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Chapter 7 Maintenance 93 (GB)
Chapter 7 Maintenance
Chapter7
Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Please check the following before contacting your
Sony dealer.
Symptom Cause/Remedy
The power cannot be turned on. • The AC power cord is disconnected. t Connect the AC power cord.
• The REMOTE/LOCAL switch is set to REMOTE. t Set the switch to LOCAL.
The unit will not operate even if the power
has been turned on.
• The REMOTE/LOCAL switch is set to REMOTE. t Set the switch to LOCAL.
• Moisture condensation has occurred. t Turn off the power, disconnect the AC
power cord. Reconnect the AC power cord after about one minute and turn on
the power. Then if there is a cassette in the unit, remove the cassette and leave
it for more than one hour.
• The cassette is not inserted straight. t Eject and reinsert it straight.
The cassette cannot be inserted.
• There is moisture condensation on the head drum. t With the unit powered on,
wait more than one hour.
• The cassette is not inserted straight. t Eject and reinsert it straight.
• Another cassette has been loaded already. t Remove the cassette and insert
the one you want to load.
• The cassette compartment is closed. t Press the EJECT button to open the
compartment.
It takes time to eject the cassette.
This is not a malfunction. t This unit ejects the cassette slowly to protect the
tape. While the cassette is being ejected, the q (cassette) indicator flashes.
No picture.
The video heads are dirty. t Clean the video heads using the supplied cleaning
cassette.
Noise appears on the screen.
• A damaged tape is loaded. t Remove the cassette and insert another one.
• The video heads are dirty. t Clean the video heads using the supplied
cleaning cassette.
• You have tried to make the unit play back a tape recorded in the LP mode of
the DV format. t This unit can play back only tapes recorded in the DVCAM
format or in the SP mode of the DV format. A tape recorded in the LP mode of
the DV format cannot be played back on this unit.
No picture via the DV jack.
• Reconnect the i.LINK cable (DV cable) (not supplied).
• The INPUT SELECT selector is set to a position other than DV. t Set the
selector to DV.
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