Sharp VL-Z300E operation manual Playback mode Symptom Possible cause Suggested solution, Viii

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Playback mode

Symptom	Possible cause	Suggested solution
No image appears	Video input channel on TV or TV	Select video input channel or TV
on connected TV	channel is not selected properly.	channel properly (p. 27).
screen.	Audio/video/S-video cable is not	Connect audio/video/S-video cable
	properly connected.	properly (p. 27).
No image from an ex-	DV cable or audio/video/S-video	Connect DV cable or audio/video/S-
ternal source ap-	cable is not properly connected.	video cable properly (pp. 62, 64,
pears on the		66).
camcorder screen.
(VL-Z300 only)	The cable connection does not	Set the S-VIDEO IN menu item to
	match the S-VIDEO IN menu setting.	“ON” for S-video connection, or
		“OFF” for video connection (p. 63).
Cannot rewind or fast	Position at beginning or end of tape.	Rewind or fast forward tape to de-
forward tape.		sired point (p. 25).
	Using a cleaning tape	The cleaning tape will automatically
		rewind after cleaning finishes (p.
		viii).
Video noise in image. Dirty video heads.		Call for service or use a commer-
		cially available cleaning tape (p.
		viii).
	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. 60).
Tape does not work.	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. 45).
rotated 180° upside
down.

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