Sony HVR-M15AU - Professional Video Cassete recorder/player Operating Instructions Manual page 63

Symptom
No image is displayed even though the
video cable is connected correctly.
The image loses color or is distorted when
you play back the tape on a television set
or monitor connected to the unit.
is displayed on the screen.
Recording
Symptom
No picture is output via the
jack.
You do not know how to adjust the input
level.
The recorded level is too low.
The recorded sound is distorted.
No sound or undesired sound is output
from the AUDIO OUT jacks.
If an i.LINK cable is connected when you
edit the dubbing, the monitor does not
display any image.
EE sound is not output.
EE picture and EE sound are not output.
Cause/Remedy
• There are output restrictions for some [COMPONENT] settings of [VIDEO OUT]
in the [IN/OUT REC] menu. For details, see page 51.
• The INPUT SELECT switch setting does not match the cable connected to the
unit.
t Set the INPUT SELECT switch to S VIDEO or VIDEO to match the cable
connection.
t Connect the unit to a television set or monitor that is compatible with its [60i/50i
SEL] format.
t Set [60i/50i SEL] in the [OTHERS] menu, according to the signal-format (page
58).
• This icon is displayed when you playback a tape recorded with 4-channel
microphone recording on another device using external surround microphones.
The unit does not support 4-channel microphone recording using external
surround microphones. (This icon is displayed when you play back a tape
recorded with external 4-channel recording using a surround microphone in
DVCAM or DV (SP) format.)
Cause/Remedy
HDV/DV t Reconnect the i.LINK cable (not supplied).
• INPUT SELECT switch is set to a position other than HDV/DV.
t Set the switch to HDV/DV (page 6).
t Set [HDV/DV SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu correctly (page 50).
Confirm the level of the sound output from the player by referring to the player's
instruction manual.
If you are not clear about the player's output level, try the following procedures.
• Set [AUDIO AGC] in the [AUDIO SET] menu to [OFF], set [AUDIO REC LV] to
[0 dB], and play back the tape which you intend to use for playback to check the
audio level meter. If the audio level meter lights up in red at the maximum audio
level of the playback, set [AUDIO REC LV] to [–6 dB]. When the volume is too
low, set [AUDIO REC LV] to [+6 dB]. If the audio level meter lights up in red, the
sound will be distorted. For details of the acceptable maximum input level, see
page 75.
• When the audio mode is 32 kHz (4-channel), set [AUDIO MIX] in the [AUDIO
SET] menu to [CH1, CH2]. When the audio mode is 32 kHz (4-channel), audio is
recorded in channel 1/2 on the unit.
t Use the correct setting for [HDV/DV SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu in
accordance with the equipment to be connected (page 50).
• When the audio mode is 32 kHz (4-channel), set [AUDIO MIX] in the [AUDIO
SET] menu to [CH1, CH2] or [MIX].
• [EE/PB SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu is set to [PB].
t Set [EE/PB SEL] to [EE].
• The setting of the INPUT SELECT switch does not match the signal input.
t Set the switch according to the signal input.
• With an analog connection, the current setting of [60i/50i SEL] in the [OTHERS]
menu is not appropriate.
t Set it to the appropriate position for the device you are using.
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