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Troubleshooting
if you think you have a problem, double-check before calling the serviceman.
You may have overlooked something relatively simple!
~ Procedure
Attach the battery.
Cause (Trouble indicator)
The power will not turn on. | The battery is not attached.
The battery is exhausted.
Use a new battery.
connected to a wall outlet.
Remove the cassette with the
cassette eject button.
The START/STOP button
does not operate.
The tape is affixed to the drum.
The tape is at its end.
(TAPE END)
The POWER switch is set to VTR.
Rewind the tape or use a new one.
Set it to CAMERA.
Use a new casssette or slide the tab.
OFF.
The tape is at its end.
Rewind the tape or use a new one.
While being operated in the CAMERA | Slide down the STANDBY switch, and
mode, the recorder has been in the
slide it up again.
pause mode for more than 5 minutes.
The battery is exhausted.
(BATTERY)
| Use a charged battery.
The contrast between the subject and
MES
background is too high; the camera is
Charge the battery pack again.
not malfunctioning.
Use the charged battery or the AC
power adaptor
The FOCUS switch is not set to
Set the FOCUS switch to AUTO.
AUTO.
Shooting conditions are not suitable
Set the FOCUS switch to MAN and
for auto focusing operation. (See page | focus manually.
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The color of the playback
| The white balance sensor is covered.
| Clear the sensor.
is not appropriate.
The image on the
The viewfinder lens is not adjusted.
Adjust the viewfinder fens.
viewfinder screen is not
clear.
The tab on the cassette is out (red).
(CASSETTE)
The tape does not move
when a tape transport
button is pressed.
The power turns off.
A vertical band appears
when a subject such as
lights or a candle flame is
shot against a dark
background.
The battery pack is quickly | The ambient temperature is too low.
discharged.
The battery pack has not been
charged fully.
The cassette cannot be
The battery is exhausted.
removed from the
compartment. `
The auto focusing function
does not work.
Set the EDIT switch to the upper
position.
Adjust the TV.
The EDIT switch is set to the "EDIT"
position.
The channel for the VCR is not
adjusted on the TV.
The playback picture is not
clear.
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