Additional Information 151Screen displays turn on and off repeatedly.- The battery pack is exhausted. Replace or charge the battery pack.- Remove the battery pack and reattach it correctly.Abnormal characters appear on the screen and the camcorder does not operate properly.- Disconnect the power source and reconnect it after a short time. If the problem still persists,use the [Reset All] menu option to reset all the camcorder’s settings to default values.Video noise appears on screen.- Keep a distance between the camcorder and devices that emit strong electromagnetic fields(plasma TVs, cellular phones, etc.).Horizontal bands appear on the screen.- This is a phenomenon typical of CMOS image sensors when recording under some types offluorescent, mercury or sodium lamps. This is not a malfunction. To reduce the symptoms,change the [Flicker Reduction] setting.Noise can be heard along with the recorded sound.- When recording sound with an external microphone, the interference caused by wirelesscommunications may be picked up and recorded as noise. We recommend turning off thewireless communication while recording ( 139).Sound is distorted or is recorded at lower levels.- When recording near loud sounds (such as fireworks, shows or concerts), sound may becomedistorted or it may not be recorded at the actual levels. Activate the microphone attenuator( 135) or adjust the audio recording level manually ( 68).The picture is displayed correctly but there is no sound from the built-in speaker.- Speaker volume is turned off. Adjust the volume.- If the STV-250N Stereo Video Cable is connected to the camcorder, disconnect it.- The AV OUT/ terminal is set to headphone output. Set [AV/Headphones] to [AV].Memory Card and AccessoriesCannot insert the memory card.- The memory card was not facing the correct direction. Turn the memory card over and insertit.Cannot record on the memory card.- The memory card is full. Delete some recordings ( 53, 90) to free some space or replacethe memory card.- Initialize the memory card ( 38) when you use it with the camcorder for the first time.- The LOCK switch on the memory card is set to prevent accidental erasure. Change the posi-tion of the LOCK switch.- A compatible memory card must be used to be able to record movies on a memory card( 35).COPYDownloaded From VideoCamera-Manual.com Manuals