Sony DVCAM DSR-1800 Operating Instructions Manual page 94

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
REW, etc.) do not
work.
The NOT EDITABLE
indicator on the front
panel lights up.
No cassette is loaded. 2) Insert a cassette (see page 23).
¢ When your current purpose is editing, press the REMOTE
button to turn it off and set the unit for the same audio
recording mode as with the tape using the REC. MODE
menu item (see page 63), then turn on the REMOTE
button again.
¢ When your current purpose is recording, you can use the
tape currently loaded in the unit.
The recording format of the currently Replace the tape with one recorded in the DVCAM format.
loaded tape is "DV" or "DVCPRO."?)
a) In these states, an alarm message appears on the monitor screen and in the
time counter display.
The audio recording mode selected on
this unit does not coincides with that of
the loaded tape. 3)
Time data problems
[Symptom [Cause _—~—~SC~S~Cw Ry
Cannot freely set the | The TC MODE menu item is set to EXT | Change the setting of the TC MODE menu item (see page
REGEN. 2) 60) to INT PRESET.
initial time data value.
CNT is selected as the time data type | Press the COUNTER SEL button to make the TC or U-BIT
to be displayed (the COUNTER time time data type indicator light up (the CNT value cannot be
data type indicator is lit). ®) set freely).
The REMOTE button is lit and the Press the REMOTE button to turn it off or change the setting
LOCAL ENABLE menu item is setto | of the LOCAL ENABLE menu item (see page 57) to ALL
STOP & EJECT or ALL DISABLE.®) | ENABLE.
The MENU button or TC PRESET Press the button once again to exit the menu control mode,
button on the menu control panel has__| time code preset mode, or digital hours meter display mode.
been pressed. (In either of the menu contro! mode and time code preset
mode, the time data is not shown in the time counter display.)
The U-BIT time data type indicator is lit. | Press the COUNTER SEL button to make the COUNTER or
TC time data type indicator light up.
a) In these states, an alarm message appears on the monitor screen and in the
Input problem
time counter display.
Symptom
The tape is running,
but the time data is not
shown in the time
counter display.
mn
It is not possible to No SDTI signal is input to the unit. #) Connect an SDTI signal to the SDTI (QSDI) IN connector.
record an SDT! (QSD)I)
signal.
a) In this state, an alarm message appears on the monitor screen and in the
time counter display.
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