Symptom

Cause/Remedy

 

 

The edit timing with the DV connection is

Editing accuracy with the DV connection is not guaranteed.

not accurate.

 

 

 

After playing at 1/10 of normal speed in

To protect a tape, the unit is set to start normal playback after playing at 1/10 of

forward or reverse for more than one

normal speed in forward or reverse for more than one minute. Play back the tape

minute, normal playback forward starts.

at 1/3 of normal speed.

 

 

Playback pause mode is released and the

To protect the tape, the unit is set to go into the stop mode after the playback

unit goes into the stop mode.

pause mode continues for a certain period. t Set FROM STILL on the VTR SET

 

menu to STEP FWD. If you do so, the tape will forward by one frame for each

 

time interval set in STILL TIME.

 

 

Playback pause mode is released and the

To protect the tape, the unit is set to forward the tape by one frame after the

tape forwards by one frame for each

playback pause mode continues for a certain period. t Set FROM STILL on the

preset time interval.

VTR SET menu to STOP. If you do so, the unit will go into the stop mode after

 

the playback pause mode continues for the interval set in STILL TIME.

 

 

After the unit has been left in the stop

AUTO STBY on the OTHERS menu is set to ENABLE. t Set AUTO STBY to

mode and no key operations have been

DISABLE.

attempted for more than one hour, the unit

 

goes into the standby mode (the unit’s

 

power turns off).

 

 

 

The pause mode of recording, audio

To protect the tape and the video heads, the unit goes into the stop mode after

dubbing, or duplicating is released

the pause mode of recording, audio dubbing, or duplicating continues for more

automatically.

than five minutes.

 

 

When the tape is rewound to its beginning,

• The TIMER selector is set to REPEAT. t Set the TIMER selector to OFF.

the playback automatically starts.

• You pressed the PLAY button while holding the REW button down. t If you do

 

this, the unit rewinds the tape to its beginning and begins playback (See page

 

16 (GB)).

 

 

During playback, the unit starts rewinding

The TIMER selector is set to REPEAT. t When the TIMER selector is set to

suddenly.

REPEAT, the unit starts rewinding at the moment when a signal for index search

 

or a blank portion is detected. Set the TIMER selector to OFF.

 

 

When the tape reaches its end, rewinding

The TIMER selector is set to REPEAT. t When the TIMER selector is set to

starts automatically.

REPEAT, the unit starts rewinding at the moment when the end of the tape is

 

detected. Set the TIMER selector to OFF.

 

 

Whenever you connect the unit to an AC

The TIMER selector is set to REC. t When the TIMER selector is set to REC,

outlet, the unit automatically starts

the unit starts recording whenever the power is connected. Set the TIMER

recording.

selector to OFF.

 

 

Even though the REMOTE/LOCAL switch

• The TIMER selector is set to REPEAT or REC. t The TIMER selector setting

is set to REMOTE, the unit starts

has a higher priority than the REMOTE/LOCAL switch setting. Set the TIMER

recording/playback by itself.

selector to OFF.

 

• When LOCAL ENBL on the REMOTE menu is set to other than NO KEY and

 

COMMANDER on the OTHERS menu is set to WIRELESS, the unit responds to

 

signals from the Remote Commander even though the REMOTE/LOCAL switch

 

is set to REMOTE. t Change the setting of LOCAL ENBL or COMMANDER.

 

 

The unit automatically goes into the

When the remote selector is set to RS-422A and the REMOTE/LOCAL switch is

playback pause mode when the tape

set to REMOTE, the unit automatically goes into the playback pause mode when

reaches its beginning or its end.

the tape reaches its beginning or its end. (This action is required when you

 

control the unit using a device connected to the RS-422A connector.)

 

If you do not intend to control the unit from an external device (i.e., do not intend

 

to use the unit in an editing system), set the remote selector to other than RS-

 

422A.

 

 

Whenever you connect the unit to an AC

• AC ON MODE on the OTHERS menu is set to POWER ON. t set AC ON

outlet, the unit turns on automatically.

MODE to STBY.

 

• There is a cassette inside the unit and the TIMER selector is set to REPEAT or

 

REC. t Set the TIMER selector to OFF.

 

 

 

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