A
vertical
light
bar
appears
on
the
screen.
- Bright light
in
a
dark
scene
may
cause a
vertical light
bar
(smear)
to
appear. This
is
not
a malfunction.
Viewfinder
picture
is
blurred.
-
Adjust
the viewfinder with
the
dioptric
adjustment lever (OJ 31).
Playback/Editing
Playback
does
not
start.
- Load a
disc
(OJ 27).
- Set
the
camcorder
to
(PLAY'·")
mode
(OJ 35).
- You
may
not
be
able
to
play with this
camcorder,
discs
recorded
or
edited
with
other
DVD recorders
or
computer
DVD drives.
- If using a single-sided disc,
check
that
the
disc
is inserted with
the
label side
facing up.
- The
camcorder
has exceeded its
operational temperature. Turn off
the
camcorder
and
let it cool
down
before
resuming use.
•
During
playback
there
is
video
noise
and
the
sound
is
distorted.
•
The
disc
cannot
be
read.
- The
disc
is dirty. Clean the
disc
with a
soft
lens-cleaning cloth (OJ 87).
- You
may
not
be able
to
play with
this
camcorder,
discs
recorded
or
edited
with
other
DVD recorders
or
computer
DVD drives.
Cannot
add
scenes
to
the
playlist.
- The
disc
is full (" 0 END" appears on
the
screen). Delete
some
recordings
to
free
some
space
(OJ 37).
-
You
cannot
add
more than 999 scenes
to
the playlist.
Cannot
divide
the
scene.
-
You
cannot
edit
or
delete scenes on a
disc
that
was recorded
in
another
digital
device.
- You
cannot
divide the scene if there are
already 999 scenes on
the
disc.
- You
cannot
divide original scenes.
- You
cannot
divide
the
scene if it is
too
short
(2
seconds
or
less).
Cannot
edit
the
disc
title.
-
You
cannot
add a title
to
a DVD-R/DVD-
R DL
disc
after it
was
finalized (OJ 49).
- Unfinalize
(OJ 50)
the
disc
first (DVD-
RW
in
VIDEO mode).
-
You
may not
be
able
to
edit
the
title if
you entered it with another digital
device.
Cannot
edit
or
delete
scenes.
-
You
cannot
edit
or
delete scenes on a
disc
that
was
protected
with another
digital device.
- Scenes
cannot
be deleted
in
a DVD-R/
DVD-R DL
disc
or
a DVD-RW
disc
recorded
in
VIDEO mode.
Cannot
finalize
the
disc.
- The
camcorder
has exceeded its
operational temperature. Turn off the
camcorder
and let it cool
down
before
resuming use.
- When using a battery pack, make sure
it is fully charged.
No
sound
from
the
built-in
speaker.
- Open
the
LCD panel.
- Speaker
volume
is turned off. Adjust
the
volume with the [SPEAKER VOL.]
setting
(OJ 36).
Playing
Back
the
Disc
in
an
External
DVD
Device
There
is
a
brief
stop
between
scenes.
- Depending on
the
DVD player, there
might
be a very short
stop
between
scenes during playback.
Disc
is
running,
but
image
will
not
appear
on
the
TV
screen.
- The video
input
on
the
TV is
not
set
to
the video terminal
to
which you
connected
the camcorder. Select
the
correct
video input.
- You
attempted
to
play
back
an
incompatible
disc.
Stop
playback.
The
disc
cannot
be
recognized
by
the
device.
Or,
even
though
the
disc
is
read,
cannot
play
back
the
disc
or
the
picture
is
distorted.
- The
disc
is dirty. Clean the
disc
with a
soft
lens-cleaning cloth (OJ 87).
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