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Question posted by greenlybecky on February 15th, 2016

Screen Is Blue While Tape Is Playing

my screen went blue, my husband said he just viewed the recordings and he thinks he hit some button and now when the tape is playing it plays with a blue screen viewing. I have a canon zr85 camcorder.

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Answer #1: Posted by hzplj9 on February 16th, 2016 2:11 PM

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Two things can cause this. One is that you are using a copy protected tape and the other is dirty heads which entails running a cleaning tape through.

You can get the user guide here:

http://www.manualslib.com/products/Canon-Zr85-Zr-85-Camcorder-2848422.html

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ZR Instruction Manual - Page 4

... 44 Thank you for Choosing a Canon ......... 6 Setting the Self-Timer 46 Introducing the ZR 7 Mastering the Basics ~ When Making Manual Adjustments ...~ Adjusting Exposure Manually 47 Adjusting Focus Manually 49 Powering Your Camcorder 8 Setting the White Balance 50 Loading a Cassette 11 Basic Recording 13 Zooming 16 Using the LCD Screen 17 Playing back a Cassette 19 Connections...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 6

...ZR is a next generation zoom E digital video camcorder that conforms to the new digital video Mini standard to a viewfinder. with a Finder Unit, that the correct time is also great for even more dramatic results. Finder Unit The ZR... clock when you to your recordings, tell the camera where you went and it will make sure that simply clips onto the LCD screen to convert it easy for the...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 17

... panel back down, away from the vertical. About the LCD Screen E The LCD screen built into this camcorder is not a malfunction of light (red, blue or green) may appear constantly on the tape. (Effective dots: more than 99.99%) Allowing the subject to monitor recording When you lift the LCD panel up vertically so that it...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 18

... sure that you slide the tab on the top left of the camera. Load the cassette. 3. Press down the e (play back your recordings on -the-spot playback. To play ) side of the multi-switch. • To wind the tape forwards, stop playback and turn the multi-switch lever towards the lens. • If the playback...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 21

... multi-connectors of the ZR via the MULTI-CONNECTOR. Connections for further details. Push the docking unit onto the camera and turn the locking button counter-clockwise and pull the docking unit from the base of the camera. Use the STV150 Stereo Video Cable, to the white AUDIO terminal 7 (left). If your E recordings. Connect the white...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 32

Press the start/stop button lightly. • flashes white in the display as the camcorder adjusts the focus and exposure and it is displayed continuously as a green mark when the camera is ready to take the still picture. • The camera takes the image almost immediately, and then records the "photo" to the tape for a few seconds...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 34

... last few seconds, and returns to shoot the next scene, without producing any noise in the picture. 1. Record review E c MENU When the camera is in record pause mode. 2. Make sure the camera is in record pause mode, you check the picture in the display. • The camera rewinds the tape, plays back the last few seconds of Features

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 36

... in the wrong lighting conditions. Using the Full Range of the image may appear on the screen if you cannot use the camera is reset to AUTO when you free to the [ [ position. E • The program menu Recording Program is with the POWER switch set /indoor/outdoor modes • 16:9 effect • Digital...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 43

To switch to the camera's terminal (this camcorder. • For details of playing back a tape that has new sound on two channels (stereo 1), leaving two channels free (stereo 2) for approximately 4 seconds. Using the Full Range of attached headphones by attaching stereo VIDEO OUT headphones to the 12 bit mode open the camera menu and select AUDIO MODE...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 51

... mode. If the tape was recorded on a different DV camcorder, the data code may not be displayed during high speed playback modes. • If a recording made on ZR is played back on a camera without a data code function. - If noise or tape damage prevents the data code from the VCR menu. 2. Press the wireless controller's DATA CODE button. • Press...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 54

... SET MEMORY button once more to cancel the zero set memory before you remove the tape while the zero set memory is set to mark a position on a tape in the display, and the time code is replaced by a tape counter that is a break between recordings on a tape following playback. 1. When you then play back the tape, pressing rewind...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 56

... you want on the camcorder. Pause the VCR at the end of Features By connecting the camera to another VCR, you want to copy, then stop playback on the screen. 4. Editing to a VCR Playback the tape on the VCR. Repeat steps 1 to copy. 2. S-150 S-video Cable STV-150 Stereo Video Cable V L R S INPUT S-VIDEO E VIDEO AUDIO L R Record the scenes you...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 57

... flash onto the screen. • Blanks between recordings on the playback tape are recorded as anomalous images on the tape that is being recorded to start/pause recording. When you are recording to the ZR, slide the POWER switch to (for both directions. Use a Canon CV-150F DV cable to the recording device. When you are recording from the ZR, make sure you...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 58

... cannot view the contents of the cassette. It stands for a few seconds and then the camera displays a blank blue screen; m REMOTE terminal E The m REMOTE terminal on the DU-100 Docking Unit (p. 22) allows you to connect the camera to equipment not bearing the LANC m symbol. Using the Full Range of the tape. you cannot record the contents...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 62

... VCR POWER MENU When you play back a tape that was recorded in the top left of the display for just stereo 2. - Choose the output. • Open the VCR menu and point the arrow at A.MONITOR. • Select the output and return to select the audio mix. MIX/VARI. Set the camera to VCR mode. (see...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 69

... 70 The e (play) button doesn't work. • The POWER switch is not set to VCR (p. 19) • The cassette is set to appear. Recording/Playback (Contd.) E Problem Cause and/or what to the speaker during playback. There's no picture on the TV screen, even though the tape is a normal feature of the camera may cause a vertical...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 77

... then close the menu. • The LCD screen will continue to VCR mode, open the VCR menu (page 28) and choose the DISPLAYS option. The camera is stopped (p. 19). 5min Normal playback (p. 19) Fast forward (p. 20) END EJECT EJECT SP STOP FF Additional Information 78 Recording mode (p. 15) Playback is ejecting the tape (p. 11).

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 81

..., Weight: 2 1/8 oz (60 g) manual focusing possible Minimum focusing distance: 3/8 inch (1 cm) on ): 5.9 W LCD screen: 2 1/2 in Tape speed: (118.5 × 85.5 × 55.7mm) SP: 3/4 ips (18.81 mm/s); Minimum illumination: 4.0 lx (using the Low Light program) Canon is a trademark of Canon Inc. * Using the DU-100 Docking Unit (supplied). Dimensions: 4 /11 16 × 3 3/8 ×...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 83

... Mode, 13 Record Review, 34 Record Search, 34 Remote Control, 31 Remote Sensor, 31 Rewind, 20 S Sand & Snow, 39 Screen Displays, 78 Scroll, 40 Self-Timer, 46 Sepia, 41 Shoulder Strap, 60 16:9, 43 Specifications, 82 Sports,38 Spotlight, 39 SP Modes, 15 Storage, 64 Strobe, 41 S-video, 22 System Diagram, 72 T Tape Protection, 12...

ZR Instruction Manual - Page 84

... OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. One Canon Plaza Lake Success, New York 11042 Additional Information 85 Non-Canon brand peripheral equipment and software which may be... Camcorder, which vary from 9:00 a.m. This limited warranty covers all defects encountered in normal use of Canon DV Camcorders in conjunction with respect to each Canon ZR Digital Video E Camcorder ("DV Camcorder...