Chapter 6 Maintenance and inspections

6-3 Warning system

6-3-1 Warning description tables

When an error or a problem is detected immediately after the power is turned on or while an operation is underway, the WARNING lamp and lamps inside the viewfinder serve to alert the user.

<Note>

Items are displayed in the following sequence of priority: WARNING lamp > tally lamp > warnings inside the viewfinder. The display accords with this sequence when more than one error has occurred at the same time. However, WIRELESS RF may not be displayed depending on the menu setting selected.

1. SLACK

Indications on LCD screen

“SLACK” appears and an error code flashes.

 

 

WARNING lamp

Flashes four times a second.

 

 

Tally lamp

Flashes four times a second.

 

 

Viewfinder

“SLACK” appears and an error code lights up.

 

 

Alarm

Sounds continuously.

 

 

Warning description

Motor, solenoid or other mechanism-related

 

trouble, etc.

 

 

VTR unit operation

Operation is stopped. Power is turned off if

 

solenoid trouble has been detected.

 

 

Corrective action

Check “6-3-2 Error codes,” and consult your

 

nearest service center.

 

 

2. BATTERY END

Indications on LCD screen

The bar display that shows the remaining battery

 

charge starts flashing.

 

 

WARNING lamp

Lights.

 

 

Tally lamp

Flashes once a second.

 

 

Viewfinder

BATT LED lights.

 

 

Alarm

Sounds continuously.

 

 

Warning description

The battery charge is now depleted.

 

 

VTR unit operation

All operations are stopped, and the tape is

 

unloaded. Only cassette tape eject is accepted.

 

 

Corrective action

Replace the battery.

 

 

3. TAPE END

Indications on LCD screen

The bar display that shows the remaining tape

 

amount starts flashing.

 

 

WARNING lamp

Lights (during stop and standby OFF).

 

 

Tally lamp

Flashes four times a second (during stop and

 

standby OFF).

 

 

Viewfinder

= END” flashes (during stop and standby OFF).

 

 

Alarm

Sounds continuously (during stop and standby

 

OFF).

 

 

Warning description

The tape has come to its end.

 

 

VTR unit operation

Operation is stopped during recording, playback

 

and fast forwarding.

 

 

Corrective action

Rewind the tape or replace the cassette tape.

 

 

4. REC WARNING

Indications on LCD screen

The code 11 display lights.

 

 

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WARNING lamp

Flashes four times a second (for at least 3

 

 

seconds during recording).

 

Tally lamp

Flashes four times a second (for at least 3

 

 

 

 

seconds during recording).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewfinder

REC WARNING display flashes (for at least 3

 

 

 

seconds during recording).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alarm

Sounds four times a second (for at least 3

 

 

 

seconds during recording).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warning description

Problem with the recording control signal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VTR unit operation

Recording continues but the signals may not be

 

 

 

recorded correctly while the warning remains

 

 

 

displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corrective action

Rewind the tape or replace the cassette tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. HUMID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indications on LCD screen

“HUMID” display lights if condensation is

 

 

 

detected.

 

 

 

“HUMID” display flashes for an additional 10 to 90

 

 

 

minutes after condensation detection is canceled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARNING lamp

Lights for 90 minutes following the release of the

 

 

 

condensation detection after the condensation

 

 

 

formation was detected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tally lamp

Flashes 4 times per second for 90 minutes after

 

 

 

condensation detection is canceled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewfinder

“HUMID” display flashes from the time

 

 

 

condensation is detected until 90 minutes after

 

 

 

the condensation detection is released.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alarm

Sounds continuously (4 times a second during

 

 

 

recording).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warning description

Condensation has formed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VTR unit operation

The recording operation continues but if the tape

 

 

 

sticks, recording will stop.

 

 

 

For 80 minutes after the condensation detection is

 

 

 

released, the drum is rotated and no operations

 

 

 

are accepted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corrective action

Stop the tape travel and turn off the power. If the

 

 

 

“HUMID” display fails to be cleared even when the

 

 

 

power is turned back on, wait until it clears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Panasonic AJ-HDX400P operating instructions Slack, Battery END, Tape END, REC Warning, Humid

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