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Chapter 5
Maintenance
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Troubleshooting
Power sources
Symptom
Cause/Remedy
The power cannot be turned on.
• The AC power cord is disconnected.
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Connect the AC power cord.
The unit will not operate even if the power
has been turned on.
• Moisture condensation has occurred
.
• The cassette is not inserted straight.
t
Eject and reinsert it correctly.
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Disconnect the power supply and then reconnect it after about 1 minute. If the
unit does not operate even after you reconnect the power, use a sharp-tipped
ballpoint pen or similar tool to press the RESET button. When you press the
RESET button, all settings, including the date, time, and 60i/50i are initialized
.
The unit does not operate properly when
the AC Adaptor is used.
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Turn off the power and remove the power cord from the AC outlet and then
reconnect the power cord.
Cassette tapes
Symptom
Cause/Remedy
The cassette cannot be inserted.
• There is moisture condensation on the head drum
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With the unit powered on, wait more than one hour.
• The cassette is not inserted straight.
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Eject and reinsert it correctly.
• Another cassette has been loaded already.
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Remove the cassette and insert the one you want to load.
It takes time to eject the cassette.
• This is not a malfunction.
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The unit ejects the cassette slowly to protect the tape. While the cassette is
being ejected, the
q
(cassette) indicator blinks.
The cassette tape is not ejected when you
press the EJECT button.
t
Check whether the power supply is connected properly.
• Moisture condensation has occurred in the unit
.
The cassette memory data and title are not
displayed when using a cassette tape with
the cassette memory function.
• The unit does not support the cassette memory function and therefore such data
is not displayed.
The remaining tape time is not displayed.
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To always display the remaining tape time, set [
REMAINING] in the
[DISPLAY SET] menu to [ON]
Output/Playback
Symptom
Cause/Remedy
Superimposed text data is displayed on
the monitor.
t
Change the setting of the DISPLAY OUTPUT switch on the front panel
.
You cannot select the type of the text data to be displayed.
Cannot playback.
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If the tape has reached its end, rewind the tape.
Cannot playback in reverse at various
speeds.
• The unit cannot play back a tape recorded in HDV format in the reverse direction
at various speeds
.
30p and/or 24p characteristics of the tape
are not detected.
• While the tape is fast forwarding or rewinding during playback, a portion of the
tape recorded using 30p or 24p system has been detected as that of a 60i
system.
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To detect the portion as 30p or 24p, search for the part during playback at
normal speed.