Maintenance 8 Chapter

8-3 Operation Warnings

When a problem occurs at power on or during operation, a

panel, in the viewfinder and on the camcorder body. The

warning is given by the relevant indicators in the display

speaker and earphone also give audible warnings.

 

 

Operation warnings

 

 

Display panel

Indicators in viewfinder

Warning

Problem

VTR operation

Action to take

 

 

 

sounds

 

 

 

Warning/

Status

: Lit

:

 

 

 

Battery

(Flashing/

: 1 flash/s

4 beeps/s

 

 

 

status

Lit)

:

 

 

 

: 4 flashes/s

 

 

 

indication

 

1 beep/s

 

 

 

 

WARNING REC/tally BATT

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuous

 

 

 

 

 

beep

 

 

 

RF

Lit 1)

–

1)

Video

After clogged head

Clean the head. If

 

 

 

 

head gap

is detected,

recording is still

 

 

 

 

clogged or

recording continues

substandard, turn off the

 

 

 

 

problem in

but may be

power, and consult your

 

 

 

 

recording

substandard.

Sony service

 

 

 

 

circuit

 

representative

SERVO

Lit

–

 

Servo lock

Recording

Turn off the power and

 

 

 

 

lost

continuous but may

contact your Sony

 

 

 

 

 

be substandard.

service representative.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(This indication may be

 

 

 

 

 

 

given momentarily when

 

 

 

 

 

 

the tape starts moving,

 

 

 

 

 

 

but this does not indicate

 

 

 

 

 

 

a problem.)

HUMID!

Lit

–

1)

Condensa-

Recording

Stop the tape, and wait

 

 

 

 

tion on the

continues but stops

until the HUMID indicator

 

 

 

 

2) optical

if the tape sticks to

disappears.

 

 

 

 

pickup.

the head drum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playback, fast

 

 

 

 

 

 

forward, and rewind

 

 

 

 

 

 

do not operate.

 

SLACK

Lit

–

 

The tape

VTR stops. An error

Remove the cassette by

 

 

 

 

cannot be

code appears in the

the method described in

 

 

 

 

wound

time code display

the Maintenance Manual.

 

 

 

 

properly.

section of the

Close the cassette lid

 

 

 

 

 

display panel. Look

without loading a

 

 

 

 

 

up the error code in

cassette, turn off the

 

 

 

 

 

the Maintenance

power, and consult your

 

 

 

 

 

Manual.

Sony service

 

 

 

 

 

 

representative.

TAPE

Flashing4)

1)

 

Near the

Operation

Be prepared to change

 

 

 

 

end of

continues.

the cassette.

 

 

 

 

tape

 

 

TAPE and

Flashing

 

 

End of

Recording stops.

Change the cassette.

E

 

 

 

tape

 

 

BATT

Flashing

 

4)

Battery

Operation

Change the battery.

 

 

 

 

almost

continues. 5)

 

 

 

 

 

exhausted.

 

 

BATT and

Flashing

 

 

Battery

Operation stops.

Change the battery.

E

 

 

 

exhausted.

 

 

1) During recording

 

 

5) The VTR once stops recording in auto interval recording mode.

2)During playback, fast forward, or stop

3)Additionally “5-0” appears for the tape remaining indication.

4)During recording or in stop mode

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