Camcorder fades in and out when recording

Go to your settings in the camera menu. Try to find an option like "video" or "recording" settings.

Option 1:
Check your audio settings on your camcorder. You may have an option to zoom in on the sound or record sound all around you. Try switching between either of those and see if that helps.

Option 2:
Add an external microphone

Option 3:
Try to muffle (lightly cover up) your onboard mic to keep the loud sounds from auto adjusting the volume.

To start ensure that you removed the cover from the lens.
Also remove battery and put it back in place to reset the camcorder.

If you get only sound on playback, connect the camera to a computer or TV, or play the tape on a different camera. If you get picture in there, then the camcorder is recording, but the video playback does not work because of a faulty LCD display.
If when you play back the movie on a different camera, or using the compute you still get no picture then the camcorder is faulty.
Faults that can cause black screen can be:
Lens problem. Faulty CCD sensor. Faulty controller board.
All this faults are not easy to diagnose and fix, if there is a fault , then it is better to take the camera to a repair shop.

you can go to http://service.us.panasonic.com/operman/ there you can get the owners manual start on page 60 that is where we got mine i have a quasar vm-L153

Go to the Tape mode. Press and hold the joystick untill a small menu-thingy comes up. Go left with the joystick, and voilà, problem solved.

Problem is dirty / clogged video head of v-8 player or camcorder what ever you are using for playback. Use good quality video head cleaning cassette for head cleaning.
Please check tapes on another camcorder as tapes seems OK.

Place camera in record mode. Push in on the center of the joystick (round disk that changes modes ). Circle w/icons appears. Looks like a shoe at the top and arrow on left. Push joy stick to left - shows fade on - push to left again and it says off! Push the center of the joystick and the circle disappears and mode is changed. Good luck! PTL Praise The Lord as my Mother would say. I just figured it out myself!! This works for Panasonic mini DV digital camcorder. Hope it does for you too. It's worth a try.

hi dear

you can finalize your dcr in record position
going to disc manager find the finalize
and finish

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on Xacti HD2 "menu" button doesn't respond in Recording mode... any suggestions?

Yes: Delete, Play List, Move, Divide, Combine and Fade are available when recording onto DVD-RAM discs. This feature is available by utilizing HITACHI’s Disc Navigation System. DVD-R discs cannot be edited.