Canon FS20 Instruction Manual page 94

Additional Information
After using the camcorder for a long time, it becomes hot.
- The camcorder may become hot after using it continuously for long periods of time; this is not a malfunction.
If it becomes hot very quickly or it becomes too hot to touch, it may indicate a problem with the camcorder.
Consult a Canon Service Center.
The battery pack is exhausted extremely quickly even at normal temperatures.
- The battery may have reached the end of its battery life. Buy a new battery pack.
Recording
Pressing Start/Stop will not start recording.
- You cannot record while the camcorder is writing previous recording onto the memory (while the ACCESS
indicator is on or flashing).
- The memory is full or it already contains 3,999 scenes (the maximum number of scenes). Delete some
recordings ( 43) or initialize the memory (
The point where Start/Stop
- There is a slight interval between pressing
malfunction.
- When the pre-recording function is used, the beginning of the scene will differ from when
pressed.
The camcorder will not focus.
- Autofocus does not work on the subject. Focus manually (
- Lens is dirty. Clean the lens with a soft lens-cleaning cloth (
A vertical light bar appears on the screen.
- Bright light in a dark scene may cause a vertical light bar (smear) to appear. This is not a malfunction.
Changing the operating mode between recording (
usual.
- When the memory contains a large number of scenes, some operations may take longer than usual. Back up
your recordings (
Movies or photos cannot be recorded properly.
- This may occur as movies and photos are recorded/deleted over time. Back up your recordings (
initialize the memory (
Playback
Cannot add scenes to the playlist.
- The playlist cannot contain more than 99 scenes or 100 hours of scenes.
- You may not be able to add scenes to the playlist if they were recorded or edited using another device.
Cannot delete a scene.
- You may not be able to delete scenes recorded or edited using another device.
Deleting scenes takes longer than usual.
- When the memory contains a large number of scenes, some operations may take longer than usual. Back up
your recordings (
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was pressed does not match the beginning/end of the recording.
Start/Stop
77) and initialize the memory (
32).
77) and initialize the memory (
32) to free some space.
and the actual start of recording. This is not a
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). Never use tissue paper to clean the lens.
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32).
32).
Start/Stop was
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