General Maintenance
PLAYBACK OF PRE-RECORDED CASSETTE
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The PLAY button cannot be engaged. | • Set the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to VIDEO. |
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No picture appears on television screen when The | • Set the television to the camcorder channel (3 or 4) |
PLAY is pressed. (TV is connected to the camcorder | depending upon the selected channel in the RF channel |
by using RF converter unit.) | select switch of RF converter unit. |
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Interference on playback picture. (TV is connected | • When you see the playback picture on your TV, adjust fine |
to the camcorder by using RF converter unit.) | tuning knob on television set to obtain best picture. |
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Picture bends at the top of the TV screen. | • TV receiver is older type. It needs to be modified to work |
| properly with camcorder. |
| • Tape is damaged. Try another cassette. |
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Color of your TV screen is too bright, too faint or | • TV set has VIR circuit. Turn it off during playback. |
change. |
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Date search function does not operate. | • Slide the CAM/OFF VIDEO switch to VIDEO. |
| • Insert the clock battery, set the date and time, then start |
| recording. |
| • Do not remove the clock battery after recording. |
| • Do not eject the recorded cassette. Leave it in the |
| camcorder. |
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BATTERY CONDITION
Symptom | Check Point & Correction |
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The ( ) indication in the electronic viewfinder or on | • Try another battery or charge the battery. |
the LCD monitor flashes to indicate battery is |
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discharged. |
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The battery level indicator ( ) appears differently on | • This does not indicate a fault; it is because the power |
the LCD monitor and in the viewfinder. | consumed by the LCD monitor and the viewfinder is |
| different. |
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NO OPERATION IS ACCEPTED
Symptom | Check Point & Correction |
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Power is turned on, but no | • Remove the power source and the clock battery. And after about one minute, |
button operations are | the display in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor will be reset. Then set the |
accepted. | information again. |
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TAPE DISPLAY
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"TAPE" appears in the | • Have you moved the camcorder or cassette from a cold place to a warm place so that |
viewfinder or on the | its temperature changed abruptly? If the temperature has changed, remove the |
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