If The Format Mismatch Lamp - Sony PCM-3348HR Operation Manual

12-2 Warning Lamps
12-2-2 If the FORMAT MISMATCH
Lamp Lights Repeatedly
If the FORMAT MISMATCH lamp lights, carry out
the following diagnostic procedure.
Are you using a blank tape?
No
Is the tape loaded upside down?
No
Are you using a DASH plus or
DASH format tape?
Yes
Try using another
prestriped blank tape.
Does the FORMAT MISMATCH
lamp light?
Yes
The Fs ID code reader
circuit is faulty.
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Chapter 12 Maintenance and Error Messages
Carry out prestriping
first.
Yes
Load the tape
correctly.
Yes
Use a DASH plus or
DASH format tape.
No
Either the tape is
DASH format, but is of
No
the wrong version, or
the tape is faulty.
12-2-3 If the EMPHASIS
MISMATCH Lamp Lights
Repeatedly
If the emphasis information recorded on a channel
which is in the recording ready state is different from
the EMPHASIS switch setting, the EMPHASIS
MISMATCH lamp lights. During recording, the
emphasis information follows the EMPHASIS switch
setting, and therefore care is needed when recording
repeatedly on a tape being used for playback. If you
continue recording while the EMPHASIS
MISMATCH lamp is lit, the recording will be carried
out with different emphasis settings from those
recorded on the tape.