Chapter 6
Maintenance
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A user bit is not displayed correctly during
fast-forward/rewind.
• When input video signals without a user bit are recorded while HDV is input via
i.LINK, the user bit is not displayed correctly. Either “– – – – – –” or “00 00 00 00”
is displayed during playback and fast-forward/rewind, respectively.
“– – – – – –” appears on the date display
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• The tape has been played back without setting the date and time.
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Set the date and time.
• The tape portion being played back has no recording.
• If there is a scratch or noise on the tape, the data code cannot be read.
Although the SDI cable or component
video cable is connected properly to a
television set or monitor to play back a
tape, no image or audio is output.
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Use the correct setting for [SDI/CMPNT] in [VIDEO OUT] in the [IN/OUT REC]
menu depending on the equipment connected.
• No audio is output from the COMPONENT OUT jacks.
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Connect an audio cable.
When you connect the unit to a 4:3
television set, the displayed image
appears flattened.
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When you output from the HD/SD SDI OUT jack and COMPONENT OUT
jacks, set [SDI/CMPNT] and [DOWN CONVERT] of [VIDEO OUT] in the [IN/
OUT REC] menu correctly before playback. When you output from the
HDV/
DV jack, set [HDV
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DV CONV] and [DOWN CONVERT] of [i.LINK SET] in
the [IN/OUT REC] menu correctly before playback. When you output from the
S VIDEO jack and VIDEO jack, set [DOWN CONVERT] of [VIDEO OUT] in the
[IN/OUT REC] menu correctly before playback.
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Before playback of DVCAM (DV) format images recorded in the wide mode to
be output via the COMPONENT OUT jack, S VIDEO OUT jack, or VIDEO OUT
jack, set [DV WIDE CONV] of [VIDEO OUT] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu
properly.
Even though [HDV/DV IN TC] in the [TC/
UB SET] menu is set to [EXTERNAL], the
time code of the input i.LINK signal is not
recorded.
• The i.LINK signal output from the digital non-linear editing controller does not
include a time code.
t
Confirm that the editing software you are using is capable of outputting a time
code.
• The INPUT SELECT switch is not set to HDV/DV.
t
Set it to HDV/DV.
After playing at 1/10 of normal speed in
forward or reverse for more than 1 minute,
normal playback forward starts.
• To protect a tape, the unit is set to start normal playback after playing at 1/10 of
normal speed in forward or reverse for more than 1 minute.
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Play back the tape at 1/3 of normal speed in forward or reverse.
Playback pause mode is released and the
unit goes into the stop mode.
• To protect the tape, the unit is set to go into the stop mode after the playback
pause mode continues for a certain period.
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Set [FROM STILL] in the [VTR SET] menu to [STEP FORWARD]. If you do
so, the tape will forward by one frame for each time interval set in [STILL
TIME].
Playback pause mode is released and the
tape forwards for each preset time interval.
• To protect the tape, the unit is set to forward the tape after the playback pause
mode continues for a certain period.
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Set [FROM STILL] in the [VTR SET] menu to [STOP]. If you do so, the unit
goes into the stop mode after the playback pause mode continues for the
interval set in [STILL TIME].
After the unit has been left in the stop
mode and no key operations have been
attempted for more than one hour, the unit
goes into the standby mode (the unit’s
power turns off).
• [AUTO STANDBY] in the [OTHERS] menu is set to [ON].
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Set [AUTO STANDBY] to [OFF].
The pause mode of playback, recording, or
audio dubbing is released automatically.
• To protect the tape and the video heads, the unit goes into the stop mode after
the pause mode of recording, audio dubbing, or duplicating continues for more
than 3 minutes.
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To maintain the pause mode, set [FROM REC P] in the [VTR SET] menu to
[REC PAUSE].
Symptom
Cause/Remedy
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