Trouble check

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Actions

The date or time indicator is flashing. • The lithium battery is weak or dead.

mReplace the lithium battery with a new one. (p. 45)

•You pressed DATE and TIME together for more than 2 seconds. The camcorder is not malfunctioning.

mYou may start recording. Flashing will stop soon.

The date or time indicator

• Reset the date and time. (p. 46)

 

 

 

 

 

disappears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The SteadyShot function does not

• STEADY SHOT is set to OFF.

 

 

 

 

 

activate. (CCD-TR96/TR916 only)

mSet STEADY SHOT to ON. (p. 42)

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The SteadyShot function does not work when the wide

 

 

mode is set to 16:9FULL.

 

 

 

 

 

The autofocusing function does not

• FOCUS is set to MANUAL.

 

 

 

 

 

work.

mSet it to AUTO (p. 32)

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Shooting conditions are not suitable for autofocus.

 

 

mSet FOCUS to MANUAL to focus manually. (p. 32)

 

Recording stops in a few seconds.

• START/STOP MODE switch is set to

 

or 5 SEC.

 

 

mSet it to

 

 

 

. (p. 26)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The title display position shifts.

• There are unwanted blanks before or after the title.

 

 

mDelete them then select ↵.

 

 

 

 

 

The fader function does not work.

• The START/STOP MODE switch is set to 5 SEC or

 

 

.

 

mSet it to

 

 

. (p. 26)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The built-in light turns off while in

• LIGHT is set to AUTO.

 

 

 

 

 

use.

mSet it to ON. (p. 36)

 

 

 

 

 

The built-in light turns on and off

• LIGHT is set to AUTO.

 

 

 

 

 

repeatedly.

mSet it to ON. (p. 36)

 

 

 

 

 

The built-in light does not turn on

• Bulb is dead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

when LIGHT is set to ON.

mReplace the bulb. (p. 37)

 

 

 

 

 

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