5 - Messages, troubleshooting, etc.

The following messages may appear on the display under certain circumstances. The meaning of these messages, and any countermeasures which are appro- priate are given here.

Message

Meaning and countermeasure (if

appropriate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The disc has been inserted, and the disc

READING

information is being read by the

 

CD-RW5000.

 

 

 

Optimal Power Calibration is in progress

 

(a recordable disc has been inserted, and

OPC

the CD-RW5000 is adjusting its internal

 

mechanism to match the disc

 

characteristics.)

 

 

 

No disc is loaded into the CD-RW5000.

NO DISC

You may also see this message if you

load a disc upside-down or load a dirty

 

 

disc.

 

 

 

After recording has finished, the

 

CD-RW5000 updates a temporary table of

UPDATE

contents, and displays this message. This

is not the same as the permanent table of

 

 

contents produced by a finalizing

 

operation.

 

 

WAIT

The CD-RW5000 is busy with an internal

operation.

 

 

 

 

More than 20 tracks have been

FULL

programmed for programmed playback

 

(see 3.3.1, "Programmed playback").

 

 

CD FULL

No more space is left for recording on the

disc.

 

 

 

 

You have tried to finalize an empty disc; it

EMPTY

is not possible to write a table of contents

 

for an empty disc!

 

 

 

Sync start has been selected to

 

synchronize recording with a digital audio

INPUT

source (4.2, "Recording from digital

 

sources") but a digital source has not

 

been selected as the input.

 

 

 

The OPC operation has been carried out

FINAL

more than 96 times; this is a warning to

 

you that the disc must now be finalized.

 

 

 

The data on the disc was corrupted,

 

possibly due to a power failure during a

RECOVER

write operation. The CD-RW5000 is

 

attempting to restore the corrupted data

 

so that the disc can be used.

 

 

Message

Meaning and countermeasure (if

appropriate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The OPC operation has failed when the

 

disc is inserted. This may be due to the

 

disc having been inserted more than 99

OPC FAIL

times, or it may be that the disc is dirty. If

you know that the disc has not been

 

 

inserted more than 99 times, clean the

 

disc using the methods described in 1.1,

 

"About CD-R and CD-RW discs".

 

 

 

The CD-RW5000 has failed its self-check

 

operation. Remove any disc, turn off the

SERVICE

CD-RW5000, wait a few seconds and turn

it back on again. If this message appears

 

 

again, contact your TASCAM service

 

center.

 

 

 

 

5.1 Troubleshooting

In addition to the messages above, here is a list of problems and possible solutions:

Problem

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure the power cable is connected

 

to a power socket of the correct voltage.

No power

Reset the CD-RW5000 by switching the

 

power switch off, waiting for a short while,

 

and switching it on again.

 

 

 

Are the correct connections made to the

No sound on

amplifying equipment?

Is the input selector of the amplifying

replay

equipment switched to the correct

 

 

source?

 

 

 

Are the balanced XLR-type connectors

Distorted sound

connected to a +4 dBu input?

Are the trimmers on the balanced

 

 

XLR-type outputs turned up?

 

 

Sound is too

Are the unbalanced RCA connectors

faint

connected to a –10 dBV input?

 

 

 

Is the disc label side upwards and placed

Disc does not

correctly in the disc tray?

Is the disc clean?

start

Try another disc to see if the problem lies

 

 

with a particular disc

 

 

Cannot select

Sync start is selected for a digital input

manual track

source (4.3, "Automatic track division")

division

 

 

 

 

The input levels are set too high (analog

Recording is

recording)

The –10 dBV inputs of the CD-RW5000

distorted

are receiving analog signals from a

 

 

+4 dBu signal source.

 

 

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CD-RW5000 specifications

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