Chapter6

Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Please check the following before contacting your Sony dealer.

General Operation Troubles

 

Symptom

Cause/Remedy

 

 

 

 

A menu item is not available.

• The KEY INH switch is set to ON.

 

 

t First, set the switch to OFF, then adjust the menu.

 

 

• There are menus that cannot be used depending in [IN/OUT REC] menu setting.

 

 

t Change [IN/OUT REC] menu settings (page 67).

 

 

• Some menu items are only available in EE mode or playback mode.

 

 

t Set the unit to EE mode or playback mode.

 

 

• Some menu items are only available when the tape is inactive.

 

 

• There are some menus you cannot use without setting the clock.

 

 

 

 

Some menu item settings change

• You have pulled out the power cord during a menu operation or LCD monitor

 

accidentally.

brightness adjustment.

 

 

t Adjust the menu again. To prevent this incident recurring, do not pull out the

 

 

plug while adjusting the menu or the brightness of LCD monitor.

 

 

 

 

The unit operates by itself.

• [COMMANDER] in [OTHERS] menu is set to WIRELESS and a Sony Remote

 

 

Commander whose command mode is set to VTR4 is operated near the unit.

 

 

t Set [COMMANDER] to [CONTROL S].

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• When TIMER switch is set to REPEAT and [START TIME] of [CUSTOM

 

REPEAT] in [VTR SET] menu is set to [ON], the unit starts to repeat playbacks

 

 

 

 

at the start time you have set.

 

 

t Set TIMER switch to OFF, or turn [START TIME] to [OFF].

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Even though the settings on the unit are

t On the Remote Control Unit DSRM-10, press PLAY button while holding REC

 

The supplied wireless Remote

t Set [COMMANDER] in [OTHER] menu to [WIRELESS].

 

Commander does not work.

 

 

correct, you cannot make the unit record

button down.

 

using the Remote Control Unit DSRM-10

 

 

(not supplied).

 

 

 

 

 

Even though KEY INH switch is set to ON,

• Setting KEY INH switch to ON does not disable Remote Commander. To

 

the unit responds to operations input

disable the control of the Remote Commander, set [COMMANDER] in

 

using Remote Commander.

[OTHERS] menu to [CONTROL S].

 

 

 

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