Troubleshooting - Sony HDV HVR-1500 Operating Instructions Manual

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
LCD monitor 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.
Cause
The cassette's REC/SAVE
switch is set to SAVE.
The remote control switch is
set to other than LOCAL 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 HDV,
DV or DVCPRO.
The recording format selected
on this unit is HDV or 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
CNT time data type indicator
is lit).
The remote control switch is
set to other than LOCAL and
the LOCAL ENABLE menu
item is set to STOP & EJECT
or ALL DISABLE.
The MENU button or TC
PRESET button has been
pressed.
The UB time data type
indicator is lit.
Remedy
Set the REC/SAVE switch to REC, or use another cassette.
Set the remote control switch to LOCAL, or change the setting
of the LOCAL ENABLE menu item (see page 74) to ALL
ENABLE.
Insert a cassette.
• When your current purpose is editing, set the remote control
switch to LOCAL and set the unit for the same audio
recording mode as with the tape using the REC MODE menu
item (see page 81), then set the switch to 9PIN or i.LINK.
• 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 77)
to INT PRESET.
Press the COUNTER SELECT button to make the TC or UB
time data type indicator light up (the CNT value cannot be set
freely).
Set the remote control switch to LOCAL to turn the remote
indicator off or change the setting of the LOCAL ENABLE
menu item (see page 74) to ALL ENABLE.
Press the button once again to exit the menu control mode,
timecode preset mode, or digital hours meter display mode.
(In either of the menu control mode and timecode preset mode,
the time data is not shown in the time counter display.)
Press the COUNTER SELECT button to make the CNT or TC
time data type indicator lights up.
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Troubleshooting