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Troubleshooting > Messages and Troubleshooting
Message
Cause/condition for
message to appear
Troubleshooting
The temperature of HDD
is outside the operating
temperature range, Turn off
power.
Appears if the temperature at the HDD,
or the ambient temperature, was higher
than the allowable operating tempera-
ture of HDD (60ºC).
Turn the power switch to "OFF", and
then leave the camcorder in a well-
ventilated spot until the temperature
goes down. (The camcorder with a
DVD loaded may operate normally.)
Appears if the temperature of the HDD
or ambient temperature was lower than
the allowable operating temperature of
HDD (5ºC).
Turn the power switch to "OFF", and
move to a warmer place, making
sure there is no condensation. (The
camcorder with a DVD loaded may
operate normally.)
There was no scene which
can be deleted.
Appears when only multiple locked
scenes were selected using the Disc
Navigation function, and deleting them
was attempted.
Use the Disc Navigation function to
unlock the scenes, and then restart
operation.
This disc cannot be used.
Please replace disc.
Appears when a type of BD/DVD that
cannot be used on the camcorder was
loaded.
Check the type of BD/DVD and insert
a disc usable on the camcorder.
This disc is
fi
nalized.
Finalize is not required.
Appears when the FINALIZE button
was pressed with a
fi
nalized DVD-RW
(VF-mode)/DVD-R used.
The disc does not need to be
fi
nalized:
Wait until the message disappears.
This disc is recorded by the
PAL system.
Please replace disc.
Appears when a disc recorded in the
PAL system was loaded: This camcorder
is exclusively for the NTSC system and
does not comply with the PAL system.
Use a disc recorded in the NTSC
system.
Unformat disc
Appears when an unformatted or
logically damaged BD/DVD was loaded.
Format the BD/DVD (deleting all re-
corded data), or replace the BD/DVD.
Also appears when a dirty BD/DVD was
loaded.
Refer to “4-3-5 Cleaning BD/DVD
and optical pickup” and clean the
BD/DVD. Or replace the BD/DVD.
Unformat HDD
Appears if the HDD is not formatted.
Format the HDD.
Also appears when the HDD is faulty.
Replace the HDD, and format the
new HDD.
Use AC adapter/charger.
Appears if a battery is attached to the
camcorder during dubbing, HDD full
formatting or
fi
nalizing.
This camcorder can use these functions
only when the AC adapter/charger is at-
tached.
Stop each operation, set the power
switch to “OFF” with the BD/DVD
left loaded, remove the battery, and
connect the AC adapter/charger:
Then retry the operation.
Use AC adapter/charger.
Turn off power.
Appears if a battery is used when repair-
ing video
fi
les. The speci
fi
cations state
that video
fi
les can be repaired only
when the AC adapter/charger powers
the camcorder.
Set the power switch to “OFF” with
the BD/DVD loaded, remove the
battery, and then connect the AC
adapter/charger.
[Refer to *3 on page 4-11]
Write protected.
Check card.
Appears when an SD memory card
whose erasure prevention switch was
locked is loaded.
Unlock the erasure prevention switch
of SD memory card.
