Displays

Something is wrong with

• The time code display may not register a regular count if a tape is

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the time code display.

played in the reverse slow mode. This is normal.

 

The remaining tape display

• The remaining tape is not displayed accurately if you shoot

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differs from the actual

continuously for periods of less than 30 seconds.

 

amount of tape remaining.

• The display may show 2 to 3 minutes less than the actual time

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remaining on the tape.

 

Playback

 

 

Cannot play even when I press the play button.

Cannot play back P2 cards or tapes.

Mosaic-like noise appears when I cue or review a tape.

Images do not appear on the television even though I have connected the camera-recorder properly.

The playback images are not displayed clearly.

Cannot hear any sound from the camera-recorder’s speaker.

I can hear two sets of sound.

When I performed audio dubbing, the original sound was erased.

Cannot perform hot swap playback.

• Make sure the MCR/VCR lamp is on (press the mode button).

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No kind of playback operation can be performed unless this lamp is

 

on.

 

• Make sure the MEDIA switch is in the correct position.

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If not, set it to the P2 or TAPE position.

 

• This noise is inherent to digital video technology. This is normal.

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•Make sure the input selector on your television is set to video input. — Read the television’s instructions carefully and select the correct video input connector for the camera-recorder.

• When a component video cable is connected, video signals are not

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output from the VIDEO OUT and S-VIDEO OUT connectors.

 

• The camera-recorder’s heads may be dirty.

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Images will not be displayed clearly if the heads are dirty.

 

• You may have turned down the camera-recorder’s volume control

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too far.

 

Adjust the volume level using the AUDIO MON/ VAR button+.

 

• You may have selected “MIX” as the 32K AUDIO setting in the

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PLAYBACK FUNCTION screen.

 

• If you perform audio dubbing on a tape that was recorded with 32K

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(12bit) selected as the AUDIO REC setting in the RECORDING

 

SETUP screen, you will hear the sound heard during recording

 

and that of the audio dubbing. You can also listen to each sound

 

separately.

 

• If you perform audio dubbing on a tape that was recorded with 32K

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(12bit) selected as the AUDIO REC setting in the RECORDING

 

SETUP screen, you will hear the sound heard during recording and

 

that of the audio dubbing. To leave the original sound intact, make

 

sure that 32K (12bit) is selected when you shoot.

 

• This unit does not support hot swap playback.

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To replace one card with another during dubbing, stop the dubbing

 

first, and upon completing the replacement, resume it.

 

Reference

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