Alarm Messages

The following alarm messages will appear together with the alarm indicators. Take corrective action according to the displayed message.

Item

Message

Cause/Corrective Action

 

 

 

 

Moisture

% Z Moisture condensation. Eject the cassette.

t See page 94 for details.

condensation

 

 

 

 

% Moisture condensation. Turn off for 1H.

t See page 94 for details.

 

 

 

 

 

Cassette/Tape

Q Insert a cassette.

t See page 29.

 

 

 

 

 

Z Reinsert the cassette.

Check for damage to the tape or other

 

 

 

 

irregularities.

 

 

 

 

 

Q Z The tape is locked –check the tab.

t See page 28.

 

 

 

 

 

Q The tape has reached the end.

 

 

 

 

Audio dubbing

Cannot add audio. INPUT SELECT is set to HDV/DV.

 

 

 

 

 

Not recorded in DVCAM mode. Cannot add audio.

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot add audio.

You cannot add audio unless the recorded

 

 

 

 

audio format is 32 kHz (4-channel, 12 bit).

 

 

 

 

Make sure that [60i/50i SEL] in the [OTHERS]

 

 

 

 

menu is set correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot add audio on the blank portion of a tape.

 

 

 

 

 

HDV recorded tape. Cannot add audio.

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot add audio. “HDV/DV SEL” is set to HDV.

 

 

 

 

Others

Cannot record due to copyright protection.

 

 

 

 

 

Change to correct tape format.

This is an unsupported format and cannot be

 

 

 

 

played back.

 

 

 

 

 

No output image in “HDV/DV SEL”. Change format.

Stop playback or signal input, or change the

 

 

 

 

[HDV/DV SEL] setting (page 70).

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

Dirty video head. Use a cleaning cassette.

t See page 92.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unplug power cable.

 

 

 

 

 

Reinsert the cassette.

 

 

 

 

 

Invalid input signal.

The signal that has been input to the unit is

 

 

 

 

invalid. Check the input signal.

 

 

 

 

 

Power voltage error.

 

 

 

 

 

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