Sony DCRHC21 Operating Guide - Page 66

Recording, Adjusting the image during recording, The external flash optional does not work.

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Recording Refer also to "Adjusting the image during recording" (p. 66). The tape does not start when you press REC START/STOP. • Slide the POWER switch down to turn on the CAMERA lamp (p. 18, 20). • The tape has reached the end. Rewind it, or insert a new cassette. • Set the write-protect tab to REC or insert a new cassette (p. 78). • 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. 82). You cannot record a smooth transition on a tape from the last recorded scene to the next. • Note the following. - Perform END SEARCH (p. 26). - 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. The shutter sound is not heard when you record a still image. • Set [BEEP] to [ON] (p. 46). The external flash (optional) does not work. • The power of the flash is not turned on, or the flash is not attached correctly. • Two or more flashes are attached. Only one external flash can be attached. [END SCH] does not work. • The cassette was ejected after recording (p. 26). • The cassette is new and has nothing recorded. [END SCH] does not work correctly. • There is a blank section in the beginning or middle of the tape. This is not a malfunction. Adjusting the image during recording Refer also to "Menu" (p. 69). The auto focus does not function. • Set [FOCUS] to [ AUTO] (p. 32). • The recording conditions are not suitable for auto focus. Adjust the focus manually (p. 32). 66

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Recording
Refer also to “Adjusting the image during recording” (p. 66).
The tape does not start when you press REC START/STOP.
• Slide the POWER switch down to turn on the CAMERA lamp (p. 18, 20).
• The tape has reached the end. Rewind it, or insert a new cassette.
• Set the write-protect tab to REC or insert a new cassette (p. 78).
• 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. 82).
You cannot record a smooth transition on a tape from the last recorded scene
to the next.
• Note the following.
– Perform END SEARCH (p. 26).
– 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.
The shutter sound is not heard when you record a still image.
• Set [BEEP] to [ON] (p. 46).
The external flash (optional) does not work.
• The power of the flash is not turned on, or the flash is not attached correctly.
• Two or more flashes are attached. Only one external flash can be attached.
[END SCH] does not work.
• The cassette was ejected after recording (p. 26).
• The cassette is new and has nothing recorded.
[END SCH] does not work correctly.
• There is a blank section in the beginning or middle of the tape. This is not a malfunction.
Adjusting the image during recording
Refer also to “Menu” (p. 69).
The auto focus does not function.
• Set [FOCUS] to [
AUTO] (p. 32).
• The recording conditions are not suitable for auto focus. Adjust the focus manually (p. 32).