Smear cq, Poor playback picture on tv monitor bani – Canon E 200 User Manual

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Problem

Cause

Remedy

For TV without audio/video input
terminal: Video channel not set
properly on both TV and RF unit.

Set TV and RF unit to
appropriate video channel.

Tape is moving, but no picture
appears on TV nrxjnitor.

For TV with audio/video input
terminal; TV/VIDEO selector on
TV not set to VIDEO.

Set TV/VIDEO selector to
VIDEO.

Video heads are dirty.

Clean video heads using CK-E1
Cleaning Kit.

DC-100 DC Coupler is attached

to the camera.

Remove DC-100 DC Coupler
and attach battery pack.

The battery pack is exhausted.

Charge the battery pack.

The video light will not turn on.

Either the camera or the video
light is not turned on.

Turn on both the camera and
the video light.

The bulb has burned out.

Replace the bulb.

No video cassette.

Insert video cassette arxf place
camera in record pause or
record mode.

Camera is not in record
pause or record mode.

Place camera in record pause

or record mode.

Smear CQ

A luminous bar appears vertically on the screen v\rhere an

excessively bright scene was recorded.

Smear is caus^ when;

• Spotlights are directly recorded, on a stage for example.
• Burning candles or other burning objects are recorded directly.
• Objects reflecting light, such as car bodies and traffic signs, are

recorded directly.

Poor playback picture on TV monitor Bani

Loss in video playback picture quality such as blurring, distortion or
noise usually means that the video heads have become dirty. Use
the optional Canon 8mm Video Head Cleaning Cassette CC-8
included in the Canon 8mm Video Cleaning Kit CK-E1 to clean
video heads. See CC-8 instruction manual for details.

Note:

• This equipment contains a microprocessor. If external noise or interference occurs, random letters may

appear in the viewfinder or normal operation may be interrupted. In this case, remove power source (and
if necessary, remove the lithium battery) and then replace.

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