Chapter5
Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Please check the following before contacting your Sony dealer.
General Operation Troubles
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| A menu item is not available. | • There are menus that cannot be used depending on the setting in [IN/OUT REC] |
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| t Change [IN/OUT REC] menu settings (page 46). |
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| • Some menu items are only available in EE mode or playback mode. |
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| t Set the unit to EE mode or playback mode. |
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| • Some menu items are only available when the tape is inactive. |
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| • There are some menus you cannot use without setting the clock. |
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| • Some menu items are not available when REC/SAVE switch on the cassette |
Chapter | Some menu item settings change | inside the unit has been set to SAVE. |
• You have pulled out the power cord during a menu operation. | ||
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| t Set the switch to REC. |
5 | accidentally. | t Adjust the menu again. To prevent this incident recurring, do not pull out the |
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| The unit operates by itself. | • [COMMANDER] in [OTHERS] menu is set to [WIRELESS] and a Sony Remote |
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| Commander whose command mode is set to VTR4 is operated near the unit. |
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| t Set [COMMANDER] to [CONTROL S]. |
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| The supplied wireless Remote | t Set [COMMANDER] in [OTHERS] menu to [WIRELESS]. |
| Commander does not work. |
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| Even though the settings on the unit are | • On the Remote Control Unit |
| correct, you cannot make the unit record | button down. |
| using the Remote Control Unit |
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| Whenever you connect the unit to an AC | • [AC ON MODE] in [OTHERS] menu is set to [ON]. |
| outlet or the AC adaptor, the unit turns on | t Set [AC ON MODE] to [STANDBY]. |
| automatically. | • There is a cassette inside the unit and [AUTO REPEAT] in [VTR SET] menu is |
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| set to [ON]. |
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| t Set [AUTO REPEAT] to [OFF]. |
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