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The cassette is noisier during rewinding or fast-forwarding.
• When using the AC Adaptor, rewind/fast forward speed increases (compared with battery
operation) and therefore increases noise. This is not a malfunction.
You cannot delete pictures of the “Memory Stick Duo” media.
• The pictures are protected. Release the protect function on your computer, etc.
If you are playing back pictures stored on a “Memory Stick Duo” media, see also the Cassette
tapes/“Memory Stick Duo” media section (p. 78).
The recording does not start when you press the REC START/STOP button.
• Slide the POWER switch to CAMERA (p. 21).
• The tape has reached the end. Rewind it, or insert a new cassette.
• Set the write-protect tab of the cassette to REC or insert a new cassette (p. 89).
• The tape is stuck to the drum due to moisture condensation. Remove the cassette and leave
your camcorder for at least 1 hour, then re-insert the cassette (p. 94).
The handle zoom does not work.
• Set the handle zoom speed switch to FIX or VAR (p. 24).
You cannot record on the “Memory Stick Duo” media.
• The “Memory Stick Duo” media is full. Delete unnecessary pictures recorded on the
“Memory Stick Duo” media (p. 43).
• Format the “Memory Stick Duo” media on your camcorder or insert another “Memory Stick
Duo” media (p. 68).
• You cannot record still images on the “Memory Stick Duo” media in the following cases.
– While executing [FADER]
– While executing [SMTH SLW REC]
– When the shutter speed is slower than 1/50
– While using shot transition
– When [COLOR BAR] is set to [ON]
• Set [PHOTO/EXP.FOCUS] to [PHOTO] (p. 69).
You cannot record a smooth transition on a tape from the last recorded scene
to the next.
• Perform End search (p. 38).
• Do not remove the cassette (the picture will be recorded continuously without a break even
when you turn the power off).
• Do not record pictures in SP mode and LP mode on the same tape.
• Avoid stopping then recording a movie in the LP mode.
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