Troubleshooting and Maintenance 6 Chapter

Troubleshooting

Monitor problems

Symptom

Cause

 

Remedy

 

 

 

 

 

Data is not superimposed on

“CHARA. DISPLAY” under the DISPLAY

 

Set “CHARA. DISPLAY” to “ON”. (See page 43.)

the monitor screen.

CONTROL menu item is set to “OFF”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The monitor is not connected to the

 

Connect the monitor to the VIDEO OUT 2

 

VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) connector of

 

(SUPER) connector. (You must make this

 

this unit.

 

connection to display any type of text on the

 

 

 

monitor.)

 

 

 

 

 

The image on the monitor’s

The 75 Ω termination switch for video

 

Set the 75 Ω termination switch to ON or connect

screen is too bright.

input on the monitor is in the OFF

 

a terminator.

 

position or a 75 Ω terminator is not fitted

 

 

 

 

to its video input connector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The image on the monitor’s

In a video signal loop-through connection

 

Set the 75 Ω termination switches to OFF on all

screen is too dark.

of video monitors, 75 Ω termination

 

monitors other than the loop-end monitor .

 

switches for video input on monitors

 

 

 

The image is too dark when

 

 

 

other than the loop-end monitor are in

 

 

 

recording a composite video

 

 

 

the ON position.

 

 

 

signal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

Cause

 

Remedy

 

 

 

 

 

When an AES/EBU, SDI or

“DIGITAL INPUT” under the AUDIO

 

Set “DIGITAL INPUT” to “VARIABLE”. (See page

QSDI digital audio input is

CONTROL menu item is set to

47.)

 

selected, the AUDIO INPUT

“BYPASS”.

 

 

 

LEVEL control konbs do not

 

 

Note

 

work.

 

 

To be able to perform this operation, it is

 

 

 

 

 

 

necessary to set the menu item “MENU GRADE”

 

 

 

to “ENHANCED”. (See page 47.)

 

 

 

 

When a QSDI signal from a

“QSDI AUDIO MON” under the

 

Change the menu setting of “QSDI AUDIO MON”

player VCR is selected as the

OPERATIONAL FUNCTION menu item

 

to a setting other than “QSDI”, and input an audio

input to this unit, putting the

is set to “QSDI”.

 

signal corresponding to the new setting. (See

player into jog mode stops this

 

 

page 43.)

unit from outputting an EE

 

 

 

 

audio signal.

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

To be able to perform this operation, it is

 

 

 

necessary to set the menu item “MENU GRADE”

 

 

 

to “ENHANCED”. (See page 47.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Editing problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

Cause

 

Remedy

 

 

 

Execution of video editing in

This phenomenon cannot be avoided with an editing system

insert mode causes subcode

using this unit as the recorder.

 

 

 

data recorded on tape other

 

 

 

 

than time code data to

 

 

 

 

disappear from tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

During audio editing in insert

This phenomenon cannot be avoided with an editing system

mode, a strange image

using this unit as the recorder, but editing itself will be achieved

appears on the video monitor

exactly as you have designed.

 

 

 

screen like a partial frozen

 

 

 

 

image of a frame immediately

 

 

 

 

before the IN point being mixed

 

 

 

 

in the playback picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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