Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Action

The tape does not move when a

• CAMERA/PLAYER is set to CAMERA.

video control button is pressed.

m Set it to PLAYER.

 

• The tape has run out.

 

m Rewind the tape or use a new one. (p. 27)

 

• 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. 14)

The Steady Shot function does

• STEADY SHOT is set to OFF.

not activate.

m Set STEADY SHOT to ON. (p. 69)

 

 

The autofocusing function does

• FOCUS is set to MANU.

not work.

m Set it to AUTO. (p. 49)

 

• Shooting conditions are not suitable for autofocus.

 

m Set FOCUS to MANU to focus manually. (p.48)

The microphone does not work

• AUDIO INPUT SELECT is set to LINE.

while recording.

m Set it to MIC.

Built-in microphone sound does

• DIRECTION SELECT is set to 0°.

not record in stereo when

m Set it to 90° or 120°.

monitoring by headphone or line

 

out jacks.

 

 

 

Audio dubbing does not work.

• Use 16 bit digital recording tape for playback.

 

 

Excessive high-pitched sound is

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

heard.

m When there is no wind, set it to off (green position). (p. 67)

The date and time indicator

• Reset the date and time. (p. 83)

disappears.

 

 

 

D ZOOM does not work.

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

 

menu to ON. (p. 33)

The overlap function does not

• Set DIGITAL MODE to OVERLAP. (p. 37)

work.

 

The slow shutter does not work.

• Set DIGITAL MODE to ZOOM/16:9 WIDE.

 

(to be continued)

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