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Message
This DVD is recorded by
This DVD video camera/recorder can use only discs recorded on
the NTSC system.
the PAL system. A disc recorded on the NTSC system cannot be
Please replace DVD.
used on this DVD video camera/recorder.
UNFORMAT DVD
The disc is not initialised or it is damaged.
If this message appears, be sure to initialise the disc on this DVD
video camera/recorder before using it.
Reinitialising even a disc used on this DVD video camera/
recorder may be necessary (initialising will erase all recorded
contents on disc). If this message appears, try to initialise the
disc. If the same message still appears, the disc may be
damaged: Use another disc.
See *2 on this page.
UNFORMAT HDD
The HDD may not be initialized, or it may be destroyed.
Use AC adapter/
No dubbing, HDD deletion, or disc finalisation is possible with a
charger.
battery: Use the AC adapter/charger.
Use AC adapter/
Scene cannot be repaired when the DVD video camera/recorder
charger.
is powered by a battery.
Turn off power.
If the AC adapter/charger is unavailable in handy place, remove
the disc, use the opposite side, or use another disc. To repair the
removed disc, insert the disc into the DVD video camera/recorder
afterwards, and connect the AC adapter/charger.
Write protected.
A card with the erase prevention switch locked is inserted: Unlock
Check card.
the switch.
Write protected.
The HDD or disc is write-protected. Use the Disc Navigation
Check HDD/DVD.
menu to release the protection.
*1
• This message may also appear when dirt adheres to disc. If this message appears when a recorded
disc is recognised immediately after it is inserted, do not repair the disc; remove it and then use the
provided disc cleaning cloth to clean off the dirt before using it.
• This message may also appear when condensation occurs. In this case, do not repair the disc; turn
the DVD video camera/recorder off, wait until it dries out, and then turn it on again.
• If the repair message appears when you turn the DVD video camera/recorder on from off with a
disc loaded after recording on it, choose repair.
• If the repair message appears when recording and playback are normally possible with another
disc – and no condensation occurs and the disc is not dirty – choose repair.
*2
• This message may also appear when dirt adheres to disc. In this case, do not initialise the disc:
Remove it and then use the provided disc cleaning cloth to clean off the dirt before using it.
• This message may also appear when condensation occurs. In this case, do not initialise the disc;
turn the DVD video camera/recorder off, wait until it dries out, and then turn it on again.
• Initialisation will delete all data on disc.
*3
• This message may also appear when dirt adheres to disc. Remove the disc and then use the
provided disc cleaning cloth to clean off the dirt before using it.
• This message may also appear when condensation occurs. Wait until the DVD video camera/
recorder dries out, and then turn it on again.
*4
• This message will appear when a single-sided disc is inserted in reverse. Reinsert the disc correctly.
(Insert the disc with the label printed surface facing the outside.)
*5
• Do not insert a DVD-RW (VF-mode)/DVD-R that has not been finalised into any DVD recorder:
The disc may be unusable.
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