Trouble Checks

Trouble

Checks and Adjustments

 

 

Colored bright spots

• Black spots or bright spots of light (red, green, or blue)

appear on LCD

might appear on the LCD monitor. These spots are not

monitor

recorded on the tape and are not due to a defect in the unit.

 

 

Back of LCD

• The light used to illuminate the LCD monitor causes it to

monitor is hot

be hot. Close the LCD monitor and turn off the camcorder

 

to let it cool down.

 

 

Rechargeable

• If battery has not been used for some time, completely

battery runs down

drain the battery’s power and recharge it.

sooner than

• Battery run times are measured when the camcorder is

expected

recording continuously. You can check your battery by first

 

fully charging it and then aiming the camcorder at a clock

 

and recording the picture of the clock. When the recording

 

stops, play the last recorded section and note the clock

 

time. A one-hour battery should give you about 60 minutes

 

of recording time. In practical use, you might not be able

 

to record for the full time because the camera uses battery

 

power when it is waiting between recordings (record-

 

pause) and zooming.

 

 

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