End State - Sony HDCAM HDW-F900R Maintenance Manual

7-1-3. Threading-End State and Unthreading-End State
1. Threading-end state
Threading-end state means the mechanical state in which the S slider assembly and
T slider assembly have moved to both sides of the drum so that they reached and
stopped at the pins of the S plate assembly and the T plate assembly respectively.
S plate assembly
Pin
S slider assembly
(1) How to establish the threading-end state using a cassette tape
(a) Insert a cassette tape into the cassette compartment.
(b) Close the front lid.
(2) How to establish the threading-end state without using a cassette tape
(a) Move the cassette compartment to its down position.
(If a cassette compartment is not installed, insert a piece of black paper into
the photo interrupter of the cassette compartment lock switch on the MDC-
13G board to disable the photo interrupter.)
(b) Set the SLACK MUTE to ON on the adjustment mode menu A40 : PATH
MODE SEL. (Refer to Section 11-3-7.)
(c) When the above state is established, press the CASSETTE IN switch for
about 1 second.
CASSETTE IN switch
A piece of black paper
Photo interrupter
(Cassette compartment lock switch)
(3) How to establish the threading-end state manually
Rotate the manual eject assembly manually by hand. (Refer to Section 7-1-4.)
HDW-F900R/V1 (E)
T plate assembly
Pin
T slider assembly
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