Parts of Function and Location 2 Chapter
1 Status indication panel
2 WARNING indicator
3 RESET button
4 DISPLAY switch
Status indications
1Status indication panel
This displays warnings, the tape remaining, the battery capacity remaining, the operating status, and time indications.
| Warning |
| Operating status |
| indications |
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| RF SERVO HUMID SLACK |
| PB VITC NDF |
| TAPE |
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| BATT E | F |
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| H MIN SEC FRM |
Tape | Battery capacity | Time indications | |
remaining | remaining |
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Status indication panel
The details of these indications are as follows:
Warning indications
The following indications appear in the event of a fault in the unit:
RF: Recording or playback is not possible because the video heads are clogged, or there is a fault in the circuit.
SERVO: The drum servo or capstan servo lock is lost.
HUMID: There is condensation on the head drum. Alternatively, the humidity is high.
SLACK: The tape winding is not correct.
For more details, see the section “Warning Indications” (page
Operating status indications
These show the operating status of the unit, as follows: DIAG: in diagnosis mode
PB: when the playback time code is displayed.
VITC: when the time code displayed is the VITC (Vertical Interval Time Code)
NDF: in
2FLD: when the internal time code generator is not color frame locked1)
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1) Color frame lock | information in the input video signal and the time code is |
This forces the time code frame number to be even for | |
the first and second color fields and odd for the third and | not locked to an external time code, then in the |
fourth color fields. When there is color frame | mode the color frame lock is automatically applied. |