Trouble check

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Action

The tape does not move when a

• CAMERA/VTR is set to CAMERA.

video control button is pressed.

m Set it to VTR. (p. 22)

 

• The tape has run out.

 

m Rewind the tape or use a new one. (p. 22)

 

• The digital camcorder is updating the cassette memory data

 

(only for DV cassettes with cassette memory).

 

m Eject the cassette after the C MEMORY indicator

 

disappears. (p. 11)

The Steady Shot function does

• STEADY SHOT is set to OFF.

not activate.

m Set STEADY SHOT to ON. (p. 55)

 

 

The autofocusing function does

• FOCUS is set to MANU.

not work.

m Set it to AUTO. (p. 39)

 

• Shooting conditions are not suitable for autofocus.

 

m Set FOCUS to MANU to focus manually. (p.38)

The microphone does not work

• AUDIO INPUT SELECT is set to LINE.

while recording.

m Set it to MIC.

Built-in microphone sound

• DIRECTION SELECT is set to 0°.

does not record in stereo when

m Set it to 90° or 120°. (p. 14)

monitoring by headphone or

 

line out jacks.

 

Audio dubbing does not work.

• Audio format of recording tape is 16 bit.

 

m Dub the tape into another DV cassette in 12 bit using AV

 

connecting cable. (p. 15)

Excessive high-pitched sound is

• The picture has been recorded with BUILT-IN MIC set to

heard.

WIND.

 

m When there is no wind, set it to off (green position). (p. 53)

The date and time indicator

• Reset the date and time. (p. 69)

disappears.

 

 

 

The overlap function does not

• Set DIGITAL MODE to OVERLAP. (p. 30)

work.

 

 

 

D ZOOM does not work.

• Set DIGITAL MODE to ZOOM/16:9 WIDE and set D ZOOM

 

in the menu to ON. (p. 27)

D ZOOM or 16:9 WIDE mode

• Set DIGITAL MODE to ZOOM/16:9 WIDE. (p. 27)

in the menu system cannot be

 

set to ON.

 

The slow shoutter does not

• Set DIGITAL MODE to ZOOM/16:9 WIDE.

work.

 

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