JVC GY-HM650U Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting
Symptom Action
Powerdoesnotturnon. IstheACadapterproperlyconnected?
Isthebatterycharged?
Isthepowerturnedonimmediatelyafteritisturnedoff?
Makesuretowaitforanintervalofatleast5secondsbeforeturning
onthepoweragain.
Unabletostartrecording. Istherecordtriggerbutton/lockswitchonthehandleturnedon?
IsthewriteprotectswitchoftheSDcardturnedon?
Makesurethatthewriteprotectswitchisturnedoff.
('P39[WriteProtectSwitchontheSDCard])
IsthecamerarecordersettotheCameramode?
Usethe[MODE]selectionbuttontoswitchtotheCameramode.
('P18[OperationModes])
Cameraimageisnotoutputon
theLCDmonitorand
viewfinderscreen.
IsthecamerarecordersettotheCameramode?
Usethe[MODE]selectionbuttontoswitchtotheCameramode.
('P18[OperationModes])
Playbackdoesnotstartafter
selectingaclipthumbnailand
pressingtheSetbutton(R).
Istheselectedclipaplayableclip?
Playbackisnotpossibleifthecliphasadifferentvideoformatsetting.
Nosoundduringplayback. IsthecurrentlyplayedcliprecordedintheVariableFrameRecmode?
('P81[VariableFrameRec])
ImagesontheLCDmonitor
andviewfinderscreenappear
darkorblurred.
ReadjustthebrightnessoftheLCDmonitorandviewfinder.
Isthe[NDFILTER]switchsetto“1/64”?
Istheirisclosed?
Istheshutterspeedsettingtoohigh?
Istheamountofpeakingtoolittle?Usethe[PEAKING+/]buttonto
adjustthecontourfortheLCDmonitorandtheviewfinderscreen.
('P36[AdjustingtheLCDMonitor])
('P37[AdjustingtheViewfinder])
The[CH1/CH2]recordinglevel
adjustmentknobdoesnot
work.
Isthe[CH1/CH2AUTO/MANUAL]switchsetto“AUTO”?
Isthe[FULLAUTO]switchsetto“ON”?
Isthe[FULLAUTO]switchsetto“ON”,and[A/VSet]-[Audio
Set]-[AudioOnFULLAUTO]setto“Auto”?
('P109[AudioOnFULLAUTO])
SDcardcannotbeinitialized
(formatted).
IsthewriteprotectswitchoftheSDcardturnedon?
Makesurethatthewriteprotectswitchisturnedoff.
('P39[WriteProtectSwitchontheSDCard])
Batteryalarmappearseven
afterloadingacharged
battery.
Isthebatterytooold?
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ISSUED
2012/11/08