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.

Operation problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

Cause

 

 

Remedy

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

• Set extended menu item 117 to PARA.

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

INT, respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No cassette is loaded.a)

 

 

Insert a cassette.

 

 

 

 

 

Tape problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

Cause

 

 

Remedy

 

 

 

 

Recording is not possible.

The cassette’s REC/SAVE switch is set

Set the REC/SAVE switch to REC, or use

 

to SAVE.a)

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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)

 

 

• When your current purpose is recording, you

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

• You cannot use the tape as a recording tape for

 

 

 

 

editing.

 

 

 

 

 

Time data problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

Cause

 

 

Remedy

 

 

 

 

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.

 

REGEN.a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 U-BIT (user bits) indicator in the

 

is lit in the display section).a)

 

 

display section (the counter value cannot be

 

 

 

 

preset).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turn off the REMOTE button and, on the

 

 

 

 

subsidiary control panel, set the KEY INHIBIT

 

 

 

 

switch and CONTROL PANEL switch to OFF and

 

 

 

 

INT, respectively.

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

preset mode.

the display section.

 

 

 

 

The U-BIT indicator is lit in the display

Press the COUNTER SEL button to light the

 

 

section.a)

 

 

COUNTER (counter value) or TC (time code)

 

 

 

 

indicator in the display section.

 

 

 

 

 

a) Inthesestates,alarmmessagesappearinthediaplaysectionandonthemonitorscreen.

 

 

 

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