Troubleshooting - Sony DSR-DR1000 Operating Instructions Manual

Troubleshooting

If an alarm message appears on the monitor screen, or if
the unit appears to be malfunctioning, please check the
following before contacting your Sony dealer.
Recording/playback problems
Symptom Cause
Recording is not Disk is full.
possible.
The unit's recording/ The REMOTE indicator in the display
playback control section is lit and the LOCAL ENABLE
buttons (PLAY, NEXT, menu item is set to STOP or ALL
PREV, etc.) do not DISABLE.
work.
Key operations are disabled (KEY
INHI).
Time data problems
Symptom Cause
Cannot freely set the The TC MODE menu item is set to EXT
initial time data value. REGEN.
CNT is selected as the time data type
to be displayed (the COUNTER time
data type indicator is lit).
The REMOTE indicator in the display
section is lit and the LOCAL ENABLE
menu item is set to STOP or ALL
DISABLE.
During recording or The MENU button has been pressed.
playback the time data
is not shown in the time
counter display.
The U-BIT time data type indicator is lit. Press the COUNTER SELECT button to make the
Monitor problems
Symptom Cause
Data is not The CHARA. DISPLAY menu item is
superimposed on the set to OFF.
monitor screen.
The monitor is not connected to the
SUPER connector of this unit.
The 75 Ω termination switch for video
The image on the
monitor screen is too input on the monitor is in the OFF
position, or a 75 Ω terminator is not
bright.
fitted to its video input connector.
The image on the In a video signal loop-through
connection of video monitors, 75 Ω
monitor screen is too
dark. termination switches for video input on
monitors other than the loop-end
The image is too dark
monitor are in the ON position.
when recording a
composite video
signal.
Remedy
Delete unneeded data.
Set the control mode selector to LOCAL to turn the REMOTE
indicator off, or change the setting of the LOCAL ENABLE
menu item (see page 67) to ALL ENABLE.
Set the control mode select switch to the LOCAL side.
Remedy
Change the setting of the TC MODE menu item (see page
70) to INT PRESET.
Press the COUNTER SELECT button to make the TC or U-
BIT time data type indicator light up (the CNT value cannot
be set freely).
Set the control mode selector to LOCAL to turn the REMOTE
indicator off or change the setting of the LOCAL ENABLE
menu item (see page 67) to ALL ENABLE.
Press the button once again to exit the menu control mode,
time code preset mode, or digital hours meter display mode.
(In either of the menu control mode and time code preset
mode, the time data is not shown in the time counter display.)
COUNTER or TC time data type indicator light up.
Remedy
Set the CHARA. DISPLAY menu item (see page 68) to ON.
Connect the monitor to the SUPER connector. (You must
make this connection to display any type of text on the
monitor.)
Set the 75 Ω termination switch to ON or connect a
terminator.
Set the 75 Ω termination switches to OFF on all monitors
other than the loop-end monitor.
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Troubleshooting