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TROUBLESHOOTING (cont.)

SYMPTOM

 

POSSIBLE CAUSES

 

CORRECTIVE ACTION

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. The indicators and

 

26. •“ON SCREEN” is set to

 

26. •Set “ON SCREEN” to “LCD”

messages do not appear.

 

“SIMPLE” or “TIME CODE”

 

or “LCD/TV” and set “TIME

 

 

is set to “OFF” in the Menu

 

CODE” to “ON” in the Menu

 

 

Screen.

 

Screen (pg. 25, 35).

 

 

 

 

 

27. Images on the LCD

 

27. •In places subject to low

 

27. •Adjust the brightness and

monitor appear dark or

 

temperature, images become

 

angle of the LCD monitor

whitish.

 

dark due to the characteris-

 

(pg. 14, 15).

 

 

tics 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28. The rear of the LCD

 

28. •The light used to illuminate

 

28. •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.

 

 

 

 

 

29. The indicators and the

 

29. •This may occur when the

 

29.

image colour on the LCD

 

surface or the edge of the

 

————

monitor are not clear.

 

LCD monitor is pressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30. The LCD monitor or

 

30. •Certain Fade/Wipe effects,

 

30. •Re-read the sections

viewfinder indications

 

certain modes of Programme

 

covering Fade/Wipe effects,

blink.

 

AE with special effects, “DIS”

 

Programme AE with special

 

 

and other functions that

 

effects and “DIS”

 

 

cannot be used together are

 

( pg. 24, 28 – 31).

 

 

selected at the same time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31. Coloured bright spots

 

31. •The LCD monitor and the

 

31.

appear all over the LCD

 

viewfinder are made with

 

 

monitor or the viewfinder.

 

high-precision 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 %)