Chapter6
Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Please check the following before contacting your Sony dealer.
General Operation Troubles
Symptom | Cause/Remedy |
|
|
|
|
Key operations cannot be made. | • The KEY INH switch is set to ON. |
|
| t Set the switch to OFF (page 6). |
|
|
|
|
A menu item is not available. | • The KEY INH switch is set to ON. |
|
| t First, set the switch to OFF(page 6), then adjust the menu. |
|
| • There are menus that cannot be used depending in the [IN/OUT REC] menu |
|
| setting. |
|
| t Change the [IN/OUT REC] menu settings (page 70). |
|
| • 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 the LCD monitor. |
|
|
|
|
The unit operates by itself. | • [COMMANDER] in the [OTHERS] menu is set to [WIRELESS] and a Sony |
|
| Remote Commander with its command mode set to VTR4 is operating near the |
|
| unit. |
|
| t Set [COMMANDER] to [CONTROL S] (page 80). |
|
| • When TIMER switch is set to REPEAT and [START TIME] of [CUSTOM |
|
| REPEAT] in the [VTR SET] menu is set to [ON], the unit starts to repeat playback |
|
| at the start time you have set. |
|
| t Set the TIMER switch to OFF (page 7), or turn [START TIME] to [OFF] (page |
|
| 77). |
|
|
|
|
The supplied wireless Remote | t Set [COMMANDER] in the [OTHERS] menu to [WIRELESS] (page 80). |
|
Commander does not work. |
|
|
|
|
|
Even though the settings on the unit are | t On the |
|
correct, you cannot make the unit record | the REC button down. |
|
using the |
|
|
(not supplied). |
|
|
|
|
|
| (Continued) |
|
Chapter 6 Maintenance | 83 |