If it appears, wait until it disappears before inserting a disc.

Periodic Maintenance

Digital Hours Meter

The digital hours meter can provide information about the operational history of the unit. Use the information as a guide in scheduling periodic maintenance. For periodic maintenance, contact your Sony dealer.

To display digital hours meter

The digital hours meter appears in both the monitor video section and time data display section as the digital hours meter menu of the system menu. It can also be superimposed on the screen of the external video monitor connected to the unit (see page 29).

To display the digital hours meter, proceed as follows.

1 Press the MENU button to display the system menu.

2 Press the M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button, select the HOURS METER (Hours Meter in the time data display section), and then press the SET button.

 

HOURS METER

 

 

 

H1

317/ 317

HOURS

 

H2

22

HOURS

 

H3

92

HOURS

 

H4

92

TIMES

 

 

 

 

 

H5

114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H1:OPERATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H2:LASER PARAMETER

 

 

Appendix

 

H3:SEEK RUNNING

 

 

 

H4:SPINDLE RUNNING

 

 

 

 

H5:LOADING COUNTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Display of the digital hours meter

Any of the items can be reset during periodic maintenance or parts replacement. Resetting items allows you to roughly determine the timing of next periodic maintenance.

For display resetting, contact your Sony dealer.

Item name (name between

Description

[ ] is name in the time data

 

display section)

 

H1: OPERATION [Opr]

Displays the total number of

 

hours the unit has been

 

powered on in units of hours.

 

 

H2: LASER PARAMETER

This shows the cumulative

[Lasr]

light output time for optical

 

head in units of hours.

 

 

Periodic Maintenance

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