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Focus is not correct.

Is it difficult to use auto focus with your subject?

 

 

 

 

Focus manually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does manual focus icon appear?

 

 

 

 

The DVD video camera/recorder is set to manual focus. Focus

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the subject manually, or release manual focus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the dioptre control correctly adjusted if you are using the

 

 

 

 

viewfinder as a monitor?

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Adjust the dioptre control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In cases other than the above, set the power switch to “OFF”, and

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then set it to “HDD”, “DVD” or “SD” again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An error message for

Perform repair following the instructions on screen.

 

 

 

repair appears.

Repair is possible when the DVD video camera/recorder is powered

 

 

 

 

by the AC adapter/charger. If you are using the HDD and have

 

 

 

 

detected an error in part of video file, a battery can also be used for

 

 

 

 

repair (if the remaining battery level indicator shows more than half

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level).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It will take from a few minutes to several hours for repair. If you

 

 

 

 

wish to start recording immediately, remove the disc, and then

 

 

 

 

insert another disc: The removed disc can later be repaired by

 

 

 

 

connecting the AC adapter/charger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If during recording light

This is not a fault.

 

 

 

(sunlight, etc.) enters

Adjust the angle of the DVD video camera/recorder so that sunlight,

 

 

 

the DVD video camera/

etc. does not enter.

 

 

 

recorder through the

Putting a protective hand over the lens may improve the ghosts.

 

 

lens from above, ghosts

 

 

 

 

may occur in the

 

 

 

 

recorded image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During playback

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Cause and Correction

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Recognition of disc is

Is disc dirty?

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not complete.

Use the provided disc cleaning cloth to clean it.

 

 

 

 

Pressing the playback

Has the image been recorded by devices other than this DVD

 

button will not start

video camera/recorder?

 

playback.

Playback of image recorded on devices other than this DVD video

 

 

camera/recorder may be impossible on this DVD video camera/

 

 

recorder.

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Has scene been edited on a device other than this DVD video

 

 

 

camera/recorder?

 

 

If a scene recorded on this DVD video camera/recorder is edited

 

 

on a device other than this DVD video camera/recorder, playback

 

 

may not be possible on this DVD video camera/recorder.

 

 

 

 

No playback picture

Is TV input selector set correctly?

 

appears on TV screen.

Some TVs have multiple video input jacks. Check whether the

 

 

correct input was selected on TV to match the connected jacks. If

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the DVD video camera/recorder is connected to VCR, set its

 

 

input selector to “external input (LINE)”.

 

 

 

 

 

Is the DVD video camera/recorder connected to TV correctly?

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Check the connections.

 

 

 

 

 

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Hitachi DZ-HS500SW 147, During playback, DVD video camera Etc. does not enter Recorder through, Check the connections