Sony HVR-Z5C Service Manual page 407

Recording
The recording does not start when you press the REC START/STOP button.
• Slide the POWER switch to CAMERA (p. 23).
• The tape has reached the end. Rewind it, or insert a new cassette.
• Set the write-protect tab of the cassette to REC or insert a new cassette (p. 116).
• 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. 123).
• Set [REC CTL MODE] of [EXT REC CTRL] to other than [EXT ONLY] (p. 85).
The handle zoom does not work.
• Set the handle zoom speed switch to FIX or VAR (p. 26).
You cannot record on the "Memory Stick Duo."
• The "Memory Stick Duo" is full. Delete unnecessary pictures recorded on the "Memory Stick
Duo" (p. 119).
• Format the "Memory Stick Duo" on your camcorder (p. 88) or insert another "Memory Stick
Duo" (p. 21).
• You cannot record still images on the "Memory Stick Duo" in the following cases.
– While executing [FADER]
– While executing [SMTH SLW REC]
– When and the shutter speed is slower than 1/50
– While using shot transition
• Assign [PHOTO] to the ASSIGN 7/PHOTO button or any one of the ASSIGN buttons.
You cannot record a smooth transition on a tape from the last recorded scene
to the next.
• Do not record progressive pictures in different [REC TYPE] settings on the same tape.
• Perform End search (p. 46).
• 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 the HDV and DVCAM (DV) formats on the same tape.
• Do not record pictures in DVCAM mode and DV SP mode on the same tape.
• When [QUICK REC] is set to [ON], you cannot record a smooth transition (p. 91).
The shutter sound is not heard when you record a still image.
• Set [BEEP] to [ON] (p. 92).
• No shutter sound will be outputted during movie recording or while an external device is
connected.
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