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Ⅵ The following phenomena are not malfunctions.
●
The screen momentarily turns red or black when the sun
enters the field of view.
●
Black dots, or shiny red, blue, or green spots appear on the
screen.
The LCD screen contains 99.99 % or more effective
pixels, but 0.01 % or fewer pixels may be inactive or
always lit.
Ⅵ Reset the camera recorder when it does not
function properly.
1
Turn off the power.
2 Remove the battery and AC adapter from the camera
recorder, reattach them, and turn on the power.
3 Perform [Reset All] in the [Others] menu. (A Page 74)
Symptom Action
No display on the TV monitor.
●
Set [Display On TV] in the [A/V Out] menu to
A
On
B
. (
A
Page 73)
Playback does not start after selecting a clip
thumbnail and pressing the center of the set
lever.
●
Is the selected clip a playable clip? Playback is not possible if the clip has a different video
format setting.
The actual recording time is shorter than the
estimated time.
●
Recording time may shorten depending on the environment, such as when shooting fast-
moving subjects.
The [AUDIO LEVEL CH-1/CH-2] adjustment knob
does not work.
●
Is the [CH1/CH2 AUDIO SELECT] switch set to
A
AUTO
B
?
SDHC/SDXC card cannot be initialized
(formatted).
●
Is the write-protect switch of the SDHC/SDXC card turned on? Make sure that the write-
protect switch is turned off. (
A
Page 21)
Battery alarm appears even after loading a
charged battery.
●
Replace the battery with a new one.
Focus ring of the lens does not work.
●
Set the [FOCUS/ZOOM] ring switch to
A
FOCUS
B
. (
A
Page 29)
Zoom ring of the lens does not work.
●
Set the [FOCUS/ZOOM] ring switch to
A
ZOOM
B
. (
A
Page 28)
The built-in microphone does not work.
●
Remove the audio unit cable from the [AUDIO IN] terminal of the camera recorder.
(
A
Page 38)
Unable to adjust the recording level of the built-in
microphone using the recording level knob.
●
The recording level of the built-in microphone cannot be adjusted using the recording level
knob.
The recording level knob can only be used for the [INPUT1/INPUT2] terminal. Set the
volume of the built-in microphone using [Internal Mic Level] in the [Audio Set] menu.
(
A
Page 65)
The time code and user’s bit are not displayed.
●
Even in Camera mode or Media mode, the time code and user’s bit may not be displayed
depending to the type of status display. (
A
Page 80)
●
Is [TC/UB] of [Status Display] in the [LCD/VF] menu set to
A
Off
B
? To display the time code
and user’s bit, set it to a value other than
A
Off
B
. (
A
Page 72)
The date and time are not displayed.
●
The date and time are only displayed on the STATUS 2 and STATUS 3 screens in the
Camera mode (during shooting).
●
To display the time on the STATUS 1 screen, set [Time Display] of [Status Display] in the
[LCD/VF] menu to a value other than
A
Off
B
. (
A
Page 83, 84 )
Unable to switch from the Camera mode to Media
mode.
●
You cannot switch to the Media mode during recording (mode indicator is red) or recording
pause (yellow displays such as [STBY
C
] and [STBY
F
]). To switch to the Media mode,
cancel recording pause and set to the stop mode (white display).
Sound or video is interrupted.
●
Sometimes playback is interrupted at the connecting section between two scenes.
A part of the TV monitor screen appears shaky.
●
Set [HDMI Output] in the [A/V Out] menu to
A
Auto
B
. (
A
Page 73)
Images look unnatural on the TV monitor screen.
(long and thin, etc.)
●
Adjust [Video Output] in the [A/V Out] menu to match your TV monitor. (
A
Page 73)
Recorded clips cannot be found on the thumbnail
screen.
●
Check the video file format or video format.
●
Adjust [System Definition], [File Format], [Camera Resolution], and [Frame & Bit Rate] in
the [Record Format] menu to match the video format to be played back. (
A
Page 48, 63 )
The camera recorder heats up.
●
The camera recorder may become warm when used for a long time. This is not a
malfunction.
The camera recorder operates slowly when
turning the power on or off.
●
If there are many videos files on the SDHC/SDXC card, it takes time for the camera
recorder to process the files. Copy the files on the SDHC/SDXC card to a PC, and delete
them from the SDHC/SDXC card.
The remote control does not work.
●
Replace the battery. (
A
Page 15)
●
The remote control may not function outdoors or under strong light conditions.
●
Set [Wireless Remote] in the [Others] menu to
A
On
B
. (
A
Page 74)
●
Disconnect the wired remote control if it is connected.
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