Troubleshooting and Maintenance 6 Chapter
Troubleshooting
If an alarm message appears on the monitor screen, or if the unit appears to be malfunctioning, please check the following before contacting your Sony dealer.
Tape problems
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Recording is not | The cassette’s REC/SAVE switch is set | Set the REC/SAVE switch to REC, or use another cassette. | |
possible. | to SAVE. a) |
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The unit’s tape | The REMOTE button is lit and the | Press the REMOTE button to turn it off, or change the setting | |
transport control | LOCAL ENABLE menu item is set to | of the LOCAL ENABLE menu item (see page 63) to ALL | |
buttons (PLAY, F FWD, | STOP & EJECT or ALL DISABLE. a) | ENABLE. | |
REW, etc.) do not |
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No cassette is loaded. a) | Insert a cassette (see page 29). | ||
work. | |||
The NOT EDITABLE | The audio recording mode selected on | • When your current purpose is editing, press the REMOTE | |
indicator on the front | this unit does not coincides with that of | button to turn it off and set the unit for the same audio | |
panel lights up. | the loaded tape. a) | recording mode as with the tape using the REC. MODE | |
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| menu item (see page 69), then turn on the REMOTE | |
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| button again. | |
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| • When your current purpose is recording, you can use the | |
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| tape currently loaded in the unit. | |
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| The recording format of the currently | Replace the tape with one recorded in the DVCAM format. | |
| loaded tape is “DV” or “DVCPRO.” a) |
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a)In these states, an alarm message appears on the monitor screen and in the time counter display.
Time data problems
Symptom | Cause | Remedy |
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Cannot freely set the | The TC MODE menu item is set to EXT | Change the setting of the TC MODE menu item (see page |
initial time data value. | REGEN. a) | 66) to INT PRESET. |
| CNT is selected as the time data type | Press the COUNTER SEL button to make the TC or |
| to be displayed (the COUNTER time | time data type indicator light up (the CNT value cannot be |
| data type indicator is lit). a) | set freely). |
| The REMOTE button is lit and the | Press the REMOTE button to turn it off or change the setting |
| LOCAL ENABLE menu item is set to | of the LOCAL ENABLE menu item (see page 63) to ALL |
| STOP & EJECT or ALL DISABLE. a) | ENABLE. |
The tape is running, | The MENU button or TC PRESET | Press the button once again to exit the menu control mode, |
but the time data is not | button on the menu control panel has | time code preset mode, or digital hours meter display mode. |
shown in the time | been pressed. | (In either of the menu control mode and time code preset |
counter display. |
| mode, the time data is not shown in the time counter display.) |
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| The | Press the COUNTER SEL button to make the COUNTER or |
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a)In these states, an alarm message appears on the monitor screen and in the time counter display.
Input problem
Symptom | Cause | Remedy |
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It is not possible to | No SDTI signal is input to the unit. a) | Connect an SDTI signal to the SDTI (QSDI) IN connector. |
record an SDTI (QSDI) |
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signal. |
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a)In this state, an alarm message appears on the monitor screen and in the time counter display.
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