Recording

Trouble

Action

 

• Slide the mode switch to select the desired mode (! or #).

Recording cannot be

performed.

 

Vertical lines appear on

• Such phenomenon occurs when shooting a subject illuminated by

recorded images.

bright light. This is not a malfunction.

 

• If the camcorder temperature increases, REC flashes in the

 

LCD monitor and recording stops automatically to protect the

 

built-in memory. Turn off the camcorder, wait for a while, and start

 

recording again.

Recording stops by

• Move away from a place where the camcorder is affected by

excessive sound or vibration (such as a concert hall).

itself.

• A malfunction may have occured in the built-in memory of

 

the camcorder. In this case, record to an SD card. Insert a

 

commercially available SD card, and set each of the [REC MEDIA

 

FOR VIDEO] and [REC MEDIA FOR IMAGE] to [SD CARD].

 

• Recording stops automatically after 12 hours of continuous

 

recording.

 

• Use backlight compensation.

The recorded subject is

• Set [GAIN UP] to [AGC] or [AUTO].

too dark.

• Use [NIGHT] from scene select.

 

• Set the brightness to the [+] side.

The recorded subject is

• Set the backlight compensation to [OFF] if it is being used.

too bright.

• Set the brightness to the [–] side.

Digital zoom does not

• Change [ZOOM] to [60X/DIGITAL] or [200X/DIGITAL].

work.

• Digital zoom is not available in the still image recording mode.

The focus is not

• Wipe the lens with lens cleaning cloth.

• If you are recording in a dark place or a subject that has no

adjusted automatically.

contrast between dark and light, adjust the focus manually.

 

The color looks strange.

• Set [WB] in [MANUAL SETTING] appropriately to the light source.

(Too bluish, too reddish,

• Select [MWB] in [WB] while holding a sheet of plain white paper

etc.)

in front of the camcorder so that the white paper fills the screen.

Keep touching OK until the B indicator appears.

 

White balance setting

• This cannot be used if [SEPIA] or [MONOTONE] are selected as

effects.

cannot be activated.

• Do not use [TWILIGHT], [FIREWORKS], or [SUNSET] from scene

 

select.

The continuous shooting

• The continuous shooting speed will drop after continuous shots.

speed is slow.

• Continuous shooting speed may drop depending on the recording

media or under certain recording conditions.

 

Band of bright light

• This occurs when there is a bright light source near the

appears on the LCD

camcorder. This is not a malfunction. Change the direction of the

monitor.

camcorder to prevent the light source comes into view.

Mosaic-type noise

• Record videos with high quality mode, such as UXP or XP mode.

occurs when recording

 

scenes with fast

 

moving or with extreme

 

changing in brightness.

 

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