Playback

Symptom

Cause and/or Corrective Actions

 

 

Cannot play back.

cIf the tape has reached the end, rewind the tape (p. 48).

Cannot play back in reverse direction. cReverse playback is not possible with the tape recorded in the HDV format.

Horizontal lines appear on the

cClean the head using the cleaning cassette (p. 121).

picture. The displayed pictures are

 

 

 

 

not clear or do not appear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fine patterns flicker, diagonal lines

cAdjust [SHARPNESS] to the – (soften) side in the PICTURE PROFILE

look jagged.

function (p. 34).

 

 

 

 

 

No sound or only a low sound is

cTurn up the volume (p. 48).

 

heard.

cOn the

 

(AUDIO SET) menu, set [AUDIO MIX] to [MIX] (p. 64).

 

 

 

cWhen you are using an S VIDEO cable or a component video cable,

 

make sure the red and white plugs of the A/V connecting cable are

 

connected as well (p. 52).

 

 

 

 

The sound breaks off.

cClean the head using the cleaning cassette (p. 121).

 

 

 

The date search and index search do

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

not work.

is not a malfunction.

 

 

 

 

The time code does not return to

• The time code at the beginning of recording may not appear correctly,

00:00:00:00 even if the tape was

however, this is not a malfunction. If you start playback, both time code

rewound to the beginning of

and picture are displayed correctly from the beginning.

recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User-bits are not displayed correctly

• User-bits are not displayed correctly if the video signal is HDV without

during fast-forward and rewinding.

user-bits recorded and dubbed via i.LINK connection. [-- -- -- --] appears

 

during playback, and [00 00 00 00] during fast-forward/rewinding.

 

 

 

“---” 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.

 

 

 

END SEARCH does not work.

• The POWER switch is set to CAMERA.

 

• The cassette was ejected after recording (p. 50).

 

• The cassette is new and has nothing recorded.

 

 

 

END SEARCH does not work

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

correctly.

is not a malfunction.

 

 

 

 

No picture appears during END

• The tape was recorded in both HDV and DVCAM (DV) formats. This is

SEARCH or Rec Review.

not a malfunction.

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot view the picture or hear the

cSet [COMPONENT] on the

(IN/OUT REC) menu according to the

sound on the TV connected with the

requirements of the connected device (p. 73).

component video cable.

cWhen you are using the component video cable, make sure the red and

 

white plugs of the A/V connecting cable are connected (p. 52).

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