Playback
Symptom | Cause/Remedy |
Cannot playback. | t If a tape has reached its end, rewind the tape. |
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Cannot playback in reverse at various | • This unit cannot play back a tape recorded in the HDV format in the reverse |
speeds. | direction at various speeds. (p. 28) |
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Horizontal lines are displayed on an image | t The video heads are dirty. Clean the video heads using the supplied cleaning |
or the image is blurred or not displayed. | cassette. |
| • A damaged tape is loaded. |
| t Remove the cassette and insert another one. |
| • You have tried to make the unit play back a tape recorded in the LP mode of the |
| DV format. |
| t This unit can play back only tapes recorded in the HDV, DVCAM format or in |
| the SP mode of the DV format. A tape recorded in the LP mode of the DV |
| format cannot be played back on this unit. |
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The audio is noisy. | • A damaged tape is loaded. |
| t Remove the cassette and insert another one. |
| t The video heads are dirty. Clean the video heads using the supplied cleaning |
| cassette. |
| • You have tried to make the unit play back a tape recorded in the LP mode of the |
| DV format. |
| t This unit can play back only tapes recorded in the HDV, DVCAM format or in |
| the SP mode of the DV format. A tape recorded in the LP mode of the DV |
| format cannot be played back on this unit. |
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Cannot perform a date search and index | • There is a portion with no recording at the beginning or in the middle of a tape. |
search. | This is not a malfunction. |
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The time code is not reset to “00:00:00:00” | t The time code is not displayed correctly at the starting point of recording. This |
after rewinding a tape to the recording | condition, however, is not a malfunction. When you restart playback, the time |
starting point. | code and images are displayed correctly from the starting point. |
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A user bit is not displayed correctly during | t When input video signals without a user bit are recorded while HDV is input to |
i.LINK, the user bit will not be displayed correctly. Either “– – – – – – – – ” or | |
| “00 00 00 00” is displayed during playback and |
| respectively. |
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“– – – – – – ” appears. | • The tape being played back was recorded without setting the date and time. |
| • The tape portion being played back has no recording. |
| • If there is a scratch or noise on the tape, the data code cannot be read. |
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Although the component video cable is | t Use the correct setting for [COMPONENT] on the [IN/OUT REC] menu in |
connected properly to a television set or | accordance with the equipment to be connected. |
monitor to play back a tape, no image or | • No audio is output from the COMPONENT OUT jacks. |
audio is output. | t Connect also an audio cable. |
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When you connect the unit to a 4:3 | t When you watch a tape recorded in the HDV format on a 4:3 television set, |
television set, the displayed image | set [DOWN CONVERT] on the [IN/OUT REC] menu correctly before playback. |
appears flattened. | t DVCAM/DV tape images recorded in wide mode are not displayed correctly. |
| Use a |
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After playing at 1/10 of normal speed in | • To protect a tape, the unit is set to start normal playback after playing at 1/10 of |
forward or reverse for more than 1 minute, | normal speed in forward or reverse for more than 1 minute. |
normal playback forward starts. | t Play back the tape at 1/3 of normal speed. |
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The pause mode of playback, recording, | • To protect the tape and the video heads, the unit goes into the stop mode after |
or audio dubbing is released | the pause mode of recording, audio dubbing, or duplicating continues for more |
automatically. | than about 3 minutes. |
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Maintenance 5 Chapter
Chapter 5 Maintenance | 57 |