Troubleshooting (Continued)

 

Trouble

Action

 

 

 

 

Recording cannot be

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

 

performed.

 

 

 

• If the camcorder temperature increases, REC fl ashes in the LCD

 

 

monitor and recording stops automatically to protect the HDD.

 

 

Turn off the camcorder, wait for a while, and start recording again.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

Recording stops by

• A malfunction may occur in the HDD of the camcorder. In this

 

itself.

case, record to a microSD card.

 

 

• Insert a commercially available microSD card, and set each of

 

 

the [REC MEDIA FOR VIDEO] and [REC MEDIA FOR IMAGE] to

 

 

[SD].

 

 

• 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.

Recording

 

• 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 [80X/DIGITAL] or [800X/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 fi lls the screen.

 

Keep touching OK until the B indicator appears.

 

 

 

White balance setting

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

 

cannot be activated.

effects.

 

• Do not use [TWILIGHT] 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.

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