General Maintenance

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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.

 

recording.

• Do not remove the clock battery after

• Do not eject the recorded cassette. Leave it in

the

camcorder.

 

The optical link does not operate

• The optical transmission or reception is not

possible

when the LCD monitor is used.

BATTERY CONDITION

 

Symptom

Check Point & Correction

The ( ) indication in the electronic viewfinder

• Try another battery or charge the

battery.

 

flashes to indicate battery is discharged.

 

The battery level indicator ( ) appears differently

• This does not indicate a fault; it is

because the

 

on the LCD monitor and in the viewfinder.

power consumed by the LCD monitor

and

 

viewfinder is different.

NO OPERATION IS ACCEPTED

Symptom

Power is turned on, but no button operations date/title battery.

are accepted

set the

The camcorder does not operate when alkaline batteries are

batteries are inserted.

Check Point & Correction

• Remove the power source and the

And after about one minute, the display in the viewfinder or LCD monitor will be reset. Then

information again.

• Check that the polarities (+, -) of the

correct.

• Insert six batteries.

TAPE DISPLAY

Symptom

Check Point & Correction

TAPE appears in the viewfinder or 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.