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. |
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WARNING lamp | Flashes four times a second. |
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Tally lamp | Flashes four times a second. |
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Viewfinder | “SLACK” appears and an error code lights up. |
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Alarm | Sounds continuously. |
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Warning description | Motor, solenoid or other |
| trouble, etc. |
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VTR unit operation | Operation is stopped. Power is turned off if |
| solenoid trouble has been detected. |
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Corrective action | Check |
| nearest service center. |
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2. BATTERY END
Indications on LCD screen | The bar display that shows the remaining battery |
| charge starts flashing. |
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WARNING lamp | Lights. |
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Tally lamp | Flashes once a second. |
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Viewfinder | BATT LED lights. |
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Alarm | Sounds continuously. |
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Warning description | The battery charge is now depleted. |
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VTR unit operation | All operations are stopped, and the tape is |
| unloaded. Only cassette tape eject is accepted. |
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Corrective action | Replace the battery. |
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3. TAPE END
Indications on LCD screen | The bar display that shows the remaining tape |
| amount starts flashing. |
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WARNING lamp | Lights (during stop and standby OFF). |
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Tally lamp | Flashes four times a second (during stop and |
| standby OFF). |
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Viewfinder | “= END” flashes (during stop and standby OFF). |
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Alarm | Sounds continuously (during stop and standby |
| OFF). |
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Warning description | The tape has come to its end. |
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VTR unit operation | Operation is stopped during recording, playback |
| and fast forwarding. |
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Corrective action | Rewind the tape or replace the cassette tape. |
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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). |
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Tally lamp | Flashes four times a second (for at least 3 |
| seconds during recording). |
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Viewfinder | REC WARNING display lights (for at least 3 |
| seconds during recording). |
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Alarm | Sounds four times a second (for at least 3 |
| seconds during recording). |
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Warning description | Problem with the recording control signal. |
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VTR unit operation | Recording continues but the signals may not be |
| recorded correctly while the warning remains |
| displayed. |
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Corrective action | Rewind the tape or replace the cassette tape. |
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