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Message

Cause/condition for

Troubleshooting

message to appear

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disc error has occurred.

Appears when a DVD-RAM disc

Choose “YES” and designate it to

Format the disc now?

initialized on PC, etc., or a card whose

initialize the DVD-RAM disc

YES

NO

initialization was suspended before, is

(deleting all recorded data).

 

 

loaded.

 

Disc error has occurred.

Appears when the disc could not be

Clean the disc, or replace it.

Formatting is not complete.

normally formatted because it was dirty.

[Refer to page 4-11]

 

 

Also appears when a warped or distorted

Replace the disc.

 

 

disc was loaded, or a logically damaged

 

 

 

disc whose formatting was suspended is

 

 

 

loaded.

 

Disc error has occurred.

Appears if a problem has occurred during

Exit the Disc Navigation function and

Keep disc inside & restart.

editing of video file.

set the power switch to “POWER

 

 

 

OFF” with the disc loaded; then

 

 

 

reconnect the AC adapter/charger

 

 

 

and set the power switch to “VIDEO”

 

 

 

or “PHOTO (disc)”. (The DVD video

 

 

 

camera/recorder will automatically

 

 

 

repair the video file.)

Disc full.

 

Appears if the recording capacity of disc

Delete unnecessary scenes, or replace

Cannot execute.

has reached the limit during editing of

the disc.

 

 

video file.

 

Disc has no data.

Appears when the MANU button or

Operate the DVD video camera/

 

 

playback button was pressed with no

recorder after the message

 

 

scene recorded.

disappears.

Disc has no PlayList.

Appears if switching of play list is

Operate the DVD video camera/

 

 

selected with no play list registered.

recorder after the message

 

 

 

disappears.

Disc includes protected

Appears if the loaded disc has a program

Release the write-protect using the

scenes.

 

(scene) that is write-protected by the

device that has the software write-

Delete scenes?

software write-protect function, which is

protect function for program units, or

YES

NO

effective in program units. Although the

choose “YES” and designate it to

 

 

DVD video camera/recorder is equipped

delete the scenes.

 

 

with a software disc-protect function that

 

 

 

is effective for disc units, it does not

 

 

 

comply with software write-protect for

 

 

 

program units. (The DVD Forum defines

 

 

 

two types of software protect for DVD-

 

 

 

RAM disc: disc units and program units.)

 

 

 

 

 

Disc is full.

 

Appears if the number of scenes on play

Delete any unnecessary scenes, or

Cannot add control info.

list exceeds the upper limit (999) while

combine several scenes, and then

 

 

control information is being added.

operate the DVD video camera/

 

 

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recorder.

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