Tascam CC-222MKII owner manual Reference and specifications, Troubleshooting

7 – Reference and specifications

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Possible cause and remedy
No power when POWER is pressed	The power cord is not inserted properly. Check and correct this.
Hum on playback	Audio connections not made properly. Check the connections
No audio output	The external amplifier is not properly connected, or the wrong set of inputs connected to
	the active LINE OUTPUTs has been selected on the amplifier. Check and correct.
The remote control does not seem to work	Is the power on? Are the batteries in the remote control dead? Is the remote control unit
	too far away or at the wrong angle for correct operation (“Use of the remote control unit” on
	page 10)?
Low sound quality when playing back a tape	The heads are dirty or magnetized. See “Tape maintenance” on page 39.
Sound is odd when playing back a tape	Pitch control may be off center (“Pitch control” on page 19)
Tape recording cannot be carried out	The write-protect tabs have been broken off the cassette, the heads are dirty, or the
	recording level is set too low.
Hum appears at the PHONO input	The grounding wire is not connected from the record deck to the CC-222MKII.
No sound on playback (the disc is playing and	The connections from the CC-222MKII to the amplifier system have not been made prop-
the time display is incrementing)	erly, or the input source selector is not at the correct position.
No meter indication when a source is input	Analog and/or digital volume (“Signal volume” on page 25) is set too low. The signal is
	being input through an unselected input source (“Input selection” on page 25)
	or
	The input selection is not made correctly (“Recording operations” on page 17 (tape) or
	“Input selection” on page 25 (disc).

There is a gap in the A-B loop when played back

The A and B points are in different tracks.

The unit is in AUTO SPACE mode and is not playing (it is paused)

When the unit is automatically paused as a result of the auto space mode, pressing the AUTO SPACE key puts the unit into pause mode, and playback does not resume automat- ically after the auto pause time is elapsed (see “Auto spacing” on page 24).

D-IN UNLOCK!	A digital input source has been selected for CD recording, but the source is not connected
	or is not switched on.
Cannot record on a disc (pressing RECORD A finalized disc has been inserted. Use an unfinalized recordable disc.
shows MONITOR)
PGM Full !	An attempt has been made to create more than 25 program steps.
Disc Full!	There is no space on the disc, or no tracks are available, or a general recording error has
or Cannot Rec!	occurred.
Disc Error	The disc is bad. If it is a CD-RW disc, you may refresh it (“Refreshing a disc” on page 34),
	otherwise replace the disc.
Erase Error!	An error has occurred while trying to erase the disc.
The display suddenly shows PMA Writing	Either the disc is full (this message will be prefaced by Disc Full!! (“Full
	disc” on page 27) or an attempt has been made to write more than 99 tracks.
Rec Error	General recording error. This may be caused by vibration or a shock during recording, for
	example, or may be the result of a bad disc. Try recording again with the same disc. If the
	message appears again, try a different disc.
System Err!	System error.
Drive Error!	Error in the CD drive mechanism.

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