e.g. shiny car	objects
surfaces)

Recording/Playback (Cont.)

Problem

? Some/all of the digital effects don’t work.

? The e (play) button doesn’t work.

? There’s a bright stripe on the

Additional Information screen.

?The playback picture is rough (with mosaic-like noise).

?There’s no picture on the TV screen, even though the tape is moving.

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Cause and/or what to do about it

•There are a number of restrictions on using the digital effects. ( 54-58).

•The camcorder is not set to PLAY (VCR) mode ( 26).

•The cassette is not loaded ( 16).

•The cassette has reached the end.

•When recording in dark places a bright light in the scene may cause a vertical light bar (“smear”) to appear. This is a normal feature of camcorders.

•The video heads need cleaning ( 95).

•The video heads need cleaning ( 95).

•The TV/VIDEO selector on the TV isn’t set to VIDEO ( 31-32).