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Troubleshooting Check
Checking✤If you run into any problem using the camcorder, use the following table to try and resolve 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 centre.
Symptom Explanation/Solution
You cannot switch the camcorder on. ◆Check the battery pack (see page 19)
or the AC power adapter. (see page 18)
Start/Stop does not operate while ◆Check the POWER set it to CAMERA.
shooting. ◆You have reached the end of the cassette.
◆Check the record protection tab on the cassette. (see page 22)
The camcorder goes off automatically. ◆You have left the camcorder set to STANDBY
for more than 5 minutes without using it.(see page 24)
◆The battery pack is fully used up. (see page 21)
The battery pack is quickly exhausted. ◆The atmospheric temperature is too low. (see page 21)
◆The battery pack has not been charged fully.(see page 19)
◆The battery pack is completely dead, and cannot be recharged.
Use another battery pack.
You cannot eject the cassette from ◆The battery pack is fully discharged.
the compartment. ◆Amechanical fault may have occurred. (see page 57)
The DATE/TIME indicator flashes ◆The lithium battery is not installed or is fully used up. (see page 17)
more than 2 times when you set the
camcorder to CAMERA.
The playback picture is in poor quality. ◆The video heads might be dirty. (see page 55)
You can do nothing ◆Amechanical fault may have occurred. (see page 57)
with the camcorder.
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