Playback

Symptom

Cause/Remedy

Cannot playback.

t If a tape has reached its end, rewind the tape.

 

 

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)

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

A user bit is not displayed correctly during

t When input video signals without a user bit are recorded while HDV is input to

fast-forward/rewind.

i.LINK, the user bit will not be displayed correctly. Either “– – – – – – – – ” or

 

“00 00 00 00” is displayed during playback and fast-forward/rewind,

 

respectively.

 

 

“– – – – – – ” 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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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 widescreen-compatible monitor.

 

 

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.

 

 

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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