Sony DCR-HC28 Operating Guide - Page 57

Recording, Adjusting the image during recording, The auto focus does not function.

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Troubleshooting Recording Refer also to "Adjusting the image during recording" (p. 57). The tape does not start when you press REC START/STOP. • Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to turn on the CAMERA lamp (p. 24). • 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. 65). • 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. 69). You cannot record a smooth transition on a tape from the last recorded scene to the next. • Perform END SEARCH (p. 30). • 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. [END SCH] does not work. • Do not eject the cassette after recording (p. 30). • There is nothing recorded on the cassette. [END SCH] does not work correctly. • There is a blank section between recorded sections of the tape. This is not a malfunction. Adjusting the image during recording Refer also to "Menu" (p. 59). The auto focus does not function. • Set [FOCUS] to [ AUTO] (p. 36). • The recording conditions are not suitable for auto focus. Adjust the focus manually (p. 36). [STEADYSHOT] does not function. • Set [STEADYSHOT] to [ON] (p. 44). The BACK LIGHT function does not function. • In the following settings, the BACK LIGHT function is canceled. - [MANUAL] of [EXPOSURE] - [SPOT METER] • The BACK LIGHT function does not work during Easy Handycam operation (p. 23). Continued , 57

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Troubleshooting
Refer also to “Adjusting the image during recording” (p. 57).
The tape does not start when you press REC START/STOP.
• Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to turn on the CAMERA lamp (p. 24).
• 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. 65).
• 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. 69).
You cannot record a smooth transition on a tape from the last recorded scene
to the next.
•
Perform END SEARCH (p. 30).
• 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.
[END SCH] does not work.
• Do not eject the cassette after recording (p. 30).
• There is nothing recorded on the cassette.
[END SCH] does not work correctly.
• There is a blank section between recorded sections of the tape. This is not a malfunction.
Refer also to “Menu” (p. 59).
The auto focus does not function.
• Set [FOCUS] to [
AUTO] (p. 36).
• The recording conditions are not suitable for auto focus. Adjust the focus manually (p. 36).
[STEADYSHOT] does not function.
• Set [STEADYSHOT] to [ON] (p. 44).
The BACK LIGHT function does not function.
• In the following settings, the BACK LIGHT function is canceled.
– [MANUAL] of [EXPOSURE]
– [SPOT METER]
• The BACK LIGHT function does not work during Easy Handycam operation (p. 23).
Recording
Adjusting the image during recording
Continued
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