Playback mode

General

Symptom

Possible cause

Suggested solution

Video noise in image.

Dirty video heads.

Call for service (p. 73) or use a

 

 

commercially available cleaning

 

 

tape (p. xiv).

 

Old or worn tape.

Use a new cassette.

No sound.

Using a 12-bit recording tape with

Set the AUDIO menu item to “AU-

 

AUDIO menu item set to “AUDIO 2”.

DIO 1” or “AUDIO 1L2” (p. 59).

Tape does not work.

Power switch is set to Camera

Set the Power switch to Playback

 

mode.

mode (p. 24).

 

Battery pack is depleted.

Charge battery pack or replace it

 

 

with a fully charged one (pp. 5–7).

Motion images are

Improper self recording.

Turn on Rotate Playback (p. 46).

rotated 180° upside

 

 

down.

 

 

Battery pack is easily

Using camcorder in extremely cold

Warm up battery pack, for example

depleted.

environment.

in your pocket, just before using it.

 

 

 

 

Battery pack is not fully charged.

Charge battery pack sufficiently (p.

 

 

7).

 

 

 

Clock has been re-

Lithium battery is not properly in-

Install lithium battery properly (p.

set.

stalled.

10).

 

 

 

 

Lithium battery is depleted.

Replace new lithium battery (p. 10).

 

 

 

Cassette will not

Power source is not properly con-

Connect power source properly

eject.

nected.

(pp. 5, 8).

 

 

 

 

Battery pack is not charged.

Charge battery pack sufficiently

 

 

(p. 7).

 

 

 

 

Camcorder is recording.

Stop recording and try again (p. 20).

 

 

 

No image on monitor.

Backlight has been turned off.

Turn on backlight (p. 21).

 

 

 

 

Fluorescent lamp has burned out.

Call for service (p. 73).

 

 

 

Viewfinder picture is

Viewfinder diopter is not properly

Adjust diopter (p. 16).

hard to see.

adjusted.

 

 

 

 

 

Inappropriate picture adjustments.

Adjust picture (p. 60).

 

 

 

Monitor picture is

Inappropriate picture adjustments.

Adjust picture (p. 60).

hard to see.

 

 

 

 

 

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