Sony 50P, DSR-50 manual 94

Maintenance 7 Chapter

Alarm Messages

If an error occurs, a warning appears on the LCD monitor and the VIDEO OUT1 output (if the SUPERIMPOSE switch is set to ON). If you have set the DISPLAY (LCD OFF/OFF/ON) selector to LCD OFF, you still can recognize a warning by means of the display window, the warning indicator or warning tone. Check them with the following list.

Note

A warning tone is only output to the headphones or return sound to the camera. The warning tone is not output to the AUDIO MONITOR OUT jack or the AUDIO OUT jacks.

LCD		Display	Indicator lamp (flash/on) a)
			Unit	Camera		Beep	Description/Recovery
monitor		window
			WARNING	REC/Tally	BATT
%		%	Rapid	Rapid			Moisture condensation (without a tape) t Keep the
						Beep	cassette lid open and turn the power on, then wait
			flashing	flashing
							more than one hour.
%Z		%Z	Rapid	Rapid		Beep	Moisture condensation (with a tape) t Remove the
							cassette and keep the cassette lid open and turn the
			flashing	flashing
							power on, then wait more than one hour.
Q		Q	Slow			Beep	You tried to record without a cassette. t Insert a
NO TAPE			flashing				cassette.
Q		Q	Slow	Slow		No	The tape is reaching the end. t Provide a new
			flashing	flashing		beep	cassette.
QZ		QZ	ON	Rapid		Beep	The tape reached the end and still tried to record. t
TAPE END				flashing			Rewind the tape or replace the tape with a new one.
QZ		QZ	Slow			Beep	The cassette is write-protected. (The REC/SAVE switch
							is set to SAVE.) t Set the REC/SAVE switch to REC
			flashing				or use another cassette (See page 40 (GB)).
							You tried to dub the sound onto a tape that is not
			Slow			Beep	DVCAM-formatted. t Use a DVCAM-formatted tape
REC MODE			flashing				on which the sound has been recorded in the 32 kHz
							audio mode (4-channel/12 bits).
							You tried to dub the sound onto a blank tape or onto
							a tape on which the sound has been not recorded in
TAPE			Slow			Beep	the 32 kHz audio mode (4-channel/12 bits). t Use a
			flashing				DVCAM-formatted tape on which the sound has been
							recorded in the 32 kHz audio mode (4-channel/12
							bits).
							You tried to dub the sound when the INPUT SELECT
DV IN			Slow			Beep	selector has been set to DV. t You cannot dub the
			flashing				sound in the DV input mode. Select another input
							mode.
CLOCK SET						No	You have not set the clock when you turned on the unit.
						beep	t Set the clock with the menu (See page 92 (GB)).
COPY			Slow				You tried to record a copyright-protected source.
						Beep	t You cannot record a copyright-protected source
INHIBIT			flashing
							(See page 43 (GB)).
x							The video heads are clogged. t Clean the video
	Displayed	x	Rapid	Rapid		No	heads with the supplied cleaning cassette. (The unit
							detects if the video heads are clean only before
	Y alternately		flashing	flashing		beep
							recording. If the video heads get clogged during
CLEANING							recording, the unit cannot detect it.)
CASSETTE
							The power voltage is low. t If you are using a
		e	Slow	Slow	Slow	No	battery pack, replace the battery pack. If you are
							using an AC adaptor, select NI-CD in uREMAIN. If
			flashing	flashing	flashing	beep
							the warning is still displayed, use an AC adaptor that
							meets the specifications of the unit.

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