Sony DSR-1800 - Manual (Page 94)

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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.
a) In these states, an alarm message appears on the monitor screen and in the
time counter display.
a) In these states, an alarm message appears on the monitor screen and in the
time counter display.
a) In this state, an alarm message appears on the monitor screen and in the
time counter display.
Tape problems
Symptom Cause Remedy
Recording is not
possible. The cassette’s REC/SAVE switch is set
to SAVE.
a)
Set the REC/SAVE switch to REC, or use another cassette.
The unit’s tape
transport control
buttons (PLAY, F FWD,
REW, etc.) do not
work. The REMOTE button is lit and the
LOCAL ENABLE menu item is set to
STOP & EJECT or ALL DISABLE.
a)
Press the REMOTE button to turn it off, or change the setting
of the LOCAL ENABLE menu item
(see page 57) to ALL
ENABLE.
No cassette is loaded.
a) Insert a cassette (see page 23).
The NOT EDITABLE
indicator on the front
panel lights up. The audio recording mode selected on
this unit does not coincides with that of
the loaded tape.
a)
• When your current purpose is editing, press the REMOTE
button to turn it off and set the unit for the same audio
recording mode as with the tape using the REC. MODE
menu item
(see page 63), then turn on the REMOTE
button again.
• When your current purpose is recording, you can use the
tape currently loaded in the unit.
The recording format of the currently
loaded tape is “DV” or “DVCPRO.”
a)
Replace the tape with one recorded in the DVCAM format.
Time data problems
Symptom Cause Remedy
Cannot freely set the
initial time data value. The TC MODE menu item is set to EXT
REGEN.
a)
Change the setting of the TC MODE menu item (see page
60) to INT PRESET.
CNT is selected as the time data type
to be displayed (the COUNTER time
data type indicator is lit).
a)
Press the COUNTER SEL button to make the TC or U-BIT
time data type indicator light up (the CNT value cannot be
set freely).
The REMOTE button is lit and the
LOCAL ENABLE menu item is set to
STOP & EJECT or ALL DISABLE.
a)
Press the REMOTE button to turn it off or change the setting
of the LOCAL ENABLE menu item
(see page 57) to ALL
ENABLE.
The tape is running,
but the time data is not
shown in the time
counter display. The MENU button or TC PRESET
button on the menu control panel has
been pressed. 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.)
The U-BIT time data type indicator is lit. Press the COUNTER SEL button to make the COUNTER or
TC time data type indicator light up.
Input problem
Symptom Cause Remedy
It is not possible to
record an SDTI (QSDI)
signal.
No SDTI signal is input to the unit. a) Connect an SDTI signal to the SDTI (QSDI) IN connector.