Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Actions

 

 

Cannot perform Date search with the recording date displayed on the screen.

cUse a cassette with Cassette Memory. (p. 82)

cSet [CM SEARCH] to [ON] in the (CM SET) menu. (p. 54)

•There is a blank section in the beginning or middle of the tape. This is not a malfunction.

“---” is displayed on the screen.

•The tape you are playing was recorded without setting the date and time.

•A blank section on the tape is being played.

•The data code on a tape with a scratch or noise cannot be read.

The END SEARCH function does not

• The cassette was ejected after recording when using a cassette without

work.

 

Cassette Memory. (p. 82)

 

 

• The cassette is new and has nothing recorded.

 

 

The END SEARCH function does not

• There is a blank section in the beginning or middle of the tape. This is

work correctly.

 

not a malfunction.

 

 

 

Noises appear and

is displayed

• The tape was recorded in a TV color system other than that of your

on the screen.

 

camcorder. This is not a malfunction. (p. 81)

Dubbing/Editing

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Actions

 

 

Cannot dub correctly using the A/V connecting cable.

cMake sure your camcorder is connected correctly to the input jack of the other device via the A/V connecting cable.

cSet [DISPLAY] to [LCD] in the (OTHERS) menu. (p. 61)

Pictures from connected devices are

• The input signal is not NTSC. (p. 63)

not displayed correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

New sound added to a recorded tape

cIn the

(VCR SET) menu, adjust [AUDIO MIX] from the [ST1]

is not heard.

(original sound) side until the sound is heard appropriately. (p. 50)

 

 

A title is not recorded/A cassette label

cUse a cassette with Cassette Memory. (p. 82)

is not recorded.

cErase unnecessary titles when the Cassette Memory is full. (p. 53)

 

cSet the write-protect tab to REC. (p. 82)

 

• A title cannot be added to a blank section of the tape.

The title is not displayed.cSet [TITLE DSPL] to [ON] in the (CM SET) menu. (p. 53)

•During Easy Handycam operation, the title is not displayed.

The title cannot be deleted.cSet the write-protect tab to REC. (p. 82)

Title search does not work.cEnter a title if there is no title on the tape. (p. 52)

cUse a cassette with Cassette Memory. (p. 82)

cSet [CM SEARCH] to [ON] in the (CM SET) menu. (p. 54)

•There is a blank section in the beginning or middle of the tape. This is not a malfunction.

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