Troubleshooting
If an alarm message appears in the display section or | unit appears to be malfunctioning, please check the | |||
on the video monitor connected to this unit, or if the | following before contacting your Sony dealer. | |||
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The unit’s control buttons do | The KEY INHIBIT switch on the |
| Set the KEY INHIBIT switch on the subsidiary | |
not work. | subsidiary control panel is set to ON. | control panel to OFF. | ||
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| The CONTROL PANEL switch on the | • Set the CONTROL PANEL switch on the | ||
| subsidiary control panel is set to EXT. | subsidiary control panel to INT. | ||
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The unit’s transport control | The REMOTE button is lit and menu item | Turn off the REMOTE button and, on the | ||
buttons (PLAY, F FWD, REW, | 006 (LOCAL FUNCTION ENABLE) is set | subsidiary control panel, set the KEY INHIBIT | ||
etc.) do not work. | to ST&EJ or DIS.a) |
| switch and CONTROL PANEL switch to OFF and | |
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| No cassette is loaded.a) |
| Insert a cassette. | |
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Tape problems |
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Recording is not possible. | The cassette’s REC/SAVE switch is set | Set the REC/SAVE switch to REC, or use | ||
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| another cassette. | |
| The REC INHIBIT switch on the |
| Set the REC INHIBIT switch on the subsidiary | |
| subsidiary control panel is set to ON. | control panel to OFF. | ||
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The NOT EDITABLE indication | The recording mode selected on this unit | • Set the unit for the same recording mode as with | ||
appears in the display section. | does not coincide with that of the loaded | the tape. | ||
| tape.a) |
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| can use the tape currently loaded in the unit. | |
| The recording format of the currently | • You can use the currently loaded tape as a | ||
| loaded tape is DV or DVCPRO. |
| source tape for playback and editing. | |
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| • You cannot use the tape as a recording tape for | |
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Time data problems |
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Cannot set the time data to an | The PRESET/REGEN switch on the | Set the PRESET/REGEN switch on the | ||
optional initial value. | subsidiary control panel is set to |
| subsidiary control panel to PRESET. | |
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| The counter value is selected as the time | Press the COUNTER SEL button to light the TC | ||
| data for display (the COUNTER indicator | (time code) or | ||
| is lit in the display section).a) |
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| preset). | |
The tape is running, but the | The HOLD button has been pressed. | Press the button once again to exit the time code | ||
time data does not appear in |
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the display section. |
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The | Press the COUNTER SEL button to light the | |||
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a)In these states, alarm messages appear in the display section and on the monitor screen.
Troubleshooting and Maintenance 8 Chapter
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