Troubleshooting
If an alarm message appears on the monitor screen or the time counter display, or if the unit appears to be malfunctioning, please check the following before contacting your Sony dealer.
Tape problems
Symptom | Cause | Remedy |
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Recording is not possible. | The cassette’s REC/SAVE switch is set | Set the REC/SAVE switch to REC. |
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The unit’s tape transport | The REMOTE/LOCAL switch is set to | Set the REMOTE/LOCAL switch to LOCAL and |
control buttons (PLAY, F FWD, | REMOTE and “LOCAL ENABLE” under | change the menu setting of “LOCAL ENABLE” to |
REW, etc.) do not work. | the OPERATIONAL FUNCTION menu | “ALL ENABLE”. (See page 42.) |
| item is set to “STOP & EJECT” or “ALL |
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| DISABLE”.a) |
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| No cassette is loaded.a) | Insert a cassette. (See page 24.) |
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The NOT EDITABLE indicator | The recording mode selected on this unit | • When your current purpose is editing, set the |
on the front panel lights up. | does not coincides with that of the | REMOTE/LOCAL switch to LOCAL and set the |
| loaded tape.a) | unit for the same recording mode as with the |
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| tape, then reset the REMOTE/LOCAL switch to |
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| REMOTE. |
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| can use the tape currently loaded in the unit. |
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| The recording format of the currently | • If you are using the unit for recording, you can |
| loaded tape is “DV”.a) | use the currently loaded tape. |
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| • You can use the currently loaded tape as a |
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| source tape for playback and editing. |
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| • You cannot use the tape as a recording tape for |
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| editing. |
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Time data problems |
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Symptom | Cause | Remedy |
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Cannot freely set the time | “TC MODE” under the TIME CODE | Change the menu setting of “TC MODE” to “INT |
data’s initial value. | menu item has been set to “EXT | PRESET”. (See page 45.) |
| REGEN”.a) |
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| CNT is selected as the time data type to | Press the COUNTER SELECT button to make the |
| be displayed. (The “COUNTER” time | “TC” or |
| data type indicator is lit.)a) |
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| The REMOTE/LOCAL switch is set to | Set the REMOTE/LOCAL switch to LOCAL and |
| REMOTE and “LOCAL ENABLE” under | change the menu setting of “LOCAL ENABLE” to |
| the OPERATIONAL FUNCTION menu | “ALL ENABLE”. (See page 42.) |
| item is set to “STOP & EJECT” or “ALL |
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| DISABLE”.a) |
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The tape is running, but the | The MENU button or TC PRESET button | Press the button once again to exit the menu |
time data is not shown in the | on the menu control panel has been | control mode, time code preset mode, or digital |
time counter display. | pressed. | hours meter display mode. (In either of these |
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| modes, the time data is not shown in the time |
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| counter display.) |
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| The | Press the COUNTER SELECT button to make the |
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| “COUNTER” or “TC” time data type indicator light |
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Input problems |
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Symptom | Cause | Remedy |
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It is not possible to record a | No QSDI signal is input to the unit.a) | Connect a QSDI signal to the QSDI INPUT |
QSDI signal. |
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a)In these states, an alarm message appears on the monitor screen and on the time counter display.
Troubleshooting and Maintenance 6 Chapter
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