Symptom

Cause and Correction

Reference

page

 

 

Power turns off

Is the battery charged?

 

immediately after

Charge it.

 

being turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

When power is

 

 

turned on, the LCD

 

 

screen will turn on

 

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and off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ACCESS/PC

 

 

indicator is flashing,

 

 

even though nothing

 

 

is displayed on the

 

 

LCD monitor screen.

 

 

 

 

 

Power goes off

Is Power Save set to “On”?

 

unexpectedly.

If the camcorder is on battery power and set to “Power

 

 

Save: On”, and is left for up to 5 minutes (default setting)

 

 

without being operated, it will automatically turn off to

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save battery power. To restart recording, turn the power

 

 

off and then turn it on again. You can also specify “Power

 

 

Save: Off” to stop automatic power off.

 

 

 

 

 

Is the camcorder set to the sleep mode? If 30 minutes or

 

 

more has elapsed with the camcorder in the sleep mode, it

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will automatically turn off. Set the power switch to

 

 

 

“OFF”, and then turn it on again.

 

 

 

 

Power cannot be

Detach the battery pack or disconnect the AC adapter/

 

turned off.

charger, then press RESET. And then, turn on the power

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again.

 

 

 

 

Even if the

The camcorder will automatically turn on to recognize a

 

camcorder is off,

disc. Closing the cover will automatically turn the

 

opening the cover

camcorder off again.

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will cause the

 

 

 

ACCESS/PC

 

 

indicator to flash.

 

 

 

 

 

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DZ-HS903A, DZ-HS803A specifications

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