E-81
OTHERS
Troubleshooting
Symptom Action
No power. Is the AC adapter correctly connected?
Unable to record. Is the slide of the cassette tape turned to “REC”?
Set it to “REC” if it is at the “SAVE” position.
The operation buttons of BR-HD50
do not work.
Is OPERATION LOCK of the SYSTEM [2/2] Menu set to ON?
Set it to OFF if the operation buttons are to be used.
For REMOTE, select the buttons that can be operated with the
LOCAL FUNCTION Menu.
Editing cannot be controlled even
after the REMOTE/LOCAL switch
is set to REMOTE.
To control with RS-422A, set REMOTE SEL 9P in the REMOTE
[1/2] Menu screen to “ON”.
Noise is produced on the playback
video.
Playback sound interrupted.
• The tape is damaged.
Replace the tape.
• The head is dirty.
Clean it with the specified head-cleaning tape. (XPage9)
Cannot play back. Is the setting for PB TAPE FORMAT in the SYSTEM [2/2] Menu
screen something other than AUTO?
Playback is not available when this menu item does not match
the tape format.
Time codes are not correctly
recorded during DV signal input.
Is TC DUPLI.: DV in the TC/UB/CLOCK [1/2] Menu screen cor-
rectly set up?
Unable to turn on the power with
the OPERATE button.
Isn’t the REMOTE/LOCAL switch set to REMOTE when
LOCAL FUNCTION in the REMOTE [1/2] Menu screen is not
set to ALL KEYS?
SERIAL REMOTE control does not
function.
Isn’t REMOTE SEL SER in the REMOTE [1/2] Menu screen set
to OFF?
For SERIAL REMOTE control, set it to ON or LOC+REM.
Unable to operate BR-HD50 with
the IEEE1394 terminal.
• Isn’t REM SEL HDV/DV in the REMOTE [1/2] Menu screen
set to OFF? To operate with the IEEE1394 terminal, set it to
ON or LOC+REM.
• When the controlling equipment (non-linear editor, etc.) does
not recognize this unit, either reconnect the IEEE1394
cable, or reset the power to the unit.