Sony HCD-MD373 service manual Items of Error History Mode Items and Contents

ITEMS OF ERROR HISTORY MODE ITEMS AND CONTENTS

Selecting the Test Mode

Display

Details of History

total rec

Displays the recording time.

Displayed as “r ππππππh”.

The displayed time is the total time the laser is set to the high power state.

This is about 1/4 of the actual recording time.

The time is displayed in decimal digits from 0h to 65535h.

total play

Displays the play time.

Displayed as “p ππππππh”. The time displayed is the total actual play time. Pauses are not counted.

The time is displayed in decimal digits from 0h to 65535h.

retry err

Displays the total number of retries during recording and number of retry errors during play.

Displayed as “r ππ pππ”.

“r” indicates the retries during recording while “p” indicates the retry errors during play.

The number of retries and retry errors are displayed in hexadecimal digits from 00 to FF.

total err

Displays the total number of errors.

Displayed as “total ππ”.

The number of errors is displayed in hexadecimal digits from 00 to FF.

err history

Displays the 10 latest errors.

Displayed as “0 π E@@”.

π indicates the history number. The smaller the number, the more recent is the error. (00 is the latest).

@@ indicates the error code.

Refer to the following table for the details. The error history can be switched by pressing the

=0/MD/CD/

button.

TUNING –

button or)+/MD/CD/TUNING +

er refresh

Mode which erases the “retry err”, “total err”, and “err history” histories.

When returning the unit to the customer after completing repairs, perform this to erase the past error history,

After pressing the

SYNC REC

button and “er refresh?” is displayed, press the

ENTER/YES “R”

button to erase

the history.

“Complete!” will be displayed momentarily.

Be sure to check the following when this mode has been executed.

• The data has been erased.

• The mechanism operates normally when recording and play are performed.

tm refresh

Mode which erases the “total rec” and “total play” histories.

These histories serve as approximate indications of when to replace the optical pickup.

If the optical pickup has been replaced, perform this operation and erase the history.

After pressing the

SYNC REC

button and “tm refresh?” is displayed, press the

ENTER/YES “R”

button to

erase the history.

“Complete!” will be displayed momentarily.

Be sure to check the following when this mode has been executed.

• The data has been erased.

• The mechanism operates normally when recording and play are performed.

Table of Error Codes

Error Code	Details of Error	Error Code	Details of Error
E00	No error	E05	FOK has deviated
E01	Read error. PTOC cannot be read	E06	Cannot focus (Servo has deviated)
	(DISC ejected)
		E07	Recording retry
E02	TOC error. UTOC error	E08	Recording retry error
	(DISC not ejected)
		E09	Playback retry error
E03	Loading error		(Access error)
E04	Address cannot be read (Servo has deviated)	E0A	Play retry error (C2 error)

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