General Maintenance
PLAYBACK OF PRE-RECORDED CASSETTE
Symptom Check Point & Correction
]'he PLAY button cannot be engaged. Set the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to VIDEO.
_1opicture appears on television screen when The Set the television to the camcorder channel (3 or 4)
3LAY is pressed. (TV is connected to the camcorder depending upon the selected channel in the RF channel
:_yusing RF converter unit.) select switch of RF converter unit.
nterference on playback picture. (TV is connected When you see the playback picture on your TV, adjust fine
:othe camcorder by using RFconverter unit.) tuning knob ontelevision set to obtain best picture.
3icture bends at the top of the TV screen. TV receiver is older type. Itneeds to be modified to work
properly with camcorder.
Tape is damaged. Try another cassette.
Solor of your TV screen is too bright, too faint or TV set has VIR circuit. Turn it off during playback.
_'hange.
::)atesearch 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.
BATTERY CONDITION
Symptom _heck Point & Correction
]'he (_) indication in the electronic viewfinder or on Try another battery or charge the battery.
:heLCD monitor flashes to indicate battery is
Jischarged.
]'he battery level indicator (_) appears differently on This does not indicate a fault; it isbecause the power
:heLCD monitor and in the viewfinder. ,'onsumed bythe LCD monitor and the viewfinder is
Jifferent.
NO OPERATION IS ACCEPTED
Symptom Check Point & Correction
3ower is turned on, but no Remove the power source and the clock battery. Andafter about one minute,
:_uttonoperations are the display inthe viewfinder or on the LCD monitor will be reset. Then set the
accepted, information again.
TAPE DISPLAY
Symptom _,heck Point & Correction
'TAPE" appears in the . Have you moved the camcorder or cassette from a cold place to awarm place so that
Jiewfinder or on the ts temperature changed abruptly? If the temperature haschanged, remove the
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