Before calling for service (continued)

Other

Cannot remove the tape.

Cannot perform any operation other than removing the tape.

The remote control does not work.

There is a rattling sound when the camera-recorder is tilted back and forth.

A clicking sound is heard when the power is turned on or when the MCR/VCR mode is switched to the camera mode.

• Make sure the camera is supplied with power.

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Make sure the AC adapter or battery is inserted correctly.

 

As long as the power is supplied, you can remove the tape without

 

turning ON the POWER switch.

 

• Condensation may have formed.

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If this happens, the only operation that you will be able to perform is

 

to remove the tape. Wait until the condensation has dried out.

 

• When the cassette holder is closed immediately after sliding

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EJECT switch to open the cassette holder, sometimes operations

 

other than eject cannot be performed. In this case, slide EJECT

 

switch again to open the cassette holder, check that the cassette

 

mechanism has completed ejecting operation, and then close the

 

cassette holder.

 

• The button battery in the remote control may have run out.

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If the remote control fails to work even if it is operated close to the

 

remote control sensor of the camera-recorder, it means that the

 

button battery has run out. Replace it with new one.

 

• Make sure the remote control setting is the same for the remote

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control unit and the camera-recorder.

 

If the REMOTE setting is different on the remote control and the

 

camera-recorder, the remote control will not work.

 

• There are some parts of the camera that make a rattling sound in

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the VCR mode or when the POWER switch is OFF. This is normal.

 

•This initialization operation is performed when the camera starts up. — It occurs due to the construction of the camera and is not indicative

of any trouble.

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