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TROUBLESHOOTING
In Case of Difficulty
Symptoms
Troubles, Checks and Remedial Actions
Power cannot be switched ON.
• Is power supply connected properly?
• Is battery pack charged?
• Was the power turned ON immediately after being turned OFF?
Wait at least 5 seconds before turning the power ON again
once it has been turned OFF.
Operation buttons on the
• Is the cassette cover open?
GY-DV300 fail to work.
The GY-DV300 remains inoperative as long as the cassette
door is open.
• Is a tape inserted?
Recording is not possible.
• Is the switch on cassette set to “REC”? If it is set to “SA VE”, set
it to REC.
• Is the MODE switch set to “CAM-A” or “CAM-B”? If set to “VTR”,
shooting of camera is not possible.
The camera image does not
• Is the MODE switch set to “CAM-A” or “CAM-B”? If set to “VTR”,
appear on the LCD screen or in
the camera image is not output.
the viewfinder.
Image on the LCD screen or the
• Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen or viewfinder screen.
viewfinder screen looks dark or
• Check if the ND filter switch is set to “ON”.
unclear.
• Is the iris closed?
• Is the shutter speed setting too fast?
Manual adjustments, such as
• Is the shooting mode the AUTO mode?
adjustment of shutter speed, gain,
• Is AE mode ON?
iris, etc. not possible.
To enable manual adjustments, set the AE item on the
OPERATION menu screen to OFF.
Camera-shake compensation
• Is the OIS item on the OPERATION menu screen set to OFF?
does not work.
Set to ON to activate the camera-shake compensation function.
The sound from the built-in
• Is the MIC1 INPUT SEL item on the SYSTEM [1/2] menu screen
microphone is not input.
set to XLR?
To use the built-in microphone, set to INT.
The sound from the microphone
• Is the MIC1 INPUT SEL item on the SYSTEM [1/2] menu screen
connected to the MIC 1 input
set to INT?
connector is not input.
To use the microphone connected to the MIC 1 input connector ,
set to XLR.
Noise interferes with playback
• Video head may be clogged with dirt.
video.
Clean head with the special head cleaning tape.
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Noise appears when playing back
• When a tape recorded on another unit is played back or used
a tape recorded on another unit.
for recording, this phenomenon may occur due to tracking errors.
The transient section between
scenes recorded on other units
and those recorded on the
GY-DV300 may appear disturbed.
Sound is not heard from the built-
• Sound is not output from the built-in speaker in the recording
in speaker in the recording mode.
mode. The built-in speaker outputs the playback sound.
No sound during playback.
• Is the PB AUDIO SEL item on the VTR menu screen set to
CH3/4?
To output the sound recorded during shooting, set to CH1/CH2.
