General Maintenance | - 51 - |
Picture bends at the top of the TV screen
Date search function does not operate
§TV receiver is of older type. It needs to be modified to work properly with camcorder.
§Tape is damaged. Try another cassette.
§Color of your TV screen is too bright, too faint or change
§TV set has VIR circuit. Turn it off during playback
§Slide the CAM/OFF VIDEO switch to VIDEO. Insert the clock battery, set the date and time, and then start recording.
§Do not remove the clock battery after recording.
§Do not eject the recorded cassette. Leave it in the camcorder.
BATTERY CONDITION
Symptom
The (
) indication in the electronic viewfinder flashes to indicate battery is discharged.
The battery level indicator (
) appears differently on the LCD monitor and in the viewfinder.
Check Point & Correction
§Try another battery or charge the battery.
§This does not indicate a fault; it is because the power consumed by the LCD monitor and viewfinder is different.
NO OPERATION IS ACCEPTED
Symptom
Power is turned on, but no button operations are accepted
Check Point & Correction
§Remove the power source and the date/title battery. And, after about one minute, the display in the viewfinder will be reset. Then set the information again.
The camcorder does not operate when alkaline batteries are inserted.
§Check that the polarities (+,