Self-diagnosis function

The deck’s self-diagnosis function automatically checks the condition of the MD deck when an error occurs, then issues a three- or five-digit code and an error message on the display. If the code and message alternate, find them in the following table and perform the indicated countermeasure. Should the problem persist, consult your nearest Sony dealer.

Three- or five-

 

digit code/

Cause/Remedy

Message

 

The inserted MD is record-protected. C11/Protected , Take out the MD and close the record-

Display messages

The following table explains the various messages that appear in the display. Messages are also displayed by the deck’s Self-diagnosis function (see page 49).

Message

Meaning

Auto Cut

The Auto Cut Function is on (page 19).

 

 

Blank Disc

A new (blank) or erased MD has been

inserted.

 

 

 

 

An attempt was made to make a second

Cannot Copy

copy from a digitally dubbed MD

 

(page 48).

 

 

 

An attempt was made to edit a

 

premastered MD, to edit the MD

C12/Cannot Copy

protect slot (page 15).

You tried to record a CD with a format that the external device connected to the deck does not support, such as CD-ROM or video CD.

,Remove the disc and insert a music CD.

Cannot Edit

during Program or Shuffle Play or to

 

change the recording level of an MD

 

recorded in LP2 or LP4 Stereo mode.

 

 

Disc Full

The MD is full (page 47).

 

 

 

You pressed ?/1 while in S.F Edit

 

(changing the recording level after

 

recording, Fade-in, Fade-out) mode.

 

The recording was not made properly.

 

, Set the deck in a stable surface, and

 

repeat the recording procedure.

 

 

C13/Rec Error

The inserted MD is dirty (with smudges,

fingerprints, etc.), scratched, or

 

 

substandard in quality.

 

, Replace the disc and repeat the

 

recording procedure.

 

 

 

The deck could not read the TOC on the

C13/Read Error

MD properly.

 

, Take out the MD and insert it again.

The deck could not read the TOC on the MD properly.

C14/Toc Error , Insert another disc.

,If possible, erase all the tracks on the MD (page 32).

The sound source is a copy of commercially available music software, or you tried to record a CD-R (Recordable

C41/Cannot Copy CD).

,The Serial Copy Management System prevents making a digital copy (page 48). You cannot record a CD-R.

 

The sporadic appearance of this message

 

is caused by the digital signal being

 

recorded. This will not affect the

 

recording.

 

 

 

While recording from a digital component

C71/Din Unlock

connected through the DIGITAL IN

 

connector, the digital connecting cable

 

was unplugged or the digital component

 

turned off.

 

, Connect the cable or turn the digital

 

component back on.

 

 

E0001/

There is an error in the internal data that

the deck needs in order to operate.

MEMORY NG

, Consult your nearest Sony dealer.

 

 

If you turn off the deck while in S.F

 

 

Edit mode, any changes that you have

 

Edit NOW

made will not be made properly. Finish

 

 

the changes and leave S.F Edit mode

 

 

before turning off the deck. If you

 

 

accidentally turn off the deck while

 

 

changes are being made, press ?/1

 

 

while the message is displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

Impossible

The deck cannot do the specified

 

operation (pages 15, 32 and 34).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The S.F Edit (changing the recording

 

 

level after recording, Fade-in, Fade-

 

Incomplete!

out) operation was not performed

 

properly because the deck was moved

 

 

 

 

while recording was in progress or the

 

 

MD is damaged or dirty.

Additional

 

 

 

 

The Setup Menu settings have been

 

lost.

 

Or the contents recorded by the timer

 

have disappeared over time and are not

 

Information

 

be available for saving to disc, or

Initialize (flashing)

Program Play could not be activated

 

since the program has disappeared over

 

time.

 

(The message flashes for about four

 

 

seconds when you turn on the deck by

 

 

pressing ?/1.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The naming capacity of the MD has

 

Name Full

reached its limit (about 1,700

 

 

characters).

 

 

 

 

 

 

While attempting to change the

 

 

recording level after recording, you

 

No Change

pressed MENU/NO without actually

 

 

changing the recording level, so no

 

 

change was made.

 

 

 

 

 

No Disc

There is no MD in the deck.

 

 

 

 

 

No Name

The track or disc has no name.

 

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