Alarm Messages - Sony DVCAM DSR-25 Operating Instructions Manual

Alarm Messages

Alarm Message
If an error occurs, a warning appears on the LCD
monitor and the analog video output (if the
CHARACTER DISPLAY switch is set to ON). Check
them with the following list.
LCD
Beep
monitor
%Z
Beep
DEW
DETECTED
Q
Beep
NO TAPE
No beep
Q
QZ
Beep
TAPE END
QZ
Beep
REC
INHIBIT
Beep
REC MODE
NOT DVCAM
16BIT OR
Beep
NO REC TAPE
DV IN Beep
SELECTED
CLOCK SET No beep
COPYRIGHT
Beep
PROTECTED
x
HEAD CLOG
Y
Displayed
No beep
alternately
CLEANING
CASSETTE
Z
Beep
a) A self-diagnostics code number (see page 75 (GB)) is displayed on the display window.
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Display
window
Moisture condensation t Remove the cassette, then wait more than one hour
Err with the unit powered on.
You tried to record without a cassette. t Insert a cassette.
Err
The tape is reaching the end during recording. t Provide a new cassette.
—
The tape reached the end and still tried to record. t Rewind the tape or replace
Err
the cassette with a new one.
The cassette is write-protected. (The REC/SAVE switch is set to SAVE.) t Set the
REC/SAVE switch to REC or use another cassette (See page 26 (GB)) .
Err
You tried to dub the sound onto a tape that is not DVCAM-formatted. t Use a
DVCAM-formatted tape on which the sound has been recorded in the 32 kHz
Err
audio mode (4-channel/12 bits).
You tried to dub the sound onto a blank tape or onto a tape on which the sound
was not recorded in the 32 kHz audio mode (4-channel/12 bits). t Use a
Err
DVCAM-formatted tape on which the sound has been recorded in the 32 kHz
audio mode (4-channel/12 bits).
You tried to dub the sound when the INPUT SELECT selector has been set to
DV. t You cannot dub the sound in the DV input mode. Select another input
Err
mode.
You did not set the clock when you turned on the unit. t Set the clock using the
—
menu (See page 67 (GB)) .
You tried to record a copyright protected source. t You cannot record a
Err copyright protected source (See page 28 (GB)) .
The video heads are clogged. t Clean the video heads with the supplied
cleaning cassette. (The unit can detect if the video heads are clean only before
recording. If the video heads get clogged during recording, the unit cannot detect
Err
it.)
The unit is running the self-diagnostics (See page 75 (GB)) .
— a)
Description/Recovery