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Troubleshooting
If an alarm message appears on the monitor screen, or if
the unit appears to be malfunctioning, please check the
following before contacting your Sony dealer.
Tape problems
Symptom
Recording is not
possible.
The unit's tape
transport control
buttons (PLAY, F FWD,
REW, etc.) do not
work.
The NO EDIT indicator
on the front panel lights
up.
Time data problems
Symptom
Cannot freely set the
initial time data value.
The tape is running,
but the time data is not
shown in the time
counter display.
Input problem
Symptom
It is not possible to
record an SDTI (QSDI)
signal.
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Troubleshooting
Cause
The cassette's REC/SAVE switch is set
to SAVE.
The REMOTE indicator in the display
section is lit and the LOCAL ENABLE
menu item is set to STOP & EJECT or
ALL DISABLE.
No cassette is loaded.
The audio recording mode selected on
this unit does not coincides with that of
the loaded tape.
The recording format of the currently
loaded tape is DV or DVCPRO.
The recording format selected on this
unit is DV (SP).
Cause
The TC MODE menu item is set to EXT
REGEN.
CNT is selected as the time data type
to be displayed (the COUNTER time
data type indicator is lit).
The REMOTE indicator in the display
section is lit and the LOCAL ENABLE
menu item is set to STOP & EJECT or
ALL DISABLE.
The MENU button or TC PRESET
button in the menu control section has
been pressed.
The U-BIT time data type indicator is lit. Press the COUNTER SELECT button to make the
Cause
No SDTI signal is input to the unit, or
the SDTI format has not been selected.
Remedy
Set the REC/SAVE switch to REC, or use another cassette.
Set the LOCAL/REMOTE switch to LOCAL to turn the
REMOTE indicator off, or change the setting of the LOCAL
ENABLE menu item (see page 67) to ALL ENABLE.
Insert a cassette (see page 31) .
• When your current purpose is editing, set the LOCAL/
REMOTE switch to LOCAL to turn the REMOTE indicator
off and set the unit for the same audio recording mode as
with the tape using the REC MODE menu item (see page
73) , then set the switch to REMOTE to light the REMOTE
indicator again.
• When your current purpose is recording, you can use the
tape currently loaded in the unit.
Replace the tape with one recorded in the DVCAM format.
Select the DVCAM format.
Remedy
Change the setting of the TC MODE menu item (see page
70) to INT PRESET.
Press the COUNTER SELECT button to make the TC or U-
BIT time data type indicator light up (the CNT value cannot
be set freely).
Set the LOCAL/REMOTE switch to LOCAL to turn the
REMOTE indicator off or change the setting of the LOCAL
ENABLE menu item (see page 67) to ALL ENABLE.
Press the button once again to exit the menu control mode,
time code preset mode, or digital hours meter display mode.
(In either of the menu control mode and time code preset
mode, the time data is not shown in the time counter display.)
COUNTER or TC time data type indicator light up.
Remedy
Connect an SDTI signal to the SDI/SDTI (QSDI) IN
connector, or set the DIGITAL OUTPUT menu item (see
page 75) to SDTI.
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