Troubleshooting - Yamaha AW 16G Owner's Manual

Appendix
If the AW16G does not operate as you expect, or if you suspect a
problem, please refer to the following points and take the appropri-
ate action.
■ Power does not turn on
• Is the AC adaptor connected to an AC outlet of the
correct voltage?
• Is the POWER switch turned ON?
• If the power still does not turn on, please contact
your Yamaha dealer.
■ LCD display is dim or dark
• Use the contrast knob located at the lower right of
the screen to adjust the contrast.
■ Can't use the [DATA/JOG] dial to control on-screen
parameters
• The [JOG ON] key may be on.
• Some parameters cannot be operated in certain
states, such as while the recorder is running.
No sound
■ No sound, or sound is too faint
• Are speakers or headphones connected correctly?
• Is your amp and other external devices turned on?
• Does the stereo output channel meter move?
• Is the stereo output channel fader raised? Is it turned
on?
• The EQ gain may be set to an extremely low value.
• The dynamics processor may be set to an extreme
threshold or ratio.
• If you are connecting an electric guitar, is it con-
nected to the Hi-Z jack?
• Is the attenuator of the EQ screen or VIEW screen
raised?
* Check the level (meter movement) in the METER page
of the VIEW screen.
* If you press the [SEL] key in the MONITOR screen INIT
page, that channel will be initialized to default values
that allow sound to be output.
* If DIGITAL IN is set to other than DISABLE in the UTILITY
screen D.IN HDD page, and no signal is being input to
the DIGITAL INPUT jack, a message of "WRONG WORD
CLOCK" will appear, and sound will not be output.
■ Input sound is not output
• Is the signal from the external device being input?
• The connection cable from the external device may
be broken.
• Is the [GAIN] control set to an appropriate level?
• Is the input channel fader raised? Is it turned on?
• The input channel may have been set to DIGITAL IN.
• When recording, is the recording-destination track
fader (which adjusts the monitor level) raised?
* If you are recording, the sound of that input channel
will not be heard during playback.
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Troubleshooting

■ Recorded sound is not output
• Has audio data been recorded on the recorder?
• Is the virtual track set to the track that was recorded?
• A recorded region shorter than 10 msec will not be
played back.
• Tracks 1–16 will not play back if the AW16G is in
Stereo Track, Sound Clip, or Audio CD playback
mode.
■ Can't play back the STEREO track
• Is the stereo track turned on in the MONITOR screen
ST.TRACK page?
■ Metronome cannot be heard
• The metronome sound is normally sent only to the
MONITOR OUT and headphones.
• The metronome will not sound while the recorder is
stopped.
• In Sound Clip mode, the metronome will sound only
during recording.
Can't record, something is wrong with
the recorded sound
■ Can't record
• Is there sufficient free space on the internal hard disk?
* You can check the remaining recordable time by setting
• The song may be protected.
• The stereo track may be in playback mode.
• Is the input signal routed appropriately to the
recorder?
• Check the recording-source and recording-destina-
tion in the QUICK NAVIGATE page RECORD screen?
• DIGITAL REC may have been turned OFF in the
UTILITY screen PREFER page.
• Please read and understand the copyright warning (→
p. 5) before using digital input signals.
■ Can't record on the STEREO track
• It is not possible to record on the STEREO track while
recording on other tracks.
■ Noise is present in the recorded signal
• The oscillator may be functioning.
• Does the word clock setting match for the AW16G
and the external device(s)?
• Go to the QUICK NAVIGATE screen RECORD page
and check the recording-source and recording-desti-
nation.
the counter display to REMAIN in the SONG screen
SETUP page.