About Moisture Condensation
If the unit or cassette is brought directly from a cold to a warm location, moisture may condense inside or outside the unit or tape. If you use the tape or video heads in this condition, the tape may adhere to the head drum, and the video heads or the tape may be damaged, or a malfunction may occur.
When condensation occurs, the alarm messages
“% Z Moisture condensation. Eject the cassette” or “% Moisture condensation. Turn off for 1H.” will appear.
Moisture condensation is likely to occur under the following conditions:
•The unit or cassette is brought from the cold outdoors to a warm indoor location.
•The unit or cassette is brought from the air- conditioned indoors to the hot outdoors.
•The unit is used in a place subject to cold currents from an air conditioner.
When bringing the unit or cassette from a cold place to a warm place or vice versa, put it in a plastic bag and seal the bag tightly. After bringing it into the new place, leave the bag on for more than one hour, and remove the bag when the air temperature inside it has reached the temperature surrounding it.
If moisture condensation occurred
If moisture condensation occurs
Remove the cassette immediately. While the alarm indicator is displayed, you cannot operate the unit except to press the EJECT button.
Turn off the power and leave the front panel open until the condensation disappears (approximately 1 hour). If the alarm message does not appear when you turn on the unit, and if % or Z does not flash when you insert a cassette and press the video operation button, you can use the unit again.
If there is negligible condensation in the unit, this condensation may not be detected. In that case, the cassette may not be ejected for approximately 10 seconds after you open the front panel. This is not a malfunction. Do not close the front panel until the cassette is ejected.
Digital Hours Meter
The digital hours meter keeps cumulative counts of the total operation time, the head drum rotation time, the tape running time and the number of unthreading operations. These counts can be displayed on the menu. Use them as guidelines for scheduling maintenance.
In general, consult your Sony dealer about necessary periodic maintenance checks.
The digital hours meter has the following four display modes and you can check them in [HOURS METER] of the [OTHERS] menu (See page 53).
•OPERATION mode
The cumulative total hours of operating time is displayed in
•DRUM RUN mode
The cumulative total hours of drum rotation with tape threaded is displayed in
•TAPE RUN mode
The cumulative total hours of tape running time is displayed in
•THREADING mode
The cumulative number of tape unthreading operations is displayed in
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