Panasonic AG-AC160A - Troubleshooting

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Step-by-Step Shooting Guide
Troubleshooting -
When most people have trouble with equipment, they assume that the problem must be an
electronic or mechnical failure. In fact, most of the time, the problem is simply a switch in the
wrong setting, or a procedure done incorrectly. Here are some of the more common problems:
No Picture in Viewnder:
Do you see any display (battery, time code) showing? If not, the battery might be dead, or the
power might be switched off. If you do see information displayed:
1) Did you remove the lens cap?
2) Is the IRIS in Manual mode, and closed?
3) Is the ND FILTER turned on? This makes the picture much darker.
4) Remember, the eyepiece only functions when the LCD monitor is off, and vice versa. Make
suretheLCDmonitoriscompletelyclosedifyouareusingtheeyepieceviewnder.
5) Areyousimplyzoomedinonsomethingdark?Waveyourhandinfrontofthelensand
look for any movement. Zoom out to a wide shot.
No Sound:
First,checktoseeifthereismovementontheVUmetersintheviewnder.Ifthereis,youare
getting sound into the camera, and just not hearing it:
7) Aretheheadphonesplugged-in,andthevolumeturned-up?
IfyouarenotseeinganymovementontheVUMeters:
8) CheckthattheMIC/LINEswitchisinthecorrectpositionforwhatyou’veplugged-in.
9) Conrmthatthecablesfromthemictothecameraaresecurelyconnectedatbothends.
10)Aretheaudioleveldialsturnedup?
Color Looks Incorrect:
BadcolorisusuallyaWhiteBalanceissue.
11)IfusingtheWhiteBalance“Pre-sets”(switchsettoPRST),theviewndershoulddisplay
“AWBP5.6K”forshootinginsunlight,or“AWBP3.2K”foranyman-madelightsource.
12)TryresettingtheWhiteBalance.
Picture Looks Too Dark:
12)SettheIRIStoAuto,orturntheIrisadjustringtoopenit.
13)IftheIRISiswideopen,switchtheGAINswitchfromlowtomediumorhigh.
14) Make sure the ND FILTER is set to OFF.
15)BecertainthattheSHUTTERisoff(openLCDmonitortoseeswitch)