Warning System
If trouble is detected immediately after the power is turned on or during operation, the display window (LCD), WARNING lamp, lamps inside the viewfinder, and warning tones from the speaker and earphone inform the operator of trouble.
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Item | Warning | Warning | ing | ing tape | WARN- | REC | tone | contents | operation | Countermeasures |
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| Clean the heads. |
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| Emitted |
| Head clogging is | If images still |
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| Flashes | Flashes | Video head | detected and a | cannot be | |
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| 4 times | 4 times | clogging, | warning tone | recorded properly | |
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| per | per | recording | emitted. Images | after the heads | |||
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| second | second | system trouble | may not be | are cleaned, | |
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| recorded properly. | consult your |
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| Turn off the power |
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| Flashes | Flashes | Emitted |
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| 4 times | 4 times | 4 times | The servo is | ||
SERVO | SERVO | Lighted |
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HUMID | HUMID | Lighted |
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| An error code |
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| time code display | code in the display | ||
SLACK | SLACK | Flashes |
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F1) During recording
F2) During playback, fast forward or rewind
Note{
If a cleaning tape is not available to deal with video head clogging, etc., first es- tablish the STOP mode and then press the STOP button again while the RESET button on the side panel is kept depressed. While these buttons are held down, the cleaning roller will clean the heads for a maximum of 10 seconds.
