Symptom

Cause/Remedy

 

 

When you set the AUDIO INPUT LEVEL

Confirm the level of the sound output from the player by referring to the player’s

switch:

instruction manual. According to that output level, set the AUDIO INPUT LEVEL

• You do not know how to adjust the input

switch on the rear panel of the unit so as to obtain an optimum level (page 16).

level.

If you are not clear about the player’s output level, try the following procedures.

• The recorded level is too low.

1Set the AUDIO INPUT LEVEL switch by types of audio output connectors

• The recorded sound is distorted.

available on the player.

• If the player is equipped with phone jacks: –10.

 

 

• If the player is equipped with XLR connectors: +4 or –2.

 

2Set the AUDIO INPUT switch on the front panel to AUTO and play back the

 

tape which you intend to use for playback. When the playback audio level is at

 

its maximum, if the audio level meters exceed 0 dB, set the AUDIO INPUT

 

LEVEL switch to the lower step (+4). Or, set AUDIO INPUT switch to MANU and

 

turn the AUDIO REC LEVEL control knobs to adjust the recording level. The

 

recorded sound at the portion where the meters exceed 0 dB will be distorted.

 

 

Audio dubbing cannot be done.

• You are trying to dub the sound onto an HDV or DV-formatted tape.

Audio dubbing is interrupted.

t Sounds can be dubbed only onto a DVCAM-formatted tape (recorded) in the

 

32 kHz audio mode (4-channel) (page 63). If the unit detects the following,

 

audio dubbing will automatically abort, an alarm message will be

 

superimposed on the LCD monitor and on an external monitor (page 91).

 

– A blank portion

 

– A section recorded in other than 32 kHz audio mode (4-channel)

 

– A portion recorded in other than DVCAM format

 

• You have tried to dub the sound onto channels 1 and 2.

 

t Only channels 3 and 4 can be used for dubbing. You cannot dub the sound

 

onto channels 1 and 2.

 

 

No sound or undesired sound is output

• Set the AUDIO OUTPUT SELECT switch depending on the audio channel you

from the HDMI OUT jack, AUDIO OUT

want to output the sound to (page 7). For the output from the HDMI OUT jack, i

jacks, or i (phones) jack.

(phones) jack or speaker, also check the setting of [AUDIO MONI] in the [AUDIO

 

SET] menu (page 76).

 

 

Cannot hear CH3 and CH4 audio.

t Set the AUDIO OUTPUT SELECT switch to MIX or CH-3/4.

 

 

If an i.LINK cable is connected when you

t Use the correct setting for [HDV/DV SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu in

edit the dubbing, the monitor does not

accordance with the equipment to be connected (page 70).

display any image.

 

 

 

The unit does not function as part of a

• The INPUT SELECT switch is set to a setting other than HDV/DV.

digital non-linear editing system. The

t Set it to HDV/DV (page 8).

functions on the unit do not operate.

• The editing controller or the editing software is not compatible with the unit.

 

t Refer to the instruction manuals of the controller or the software and consult

 

their manufacturers.

 

 

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