Troubleshooting
110
Playback
Symptom
Cause and/or Corrective Actions
Cannot play back.
c
If the tape has reached the end, rewind the tape (p. 49).
Cannot play back in reverse direction.
c
Reverse playback is not possible with the tape recorded in the HDV
format.
Horizontal lines appear on the
picture. The displayed pictures are
not clear or do not appear.
c
Clean the head using the cleaning cassette (p. 122).
Fine patterns flicker, diagonal lines
look jagged.
c
Adjust [SHARPNESS] to the – (soften) side in the PICTURE PROFILE
function (p. 35).
No sound or only a low sound is
heard.
c
Turn up the volume (p. 49).
c
On the
(AUDIO SET) menu, set [AUDIO MIX] to [MIX] (p. 65).
c
When you are using an S VIDEO cable or a component video cable,
make sure the red and white plugs of the A/V connecting cable are
connected as well (p. 53).
The sound breaks off.
c
Clean the head using the cleaning cassette (p. 122).
The date search and index search do
not work.
• There is a blank section at the beginning or in the middle of the tape. This
is not a malfunction.
The time code does not return to
00:00:00:00 even if the tape was
rewound to the beginning of
recording.
• The time code at the beginning of recording may not appear correctly,
however, this is not a malfunction. If you start playback, both time code
and picture are displayed correctly from the beginning.
User-bits are not displayed correctly
during fast-forward and rewinding.
• User-bits are not displayed correctly if the video signal is HDV without
user-bits recorded and dubbed via i.LINK connection. [-- -- -- --] appears
during playback, and [00 00 00 00] during fast-forward/rewinding.
“---” is displayed on the screen.
• The tape you are playing was recorded without setting the date and time.
• A blank section on the tape is being played.
• The data code on a tape with a scratch or noise cannot be read.
END SEARCH does not work.
• The POWER switch is set to CAMERA.
• The cassette was ejected after recording (p. 51).
• The cassette is new and has nothing recorded.
END SEARCH does not work
correctly.
• There is a blank section at the beginning or in the middle of the tape. This
is not a malfunction.
No picture appears during END
SEARCH or Rec Review.
• The tape was recorded in both HDV and DVCAM (DV) formats. This is
not a malfunction.
Cannot view the picture or hear the
sound on the TV connected with the
component video cable.
c
Set [COMPONENT] on the
(IN/OUT REC) menu according to the
requirements of the connected device (p. 74).
c
When you are using the component video cable, make sure the red and
white plugs of the A/V connecting cable are connected (p. 53).
