Types of trouble and their solutions
Symptom | Cause and/or Corrective Actions |
A vertical band appears when you | • The contrast between the subject and background is too high. |
shoot a subject such as lights or a | This is not a malfunction. |
candle flame against a dark |
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background. |
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A vertical band appears when you | • This is not a malfunction. |
shoot a very bright subject. |
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Some tiny white spots appear on the • The slow shutter, Super NightShot or Colour Slow Shutter
screen.*1) | mode is activated. This is not a malfunction. |
An unknown picture is displayed on • If 10 minutes elapse after you set the POWER switch to | |
the screen. | CAMERA or DEMO MODE is set to ON in the menu settings |
| without a cassette inserted, your camcorder automatically |
| starts the demonstration. |
| c Insert a cassette and the demonstration stops. |
| You can also cancel DEMO MODE. (p. 142) |
The picture is recorded in incorrect or | • NIGHTSHOT is set to ON. |
unnatural colours. | c Set it to OFF. (p. 38) |
The picture appears too bright, and | • NIGHTSHOT is set to ON in a bright place. |
the subject does not appear on the | c Set it to OFF, or use the NightShot function in a dark place. |
screen. | (p. 38) |
| • The backlight function is working. |
| c Cancel it. (p. 37) |
A horizontal black band appears | • Set STEADYSHOT to OFF in the menu setting. (P. 137) |
when shooting a TV screen or |
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computer screen.*3) |
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Troubleshooting
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