Maintenance 10 Chapter

10-3 Operation Warnings

When a problem occurs at power on or during operation, a

camcorder body. The speaker and earphone also give

warning is given by the relevant indicators on the color and

audible warnings.

 

 

monochrome LCDs, in the viewfinder and on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operation warnings

 

 

 

Alarm

Indicators on color/

Indicators in viewfinder/

Warning

Problem

VDR

Action to take

Message

monochrome LCDs

on camcorder body

 

sounds

 

operation

 

 

Warning/

Flashing/

:Continuous

:1 flash/s

:

 

 

 

 

Battery

continuous

:4 flashes/s

 

 

4 beeps/s

 

 

 

 

status

 

 

 

:

 

 

 

 

 

WARNING

REC/tally

BATT

 

 

 

 

indication

 

1 beep/s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuou

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

s beep

 

 

 

E**-** 1)

 

 

 

 

Recording

Recording

Turn off the power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

error

stops.

and consult your

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sony representative.

MEM Full

2)

2)

 

2)

Shockproo

Recording

Protect the unit from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f memory

continuous but

shocks and vibration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

overflow

may be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

substandard.

 

ILL.REC!

2)

2)

 

2)

Input sync

Recording

Turn off the power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

error

continuous but

and contact your

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

may be

Sony service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

substandard.

representative. (This

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indication may be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

given momentarily

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when a GENLOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

signal is connected or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

disconnected, but this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

does not indicate a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

problem.)

Disc Error!

2)

2)

 

2)

A disc

Recording

If defects are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

defect was

continues,

detected repeatedly,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

detected.

avoiding the

exchange the disc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

defect, but

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

may be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

substandard.

 

HUMID!

Continuous

2)

2)

 

 

2)

Condensa-

Recording/

Stop recording/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)

tion on the

playback

playback, turn off the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

optical

continues but

power, then turn it on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pickup.

stops when an

again, and wait until

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

error occurs

the HUMID indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the drive.

disappears.

Before

DISC

Flashing4)

2)

2)

 

 

2)

Disc

Operation

Be prepared to

Full 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

almost full.

continues.

change the disc.

DISC

DISC and

Flashing 5)

6)

6)

 

 

6)

Disc full.

Recording

Change the disc.

FULL! 6)

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stops.

 

LOW

BATT

Flashing4)

 

7)

 

 

7)

Battery

Operation

Change the battery.

BATT! 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

almost

continues. 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

exhausted.

 

 

BATT

BATT and

Flashing5)

 

 

 

 

 

Battery

Operation

Change the battery.

EMPTY!

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

exhausted.

stops.

 

High

 

 

 

 

Internal

Operation

Power the unit off and

TEMP!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

temperatur

continues.

move it to a cool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e high.

 

place.

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