Cautions For Use - Panasonic PV-GS80 Operating Instructions Manual

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Cautions for Use
• About condensation
If you turn the Camcorder on when condensation
occurs on the head or the tape, condensation
indication [[_] (yellow or red) is displayed on the
viewfinder or the LCD monitor and the messages
[[_DEW DETECT] or [[_ EJECT TAPE] (only
when the tape is inserted) appear. If so, follow the
procedure below.
1 Remove the tape if it is inserted.
• It takes about 20 seconds to open the
cassette holder. This is not a malfunction.
2 Leave the Camcorder with the cassette
cover closed and the battery attached, to
cool or warm it to the ambient temperature
oThe status indicator blinks for about
1 minute and then the Camcorder
automatically turns off. Leave it for about
1.5 to 2 hours.
3 Turn the Camcorder on again, set it to the
Tape Recording/Playback Mode and then
check if the condensation indication
disappears.
Especially in cold areas, moisture may be frozen.
If so, it may take more time before the
condensation indication disappears.
Watch for condensation even before the
condensation indication is displayed.
• If the indicator of the condensation does not
display on the LCD screen and/or EVF and you
notice condensation on the lens or the main
unit, do not open the cassette cover otherwise
condensation may be formed on the heads or
the cassette tape.
When the lens is fogged:
Set the [OFF/ON] switch to [OFF] and leave the
Camcorder in this condition for about 1 hour.
When the lens temperature becomes close to the
ambient temperature, the fogging disappears
naturally.
• About dirty heads
If video heads (the parts that closely contact
with the tape) become dirty, normal recording
and playback are not properly performed.
Clean the heads with the digital video head
cleaner.
• Insert the head cleaner into the Camcorder, set
it to the Tape Playback Mode, and play it back
for about 10 seconds. (If you do not stop the
playback, it automatically stops about
15 seconds later.)
• We recommend cleaning the heads periodically.
If the heads become dirty, "NEED HEAD
CLEANING" appears during recording, During
playback, moreover, the following symptoms
)ear.
• Mosaic-like noise appears partially or the
sound is interrupted.
• Black or blue mosaic-like horizontal stripes
appear.
• The whole screen becomes blue and there is
no picture or sound.
When normal playback cannot be performed
even after the head cleaning
One possible cause is that normal recording
could not be performed because the heads were
dirty at the time of recording. Clean the heads,
and perform recording and playback again. If
normal playback can be performed, the heads are
clean. Before an important recording, be sure to
conduct a test recording to make sure that normal
recording can be performed.
• If the heads become dirty soon after cleaning,
the problem may be the tape. If so, try another
cassette.
• During playback, the picture or sound may be
interrupted momentarily, but this is not a
malfunction of the Camcorder. (One possible
cause is that the playback is interrupted by dirt
or dust that momentarily adheres to the heads.)
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