Types of trouble and corrective action
Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
The picture flickers and the color | • PROGRAM AE is set to [PORTRAIT] or [SPORTS] lesson |
changes incorrectly. | under the fluorescent lamp, the sodium lamp and the |
| mercury lamp. |
| c Cancel PROGRAM AE. (page 51) |
The picture is recorded in incorrect • NIGHTSHOT PLUS switch is set to ON. | |
or unnatural colors. | c Set it to OFF. (page 45) |
The picture appears too bright, | • NIGHTSHOT PLUS switch is set to ON in a bright place. |
and the subject does not appear on | c Set it to OFF. (page 45) |
the LCD display. | • BACK LIGHT (.) is activated. |
| c Deactivate it. (page 43) |
The click of the shutter does not | • [BEEP] is set to [OFF] in | (OTHERS) in the SETUP |
sound. | display. |
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cSet it to [MELODY] or [NORMAL]. (page 116)
Black bands appear when you | c Set [STEADYSHOT] to [OFF] in | (CAMERA SET) in |
record a TV or computer screen. | the SETUP display. (page 112) |
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The recording stops. | • The temperature of your camcorder is extremely high. | |
cTurn off your camcorder and leave it for a while in a cool place.
During playback on your camcorder
Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
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The disc cannot be played back. | • There is no disc inserted in the camcorder. | |||||
| c Insert a disc. (page 26) |
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| • The disc is inserted upside down. |
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| c Insert the disc correctly. |
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| • The mode dial is set to |
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| (Movie) or | (Still). |
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| c Set the mode dial to | (Play/Edit). |
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| • The incompatible disc is inserted. |
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| c Check out the disc compatibility. (page 6) | |||||
| • The disc recorded in other devices is inserted. | |||||
| c The disc recorded in other devices may not be played | |||||
| back on your camcorder. |
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The playback picture is distorted. | • The disc may be dirty. |
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c Clean the disc using the cleaning cloth (supplied). (page 129)
No sound or only a low sound is heard when playing back a disc.
•The volume is turned to minimum. c Turn up the volume. (page 56)
•The LCD screen is closed.
cOpen the LCD screen.
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