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TROUBLESHOOTING (cont.)

 

SYMPTOM

 

POSSIBLE CAUSES

 

CORRECTIVE ACTION

 

22. White Balance cannot be

 

22. • The Sepia or Monotone

 

22. • Turn off Sepia or Monotone

 

activated.

 

mode is activated.

 

before setting White

 

 

 

 

 

Balance ( pg. 28, 30).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23. When shooting a subject

 

23. • This is a result of exceed-

 

23.

 

illuminated by bright light,

 

ingly high contrast, and is

 

————

 

vertical lines appear.

 

not a malfunction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24. When the screen is under

 

24. • This is not a malfunction.

 

24.

 

direct sunlight during

 

 

 

 

 

shooting, the screen

 

 

 

————

 

becomes red or black for

 

 

 

 

 

an instant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25. During recording, the date/

 

25. •“DATE/TIME” is set to

 

25. • Set “DATE/TIME” to “ON”

 

time does not appear.

 

“OFF” in the Menu Screen.

 

in the Menu Screen

 

 

 

Self-Recording is performed.

 

( pg. 25).

 

 

 

 

 

• During Self-Recording, the

 

 

 

 

 

date/time does not appear

 

 

 

 

 

( pg. 15).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26. Images stored in the

 

26. • Images stored in the

 

26. • Remove protection from the

 

MultiMediaCard cannot be

 

MultiMediaCard are

 

images stored in the

 

deleted.

 

protected.

 

MultiMediaCard and delete

 

 

 

 

 

them ( pg. 37, 38).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27. The indicators and

 

27. •“ON SCREEN” is set to

 

27. • Set “ON SCREEN” to “LCD”

 

messages do not appear.

 

“SIMPLE” or “TIME CODE”

 

or “LCD/TV” and set

 

 

 

is set to “OFF” in the Menu

 

“TIME CODE” to “ON”

 

 

 

Screen.

 

in the Menu Screen

 

 

 

 

 

( pg. 25, 32).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28. Images on the LCD

 

28. • In places subject to low

 

28. • Adjust the brightness and

 

monitor appear dark or

 

temperature, images become

 

angle of the LCD monitor

 

whitish.

 

dark due to the characteristics

 

( pg. 14, 15).

 

 

 

of the LCD monitor. When

 

 

 

 

 

this happens, the displayed

 

 

 

 

 

colours differ from those that

 

 

 

 

 

are actually recorded. This is

 

 

 

 

 

not a defect of the camcorder.

 

 

 

 

 

• When the LCD monitor's

 

 

 

 

 

fluorescent light reaches the

 

 

 

 

 

end of its service life,

 

 

 

 

 

images on the LCD monitor

 

 

 

 

 

become dark. Consult your

 

 

 

 

 

nearest JVC dealer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29. The rear of the LCD

 

29. • The light used to illuminate

 

29. • Close the LCD monitor to

 

monitor is hot.

 

the LCD monitor causes it to

 

turn it off or set the Power

 

 

 

become hot.

 

Switch to “OFF”, and let the

 

 

 

 

 

unit cool down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30. The indicators and the

 

30. • This may occur when the

 

30.

 

image colour on the LCD

 

surface or the edge of the

 

————

 

monitor are not clear.

 

LCD monitor is pressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GR-DVL109, GR-DVL309, GR-DVL308, GR-DVL108 specifications

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