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Troubleshooting (Continued)
The shutter sound is not heard when you record a still image.
• Set [BEEP] to [ON] (p. 70).
• There is no shutter sound while during movie shooting.
End search does not work.
• Do not eject the cassette after recording (p. 38).
• There is nothing recorded on the cassette.
• There is a blank section between recorded sections of the tape. This is not a malfunction.
Automatic focus does not function.
• Set the FOCUS switch to AUTO to enable the automatic focus function (p. 25).
• Adjust the focus manually if the automatic focus does not work properly (p. 25).
Menu items are grayed out or does not work.
• You cannot select gray out display items in the current recording/playback situation.
• There are some functions you cannot activate simultaneously. The following list shows
examples of unworkable combinations of functions and menu items.
Cannot use
Situation
[PROG.SCAN]
[INTERVAL REC] is set to [ON].
[CNTRST ENHCR]
[BACK LIGHT] is set to [ON].
[BACK LIGHT]
Two or more of the iris, gain and shutter speed are set
manually.
[EXPOSURE] is manually adjusted.
[SPOTLIGHT] is set to [ON].
[SPOTLIGHT]
Two or more of the iris, gain and shutter speed are set
manually.
[EXPOSURE] is manually adjusted.
[BACK LIGHT] is set to [ON].
[FADER]
No tape is inserted.
Moisture condensation has occurred inside the camcorder.
The write-protect tab on the cassette is set to SAVE.
[INTERVAL REC] is set to [ON].
[ZEBRA], [PEAKING],
[CAM DATA DSP],
[HISTOGRAM]
[COLOR BAR] is set to [ON].
[SMTH SLW REC]
[PROG.SCAN] is set to [25].
[COLOR BAR] is set to [ON].
[LCD BL LEVEL],
[VF B.LIGHT]
AC power source is being used.
[WORLD TIME]
Date and time are not set.
[INTERVAL REC]
[PROG.SCAN] is set to [25].