Troubleshooting (continued), Recording – Sony HDR-FX7 User Manual

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The cassette is noisier during rewinding or fast-forwarding.

• When using the AC Adaptor, rewind/fast forward speed increases (compared with battery

operation) and therefore increases noise. This is not a malfunction.

You cannot delete pictures or format the “Memory Stick Duo.”

• Release the lock on the write-protect tab of the “Memory Stick Duo” if there is one (p. 107).
• The pictures are protected. Release the protect function on your computer, etc.

The recording does not start when you press the REC START/STOP button.

• Slide the POWER switch to CAMERA (p. 28).
• 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. 105).
• 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. 111).

The handle zoom does not work.

• Set the handle zoom switch to H or L (p. 33).

You cannot record on the “Memory Stick Duo.”

• Release the lock on the write-protect tab of the “Memory Stick Duo” if there is one (p. 107).
• The “Memory Stick Duo” is full. Delete unnecessary pictures recorded on the “Memory Stick

Duo” (p. 82).

• Format the “Memory Stick Duo” on your camcorder or insert another “Memory Stick Duo”

(p. 72).

• You cannot record still images on the “Memory Stick Duo” with:

– While executing [FADER]
– [SMTH SLW REC]
– When the shutter speed is set to slower than 1/60
– While checking/executing shot transition

• Set [PHOTO/EXP.FOCUS] to [PHOTO](p. 74).

You cannot record a smooth transition on a tape from the last recorded scene
to the next.

• Perform End search (p. 44).
• 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 DV formats on the same tape.
• Do not record pictures in SP mode and LP mode on the same tape.
• Avoid stopping then recording a movie in the LP mode.
• When [QUICK REC] is set to [ON], you cannot record a smooth transition (p. 75).

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Troubleshooting (Continued)

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