Sony DSR-DR1000 DVD Recorder User Manual


 
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Troubleshooting
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.
Recording/playback problems
Symptom Cause Remedy
Recording is not
possible.
Disk is full. Delete unneeded data.
The unit’s recording/
playback control
buttons (PLAY, NEXT,
PREV, etc.) do not
work.
The REMOTE indicator in the display
section is lit and the LOCAL ENABLE
menu item is set to STOP or ALL
DISABLE.
Set the control mode selector to LOCAL to turn the REMOTE
indicator off, or change the setting of the LOCAL ENABLE
menu item (see page 65) to ALL ENABLE.
Key operations are disabled (KEY
INHI).
Set the control mode select switch to the LOCAL side.
Time data problems
Symptom Cause Remedy
Cannot freely set the
initial time data value.
The TC MODE menu item is set to EXT
REGEN.
Change the setting of the TC MODE menu item (see page
68) to INT PRESET.
CNT is selected as the time data type
to be displayed (the COUNTER time
data type indicator is lit).
Press the COUNTER SELECT button to make the TC or U-
BIT time data type indicator light up (the CNT value cannot
be set freely).
The REMOTE indicator in the display
section is lit and the LOCAL ENABLE
menu item is set to STOP or ALL
DISABLE.
Set the control mode selector to LOCAL to turn the REMOTE
indicator off or change the setting of the LOCAL ENABLE
menu item (see page 65) to ALL ENABLE.
During recording or
playback the time data
is not shown in the time
counter display.
The MENU button 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 SELECT button to make the
COUNTER or TC time data type indicator light up.
Monitor problems
Symptom Cause Remedy
Data is not
superimposed on the
monitor screen.
The CHARA. DISPLAY menu item is
set to OFF.
Set the CHARA. DISPLAY menu item (see page 66) to ON.
The monitor is not connected to the
SUPER connector of this unit.
Connect the monitor to the SUPER connector. (You must
make this connection to display any type of text on the
monitor.)
The image on the
monitor screen is too
bright.
The 75 termination switch for video
input on the monitor is in the OFF
position, or a 75 terminator is not
fitted to its video input connector.
Set the 75 termination switch to ON or connect a
terminator.
The image on the
monitor screen is too
dark.
In a video signal loop-through
connection of video monitors, 75
termination switches for video input on
monitors other than the loop-end
monitor are in the ON position.
Set the 75 termination switches to OFF on all monitors
other than the loop-end monitor.
The image is too dark
when recording a
composite video
signal.