Trouble Checks
Troubles sometimes are caused by simple “faults” that you can easily correct without the help of a service technician by first checking a few basic remedies.
Before you call or take your camcorder to an Authorized RCA Camcorder Servicenter, look below for the type of trouble you are experiencing. Then perform the simple checks and adjustments listed for that trouble.
If service should be necessary, the warranty information lists what your warranty covers and explains how to get service.
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Power
Recording
Playback
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No power. | • Power source is not properly | • Connect power source properly. | |
| connected. | (pp. 9, 10, 11) | |
| • Battery pack is not charged. | • Charge battery pack sufficiently. | |
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| • Dew in camcorder. | • Wait until dew dries. (p. 63) | |
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| • Safety function is in effect. | • Set Power switch to OFF and | |
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| remove battery pack; wait for two | |
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| pack and turn on power. (p.9) | |
REC START/STOP button | • Erasure protect tab on video | • Open tab or use a new cassette. | |
does not work. | cassette is closed. | (p.65) | |
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Power suddenly turns off. | • Camcorder left in Recording | • Set Power switch to OFF and then | |
| Standby mode for five minutes. | back to CAMERA. | |
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Monitor picture is hard to | • Inappropriate picture adjustments. | • Adjust picture. (p. 21) | |
see. |
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Auto focus does not | • Manual Focus mode is engaged. | • Set to Auto Focus mode. (p. 43) | |
work. |
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• Zoom used on close subject. | • Zoom out on subject. (p. 24) | ||
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| • Subject has little contrast in | • Focus manually. (p. 43) | |
| brightness or is full of horizontal or |
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| vertical stripes. |
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Bright subject produces | • Occurs when shooting subject with |
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wide vertical lines. | strong contrast to the background. | ||
| Does not indicate a malfunction. |
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No audio from speaker | • Speaker does not work during |
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when recording. | Camera mode. (Volume control in |
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| Camera mode only affects | ||
| earphone volume.) |
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Automatically zooms out | • Camcorder is unable to focus when | • Zoom out. (p. 24) | |
without operating Zoom | zooming in on subject within 5 feet |
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buttons. | (1.5 m), and automatically zooms |
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| out until it focuses on subject. |
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| • No subject in the field of view. | • Direct lens to some subject, or set | |
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| zoom to widest angle before | |
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| shooting. (p. 24) | |
Tape stops midway | • Counter is in memory mode. | • Disengage the memory mode. | |
through rewind or fast |
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forward. |
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No image appears on | • Video input channel on TV or TV | • Select video input channel or TV | |
connected TV screen. | channel is not selected properly. | channel properly. (p. 52) | |
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| • A/V cable is not properly connected. | • Connect A/V cable properly. (p. 52) | |
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| • Docking Station is not properly | • Connect the Docking Station | |
| connected. | properly. (p. 8) | |
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