During recording

Symptom

Cause and Correction

Reference

page

 

 

Pressing the REC button

Is input image copy-guarded?

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will not start recording.

Is the disc write-protected or the card locked?

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Recording starts but

Is disc scratched or does dirt or fingerprint adhere to it?

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stops immediately.

Clean the disc. If there is still no improvement, replace the disc.

 

 

 

 

 

Is some other AV device directly connected to the video/audio input/

 

 

output jack of this DVD video camera/recorder?

 

 

If the AV device is connected via several other devices, such as AV

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selector, the video signal may not be transmitted incorrectly. In such

 

 

 

a case, reduce the number of devices through which the video signal

 

 

is transmitted, or connect AV device directly.

 

 

 

 

 

Are you attempting to record image from video game or PC?

 

 

From some video games or PCs, image cannot be recorded on this

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DVD video camera/recorder.

 

 

 

 

LCD screen is hard to

Has brightness of LCD screen been adjusted?

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see.

Stop recording and adjust the brightness.

 

 

 

 

 

Is the DVD video camera/recorder being used outdoors?

 

 

Use the viewfinder. When using LCD monitor, adjust its angle so that

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LCD screen is not exposed to direct sunlight.

 

 

 

 

Focus is not correct.

Is it difficult to use auto focus with your subject?

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Focus manually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does “MF” appear?

 

 

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

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subject manually, or release manual focus.

 

 

 

 

 

Is the diopter control correctly adjusted if you are using the

 

 

viewfinder as a monitor?

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Adjust the diopter control.

 

 

 

 

 

In cases other than the above, set the power switch to “POWER

 

 

OFF”, and then set it to “ OVIDEO”, “ NPHOTO” or “ PPHOTO”

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again.

 

 

 

 

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