Warning System - Panasonic AJ-D400P Service Manual

Warning System

If trouble is detected immediately after the power is turned on or during operation, the display window (LCD), WARNING lamp,
lamps inside the viewfinder, and warning tones from the speaker and earphone inform the operator of trouble.
Display window (LCD)
Warning
Warning
Item
display
display
status
RF RF Lit F1)
SERVO SERVO Lit
HUMID HUMID Lit
SLACK SLACK Flashes
F1) During recording
F2) During playback, fast forward or rewind
|Note{
If a cleaning tape is not available to deal with video head clogging, etc., first es-
tablish the STOP mode and then press the STOP button again while the RESET
button on the side panel is kept depressed. While these buttons are held down,
the cleaning roller will clean the heads for a maximum of 10 seconds.
Lamps
Remain-
Remain-
ing WARN-
ing tape REC
battery ING
length
lamp
level
lamp
display
display
Flashes Flashes
4 times 4 times
per per
second second
Flashes Flashes
4 times 4 times
per per
second second
Flashes
4 times
Lit
per
second
Flashes Flashes
4 times 4 times
per per
second second
117 (E)
Warning Warning VTR (section)
tone
contents
Head clogging is
Emitted
Video head detected and a
4 times
clogging, warning tone
per
recording emitted. Images
second
system trouble may not be
F1)
recorded properly.
Recording
Emitted
continues, but
4 times The servo is
images may not
per out of order.
be recorded
second
properly.
Emitted
Recording
4 times
continues, but
per
stops if tape
second
sticking occurs.
F1)
Condensation
Playback, fast
forward and
Continu-
rewind operation
ous
stops.
tone F2)
An error code
appears in the
Continu- time code display
Tape wind-up
ous position of the
trouble
tone display window
(LCD) and the
VTR stops.
Countermeasures
operation
Clean the heads.
If images still
cannot be
recorded properly
after the heads
are cleaned,
consult your
dealer.
Turn off the power
and consult your
dealer. (Lamps
may flash briefly
and then go off
when tape running
starts, but this
does not indicate
trouble.)
If tape running
stops and the
HUMID display
does not go off
even when the
power is turned off
and then on again,
wait until the
display goes off.
Check the error
code in the display
window (see
page 119) and
consult your
dealer.