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Chapter 6 Maintenance 83
Chapter
6
Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Please check the following before contacting your Sony dealer.
General Operation Troubles
Symptom Cause/Remedy
Key operations cannot be made. • The KEY INH switch is set to ON.
t Set the switch to OFF (page 6).
A menu item is not available. • The KEY INH switch is set to ON.
t First, set the switch to OFF(page 6), then adjust the menu.
• There are menus that cannot be used depending in the [IN/OUT REC] menu
setting.
t Change the [IN/OUT REC] menu settings (page 70).
• Some menu items are only available in EE mode or playback mode.
t Set the unit to EE mode or playback mode.
• Some menu items are only available when the tape is inactive.
• There are some menus you cannot use without setting the clock.
Some menu item settings change
accidentally.
• You have pulled out the power cord during a menu operation or LCD monitor
brightness adjustment.
t Adjust the menu again. To prevent this incident recurring, do not pull out the
plug while adjusting the menu or the brightness of the LCD monitor.
The unit operates by itself. • [COMMANDER] in the [OTHERS] menu is set to [WIRELESS] and a Sony
Remote Commander with its command mode set to VTR4 is operating near the
unit.
t Set [COMMANDER] to [CONTROL S] (page 80).
• When TIMER switch is set to REPEAT and [START TIME] of [CUSTOM
REPEAT] in the [VTR SET] menu is set to [ON], the unit starts to repeat playback
at the start time you have set.
t Set the TIMER switch to OFF (page 7), or turn [START TIME] to [OFF] (page
77).
The supplied wireless Remote
Commander does not work.
t Set [COMMANDER] in the [OTHERS] menu to [WIRELESS] (page 80).
Even though the settings on the unit are
correct, you cannot make the unit record
using the DSRM-10 Remote Control Unit
(not supplied).
t On the DSRM-10 Remote Control Unit, press the PLAY button while holding
the REC button down.
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