14. OTHERS

14. OTHERS

14-1 Troubleshooting (Cont'd)

Alarm Indications (Cont'd)

Depending on the alarm conditions, the warning indicators in the LCD display, the WARNING indicator, the TALLY lamp, alarm tones and the viewfinder appear as shown in the following table.

 

Alarm Indications

 

Viewfinder

 

WARNING

TALLY

WARNING Lamp

LCD Display

Alarm Tone

On Screen Display

 

Indicator

Lamp

REC Lamp

BATT. Lamp

"DEW"

 

 

 

VTR WARNING (DEW)

indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"SERVO"

 

 

 

VTR WARNING (SERVO)

indicator

 

 

 

"SYnc inh"

 

 

 

 

indicator

 

 

 

 

"RF"

 

 

 

VTR WARNING (HEAD)

indicator

 

 

 

"HEAd CLoG"

 

 

 

 

indicator

(Only during the interval from when the VTR trigger

 

 

 

 

button is pressed and until recording starts.)

 

"Li"

 

 

 

 

indicator

 

 

 

 

Remaining

 

 

 

 

tape time

 

 

 

TAPE NEAR END

REMAIN

 

(In record mode only)

About 2 min. before tape end.

HM

 

 

 

 

TAPE END

Remaining

 

 

 

 

battery power

 

 

 

 

E BATT

 

(Except for play

LOW BATTERY

 

 

 

 

 

/search mode)

 

E BATT

LOW BATTERY

14-1 Troubleshooting (Cont'd)

WARNINGS IN VIEWFINDER

Viewfinder Warning Lamps

1.

 

REC

2.

BATT ALARM

 

Battery lamp

 

 

REC/ALARM lamp

1. BATTERY lamp

This red lamp lights under the following circumstance. Lights red : • When the battery voltage becomes too low

for the camera to operate.

2. REC/ALARM lamp

This lamp lights or blinks green under the following conditions.

Lights Green : • While recording

Blinks Green : • During the interval where the unit switches from record-pause to record mode.

Immediately before the tape runs out or has run out.

If the unit malfunctions.

Character display warnings:

LOW BATTERY : This blinks when the battery level

becomes too low.

TAPE NEAR END : Less than 3 minutes tape remaining.

TAPE END : The tape has run out.

Function Failures

When an abnormality occurs in the unit or an improper operation is performed, one of the following warning messages will appear in the viewfinder.

VTR WARNING (HEAD):

Lights in case of video head clogging.

(Head clogging is detected and indicated during playback and recording check using the RET button on the lens section.)

VTR WARNING (SERVO):

Lights in the case of drum servo trouble during recording.

VTR WARNING (DEW):

Lights when condensation occurs in the unit.

VTR WARNING (STOP):

Lights in case the unit stops operating.

VTR WARNING (HARD):

Lights when abnormality occurs in the unit.

VTR WARNING (REW):

Lights when abnormality occurs with tape rewind operation.

CLOSE CASSETTE COVER:

Lights when the cassette cover has not been closed.

REC INHIBIT:

Indicated when an unrecordable videocassette (the switch on the back of the cassette is set to SAVE) is loaded.

NO TAPE:

Lights when the VTR trigger button is pressed with no videocassette loaded.

V T R WA R N I NG ( H E A D )

Status 0 or

 

Status 1 mode

 

 

Warnings on the White Balance Function

Viewfinder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Display

 

 

VTR WARNING (SERVO)

 

BATT lamp

 

 

 

 

REC

REC lamp

 

 

BATT

 

ALARM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO WHITE A, B NG: OBJECT

AUTO WHITE A, B ERROR: LOW LIGHT

AUTO WHITE A, B ERROR: OVER LIGHT

Improper object.

Check whether the object being shot is white enough.

Check that selected filter suits the illumination conditions.

Amount of incident light insufficient.

Check to see if it is necessary to increase illumination or perform

iris adjustment.

Amount of incident light excessive.

Check to see if illumination and iris adjustment are appropriate.

A U T O WH I T E

A

NG : O B J E C T

 

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