EN 55

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSES

 

CORRECTIVE ACTION

) The rear of the LCD monitor

• The light used to illuminate the LCD

• Close the LCD monitor to turn it off

is hot.

monitor causes it to become hot.

 

or set the Power Switch to “OFF”,

 

 

 

 

and let the unit cool down.

 

 

 

q The indicators and the

• This may occur when the surface or

 

image colour on the LCD

the edge of the LCD monitor is

 

————

monitor are not clear.

pressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

w The LCD monitor or

• Certain Fade/Wipe effects, certain

Re-read the sections covering

viewfinder indications blink.

modes of Programme AE with

 

Fade/Wipe effects, Programme AE

 

special effects, “DIS” and other

 

with special effects and “DIS”

 

functions that cannot be used

 

( pg. 24 – 27, 33).

 

together are selected at the same

 

 

 

time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e Coloured bright spots

• The LCD monitor and the view-

 

 

appear all over the LCD

finder are made with high-precision

 

monitor or the viewfinder.

technology. However, black spots

 

 

 

or bright spots of light (red, green

 

 

 

or blue) may appear constantly on

————

 

the LCD monitor or the viewfinder.

 

 

 

These spots are not recorded on

 

 

 

the tape. This is not due to any

 

 

 

defect of the unit. (Effective dots:

 

 

 

more than 99.99 %)

 

 

 

 

 

 

r During recording, sound

• This is normal.

 

————

cannot be heard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

t Play, Rewind and Fast-

• The Power Switch is set to “

• Set the Power Switch to “PLAY”

Forward functions do not

or “

AUTO

 

( pg. 19).

”.

 

 

MANUAL

 

 

 

work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

y The LCD monitor image is

• During playback of the unrecorded

 

distorted.

portion, High-speed Search and still

 

 

playback, LCD monitor indications

————

 

appear distorted. This is not a

 

 

 

defect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

u Images on the LCD monitor

• The speaker volume is too great.

 

• Turn the speaker volume down

are jittery.

 

 

 

( pg. 19).

i Blocks of noise appear

 

 

 

• Clean the video heads with an

during playback, or there is

 

————

 

optional cleaning cassette

no playback picture and the

 

 

( pg. 59).

 

 

 

screen becomes blue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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JVC GR-DVL155 Rear of the LCD monitor, Is hot, Or set the Power Switch to OFF, Let the unit cool down, Indicators

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