Quick Trouble Shooting - TC Electronic FINALIZER Service Manual

Quick Trouble Shooting:

Use this table to solve problems or find out what to do next.
Symptom
Distortion
Cannot turn power off with power switch at front
Blank display. Cannot run application software.
Picture on display "frozen"
Lines or spots in display
Backlight is blinking
Message: "Preset Error"
Message: "RAM corrupted"
Message: "DSP Error"
Bad LED's, keys or ADJUST wheel.
Analog in/out fails
Digital or Midi in/out fails
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If SAMPLE RATE is set to DI, when using analog input, distortion will appear. Set SAMPLE RATE to 44.1 or 48 or
connect an external clock to digital input.
If SAMPLE RATE is set to 44.1KHz and the digital input signal is 48KHz (or vice versa), distortion will appear. The
Finalizer cannot do real sample conversion!
The switch must be pressed for at least 1 second to turn off power. The delay provide unintended power off.
Enter the SOFTWARE BOOT menu, by keeping HELP button pressed at power on.
Dial option to INFO and press OK to check the application software. If corrupted; load the application software again.
Normally caused by electric shock. Turn power off and on. Automatic re-initialization of the display is implemented in
software ver. 1.08 or higher, meaning that frozen condition only takes place for about 5 seconds.
Make sure no external equipment is influencing the display, i.e. magnetic fields, hot fields. If the picture is still distorted,
replace the display. If the backlight is bad or blinking; check the soldering on the display itself, especially the two
connections going to the upper part of the display.
Appears normally at first power up after RAM memory was corrupted. All Presets are set to factory default!
Check BATTERY with Built-in Test program. See "Built-in Test program".
Check SYSTEM with Built-in Test program. See "Built-in Test program".
See section "Built-in Test program".
Try with other cables or read section "Built-in Test program". Notice: When analog in/out is connected to unbalanced
equipment, XLR pin 3 must be connected to pin 1.
Try with other cables or read section "Built-in Test program".
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