Before calling for service

Power supply

There’s no power.

• Make sure the battery and AC adapter are connected properly.

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Check the connections again.

 

Power shuts off for no

• To prevent the battery from running down needlessly and to safe-

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apparent reason.

guard the tape from wear, the camera-recorder automatically

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turns off when the camera-recorder has been left in the shooting

 

 

pause mode for more than 5 minutes.

 

 

Check the settings in the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, POWER

 

 

SAVE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power goes off as soon

• The battery may have run out.

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as it is turned on.

If the remaining battery charge display is blinking or

 

 

 

 

 

appears, the battery has run out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Either recharge the battery or replace the discharged battery with

 

 

a fully charged one.

 

 

• Condensation may have formed.

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When, for instance, the camera-recorder is taken from a cold

 

 

place to a heated room, condensation may from inside. If this

 

 

happens, the camera automatically turns off and the only

 

 

operation that you will be able to perform is to remove the

 

 

cassette. Wait until the condensation has dried out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery

The battery runs down

• Make sure the battery is fully charged.

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quickly.

Keep charging until the AC adapter’s CHARGE lamp goes out.

 

 

• Are you using the battery in a cold place?

 

 

The battery is affected by the ambient temperature. Its operating

—

 

time is reduced in low-temperatures.

 

 

• The battery may have reached the end of its service life. The

 

 

battery will become unchargeable. The battery has a certain

—

 

service life which varies depending on how the battery is used. If

 

 

the battery operates only for a short period even when it is

 

 

charged adequately, it has reached the end of its service life.

 

The battery cannot be

• The battery cannot be charged if the DC cord is connected.

—

charged.

Disconnect it.

 

 

 

 

Normal video recording

Cannot record even

• Make sure the tab on the cassette tape for preventing accidental

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though the cassette

erasure is not set to SAVE. You cannot record when the tab is in

 

tape is inserted

this position.

 

properly.

• The cassette tape may have reached the end. If so, replace it

—

 

with another tape.

 

 

• Make sure the POWER switch is ON.

 

 

• Make sure the VCR lamp is off.

—

 

You cannot shoot in VCR mode.

 

 

• Make sure the cassette holder is closed.

 

 

You cannot operate the camera if the cassette holder is open.

—

 

• Condensation may have formed. If this happens, the only

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operation that you will be able to perform is to remove the

 

cassette. Wait until the condensation has dried out.

 

 

• If the AUTO OFF/T REEL LOCK warning appears, the tape may

—

 

have snapped. Check the tape.

 

 

 

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