Alesis ADAT-HD24 FirePort 1394, Reference Manual

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troubleshooting • chapter 10
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ADAT HD24 Reference Manual
Symptom Cause Solution
Empty caddy Install an IDE drive in the
caddy
Drive improperly
inserted Remove the drive and
reinsert, firmly pushing
on the edges of the handle
Foreign material in
drive socket Power down unit, and try
caddy in other drive bay
Drive is in slave mode Remove drive from caddy
and change jumper from
“slave” to “master” or
“single” mode
Drive file system was
corrupted by installing
the drive in a computer Use Utility 3 to scan disk
for errors and recover
data
Drive will not mount
Connectors in caddy
loose Open the drive caddy and
re-attach connectors
“Blips” are heard at the
edit points after pasting
audio Several PASTE
operations at the same
points Use PASTE UNDO when
doing repetitive editing.
See page 64.
Noise induced in
unbalanced lines Use only balanced
connections in the studio AC hum
Ground differences
traveling through cables Place all equipment in the
studio on a common
ground (see next page)
Cannot select ANALOG
input Song is initialized at
88.2 or 96 k sample rate Obtain 96k Analog board
to record at high rates, or
use a 44.1/48k song.
Song shows incorrect data
on screen Errors on hard drive Use Utility 3 to scan disk
for errors and recover
data
HD24 will not
synchronize to SYNC IN Song is less than 10
seconds long Record at least 10 seconds
in a song before
synchronizing
Cannot find any spoon There is no spoon