General Maintenance

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BATTERY CONDITION

Symptom

The () indication in the electronic viewfinder flashes to indicate battery is discharged.

Check Point & Correction

§Try another battery or charge the battery.

NO OPERATION IS ACCEPTED OR THE LCD SCREEN IS NOT NORMAL

Symptom

Power is turned on, but no button operations are accepted

The camcorder does not operate when alkaline batteries are inserted.

The LCD screen is black and white.

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.

§Check that the polarities (+, -) of the batteries are correct. Insert six batteries.

§Remove the power source, and after about one minute, push the reset switch gently using a toothpick, etc. until you feel a click. The display will be reset. Then set the information again

TAPE DISPLAY

Symptom

Check Point & Correction

TAPE appears in the LCD Monitor

§ Have you moved the camcorder or

 

cassette from a cold place to a

 

warm place so that its temperature

 

changed abruptly?

 

§ If the temperature has changed,

 

remove the cassette and set the

 

CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to OFF,

 

then wait for about one hour.

 

§ Remove the cassette and then try to

 

reinsert: remove it several times.

 

§ If the indication is still shown in the

 

viewfinder, use a cleaning tape to

 

clean the heads and replace the

 

cassette.