Trouble
s
hooting
158
Picture and Sound
The screen appears too dark.
-
S
et [
£
Di
s
play
S
etup]
>
[LCD Bac
k
light] to [Normal] or [Bright].
Screen displays turn on and off repeatedly.
- The battery pac
k
i
s
exhau
s
ted. Replace or charge the battery pac
k
.
- Remove the battery pac
k
and reattach it correctly.
Abnormal characters appear on the screen and the camcorder does not operate properly.
- Di
s
connect the power
s
ource and reconnect it after a
s
hort time.
Video noise appears on screen.
- Keep a di
s
tance between the camcorder and device
s
that emit
s
trong electromagnetic field
s
s
uch a
s
near powerful
magnet
s
and motor
s
, MRI machine
s
or high-voltage power line
s
.
Horizontal bands appear on the screen.
- Thi
s
i
s
a phenomenon typical of CMO
S
image
s
en
s
or
s
when recording under
s
ome type
s
of fluore
s
cent, mercury or
s
odium lamp
s
. Thi
s
i
s
not a malfunction. You may be able to reduce the
s
ymptom
s
by
s
etting [
v
Camera
S
etup]
>
[Flic
k
er Reduction] to [Automatic] or by
s
etting the
s
hutter
s
peed to a value matching the frequency of the local
electrical
s
y
s
tem (1/100 for 50 Hz
s
y
s
tem
s
, 1/60 for 60 Hz
s
y
s
tem
s
).
Viewfinder picture is blurred.
- Adju
s
t the viewfinder with the dioptric adju
s
tment lever (
A
No picture appears on the viewfinder.
- Pull out the viewfinder to activate it.
Audio cannot be recorded.
- The audio input
s
election
s
witch of the INPUT terminal i
s
not
s
et to the correct po
s
ition.
- The external microphone connected to the INPUT 1/INPUT 2 terminal require
s
phantom power.
S
et the corre
s
ponding
s
witch (INPUT 1/INPUT 2) to MIC+48V (
A
- The external microphone connected to the MIC terminal i
s
not turned on or it
s
battery i
s
exhau
s
ted.
- The audio recording level i
s
not
s
et correctly (
A
Sound is distorted or is recorded at lower levels.
- When recording near loud
s
ound
s
(
s
uch a
s
firewor
ks
,
s
how
s
or concert
s
),
s
ound may become di
s
torted or it may not
be recorded at the actual level
s
. Activate the microphone attenuator (
A
s
t the audio recording level
manually.
The picture is displayed correctly but there is no sound from the built-in speaker.
-
S
pea
k
er volume i
s
turned off. Adju
s
t the volume (
A
SD Card and Accessories
Cannot insert the SD card.
- The
S
D card you are trying to in
s
ert i
s
not facing the correct direction. Turn it over and in
s
ert it.
Cannot record on the SD card.
- A compatible
S
D card mu
s
t be u
s
ed (
A
- Initialize the
S
D card (
A
s
e it with the camcorder for the fir
s
t time.
- The LOCK
s
witch on the
S
D card i
s
s
et to prevent accidental era
s
ure. Change the po
s
ition of the LOCK
s
witch.
- The
S
D card i
s
full. Delete
s
ome recording
s
(
A
113) to free
s
ome
s
pace or replace the
S
D card.
- The folder and file number
s
for MP4 clip
s
and photo
s
have reached their maximum value.
S
et [
3
Recording
S
etup]
>
[MP4 Clip / Photo Numbering] to [Re
s
et] and in
s
ert a new
S
D card.
- The
S
D card already contain
s
the maximum number of XF-AVC clip
s
(999 clip
s
). Delete
s
ome XF-AVC clip
s
(
A
free
s
ome
s
pace or replace the card.
The supplied wireless controller will not work.
-
S
et [
B
S
y
s
tem
S
etup]
>
[Wirele
ss
Remote Control] to [On].
- Replace the battery of the wirele
ss
controller.
The optional RC-V100 Remote Controller or commercially available remote control does not work.
- Ma
k
e
s
ure that [
B
S
y
s
tem
S
etup]
>
[REMOTE Terminal] i
s
s
et to [RC-V100 (REMOTE A)] when u
s
ing the optional
RC-V100 Remote Controller or to [
S
tandard] when u
s
ing a commercially available remote control.
- Turn off the camcorder, reconnect the remote controller and then turn the camcorder bac
k
on again.
- When [
v
%
Camera
S
etup]
>
[
/
Function] i
s
s
et to [Off] or the currently
s
elected cu
s
tom picture file i
s
protected,
detailed cu
s
tom picture
s
etting
s
cannot be adju
s
ted u
s
ing the RC-V100.
S
et [
/
Function] to [On] after
s
electing a
cu
s
tom picture file that i
s
not protected (
A