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Troubleshooting
Checking✤If you run into any problem using the camcorder, use the following table to troubleshoot the problem.
✤If these instructions do not allow you to solve the problem, take a note of:
■The model and serial number marked on the bottom of the camcorder.
■Your warranty, if applicable.
✤Then contact your nearest authorized service center.
Symptom Explanation/Solution
You cannot switch the ◆Check the battery pack (see page 23)
camcorder on. or the AC power adapter. (see page 22)
Start/Stop does not ◆Check the POWER, set it to CAMERA.
operate while recording ◆You have reached the end of the cassette.
◆Check the record protection tab on the cassette. (see page 26)
The camcorder goes ◆You have left the camcorder set to STANDBY
off automatically. for more than 5 minutes without using it.(see page 28)
◆The battery pack is fully used up. (see page 25)
The battery pack is ◆The atmospheric temperature is too low. (see page 25)
quickly exhausted. ◆The battery pack has not been charged fully.(see page 23)
◆The battery pack is completely dead, and cannot be recharged.
Use another battery pack.
You cannot eject the ◆The battery pack is fully used up.
cassette from the ◆Amechanical fault might have occurred. (see page 63)
compartment.
The DATE/TIME indicator ◆The lithium battery is not installed or is fully used up.
flashes more than 2 times (see page 21)
when you set the
camcorder to CAMERA.
The playback picture ◆The video heads might be dirty. (see page 61)
is poor.
You cannot operate any ◆Amechanical fault might have occurred (see page 63).
functions on the camcorder.