Troubleshooting

Alarms

An alarm (warning message) appears in the time data display area when an operation is attempted which is inappropriate for the settings on this unit or the state of the disc. Both the alarm message and the action to take to resolve the problem appear in the monitor video section and on the screen of the external video monitor connected to the unit.

R E M O T E !

Example alarm in time data display area

ALARM

REMOTE MODE IS SELECTED.

SET REMOTE/LOCAL/NETWORK

SWITCH TO LOCAL.

Example alarm in monitor video section

When an alarm is displayed, remove the alarm cause by following the action to take. If the alarm display does not disappear, contact a Sony service representative.

Please note that there are some alarms which do not appear depending on the setting of setup menu item 016 ALARM DISPLAY (see page 93).

See “Setup Menu” (page 90) for more information about setup menu operations.

When the unit is powered on

 

 

Alarm message in time

Alarm message in video monitor screen

Description/action

 

 

data display area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADJ. Mode!

THE UNIT IS IN ADJUSTMENT MODE.

This appears when the unit is in adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHECK THE SWITCHES OF S2701 ON THE

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix

 

MENU Ver.UP

HPR-23 BOARD AND S1 ON THE VPR-99

Contact a Sony service representative.

 

THE SETUP MENU SOFTWARE HAS BEEN

Reset the settings in the setup menu (see

 

 

 

BOARD.

 

 

 

 

UPGRADED.

page 96).

 

 

 

SET THE SETUP MENU ITEMS TO THE

 

 

 

 

DESIRED SETTINGS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ILL. SETUP!

INVALID SETTINGS SELECTED IN SETUP

Reset the settings in the setup menu (see

 

 

 

MENU.

page 96). If the same message appears after

 

 

 

SET ITEMS IN THE SETUP MENU TO THE

you reset the settings, contact a Sony service

 

 

 

APPROPRIATE VALUES. CONTACT SERVICE

representative.

 

 

 

IF THIS ALARM APPEARS AGAIN AFTER

 

 

 

 

ABOVE PROCEDURE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchg batt!

BATTERY NEEDS REPLACING. PLEASE

The NVRAM battery is exhausted. Contact a

 

 

 

CONTACT SERVICE.

Sony service representative.

 

 

 

 

The software version is not properly updated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Update Err!

RUN SOFTWARE UPDATE PROGRAM.

The software version is not properly updated.

 

 

 

 

Update the software version again. If the same

 

 

 

 

message appears after you update the software

 

 

 

 

version, contact a Sony service representative.

 

 

 

 

 

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