Troubleshooting - Tascam CD-RW5000 Owner's Manual

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.
Meaning and countermeasure (if
Message
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.
You may also see this message if you
NO DISC
load a disc upside-down or load a dirty
disc.
After recording has finished, the
CD-RW5000 updates a temporary table of
contents, and displays this message. This
UPDATE
is not the same as the permanent table of
contents produced by a finalizing
operation.
The CD-RW5000 is busy with an internal
WAIT
operation.
More than 20 tracks have been
FULL programmed for programmed playback
(see 3.3.1, "Programmed playback").
No more space is left for recording on the
CD FULL
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.
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appropriate)
Meaning and countermeasure (if
Message
The OPC operation has failed when the
disc is inserted. This may be due to the
disc having been inserted more than 99
times, or it may be that the disc is dirty. If
OPC FAIL
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
CD-RW5000, wait a few seconds and turn
SERVICE
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
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
amplifying equipment?
No sound on
Is the input selector of the amplifying
replay
equipment switched to the correct
source?
Are the balanced XLR-type connectors
connected to a +4 dBu input?
Distorted sound
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
correctly in the disc tray?
Disc does not
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)
Recording is
The –10 dBV inputs of the CD-RW5000
distorted
are receiving analog signals from a
+4 dBu signal source.
TASCAM CD-RW5000
appropriate)
Solution
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