User Manual

Troubleshooting Check
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Checking
✤ If you run into any problem using the camcorder, use the following table to trouble shoot the problem.
✤ If these instructions do not allow you to solve the problem, take a note of:
■ The model and serial number marked on the bottom of the camcorder.
■ Your warranty, if applicable.
✤ Then contact your nearest authorized service centre.
Symptom Explanation/Solution
You cannot switch the ◆ Check the battery pack (see page 19)
camcorder on. or the AC power adapter. (see page 18)
Start/Stop does not ◆ Check the POWER and LOCK/STANDBY switches,
operate while shooting set it to CAMERA and STANDBY.
◆ You have reached the end of the cassette.
◆ Check the record protection tab on the cassette. (see page 22)
The camcorder goes ◆ You have left the camcorder set to STANDBY
off automatically. for more than 5~7 minutes without using it.(see page 24)
◆ The battery pack is fully used up. (see page 21)
The battery pack is ◆ The atmospheric temperature is too low. (see page 21)
quickly exhausted. ◆ The battery pack has not been charged fully.(see page 19)
◆ The battery pack is completely dead, and cannot be recharged.
Use another battery pack.
You cannot eject the ◆ The battery pack is fully used up.
cassette from the ◆ Mechanical fault might have occurred. (see page 55)
compartment.
The DATE/TIME indicator ◆ The lithium battery is not installed or is fully used up.
flashes more than 2 times (see page 17)
when you set the
camcorder to CAMERA
The playback picture ◆ The video heads might be dirty. (see page 53)
is in poor quality.
You can do nothing ◆ Mechanical fault might have occurred (see page 55).
with the camcorder.