Chapter 7 Maintenance 93 (GB)
Chapter 7 Maintenance

Chapter7

Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Please check the following before contacting your
Sony dealer.
Symptom Cause/Remedy
The power cannot be turned on. •The AC power cord is disconnected. t Connect the AC power cord.
•The REMOTE/LOCAL switch is set to REMOTE. t Set the switch to LOCAL.
The unit will not operate even if the power
has been turned on. •The REMOTE/LOCAL switch is set to REMOTE. t Set the switch to LOCAL.
•Moisture condensation has occurred. t Turn off the power, disconnect the AC
power cord. Reconnect the AC power cord after about one minute and turn on
the power. Then if there is a cassette in the unit, remove the cassette and leave
it for more than one hour.
•The cassette is not inserted straight. t Eject and reinsert it straight.
The cassette cannot be inserted. •There is moisture condensation on the head drum. t With the unit powered on,
wait more than one hour.
•The cassette is not inserted straight. t Eject and reinsert it straight.
•Another cassette has been loaded already. t Remove the cassette and insert
the one you want to load.
•The cassette compartment is closed. t Press the EJECT button to open the
compartment.
It takes time to eject the cassette. This is not a malfunction. t This unit ejects the cassette slowly to protect the
tape. While the cassette is being ejected, the q (cassette) indicator flashes.
No picture. The video heads are dirty. t Clean the video heads using the supplied cleaning
cassette.
Noise appears on the screen. •A damaged tape is loaded. t Remove the cassette and insert another one.
•The video heads are dirty. t 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 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.
No picture via the DV jack. Reconnect the i.LINK cable (DV cable) (not supplied).
The INPUT SELECT selector is set to a position other than DV. t Set the
selector to DV.
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