Sony HVR-M25P VCR User Manual


 
80 Chapter 6 Maintenance
Chapter 6 Maintenance
Chapter6
Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Please check the following before contacting your Sony dealer.
General Operation Troubles
Symptom Cause/Remedy
A menu item is not available.
Some menu item settings change
accidentally.
The unit operates by itself.
The supplied wireless Remote
Commander does not work.
Even though the settings on the unit are
correct, you cannot make the unit record
using the Remote Control Unit DSRM-10
(not supplied).
Even though KEY INH switch is set to ON,
the unit responds to operations input
using Remote Commander.
• The KEY INH switch is set to ON.
t First, set the switch to OFF, then adjust the menu.
• There are menus that cannot be used depending in [IN/OUT REC] menu setting.
t Change [IN/OUT REC] menu settings
(page 67)
.
• 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.
• 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 LCD monitor.
• [COMMANDER] in [OTHERS] menu is set to WIRELESS and a Sony Remote
Commander whose command mode is set to VTR4 is operated near the unit.
t Set [COMMANDER] to [CONTROL S].
• When TIMER switch is set to REPEAT and [START TIME] of [CUSTOM
REPEAT] in [VTR SET] menu is set to [ON], the unit starts to repeat playbacks
at the start time you have set.
t Set TIMER switch to OFF, or turn [START TIME] to [OFF].
t Set [COMMANDER] in [OTHER] menu to [WIRELESS].
t On the Remote Control Unit DSRM-10, press PLAY button while holding REC
button down.
• Setting KEY INH switch to ON does not disable Remote Commander. To
disable the control of the Remote Commander, set [COMMANDER] in
[OTHERS] menu to [CONTROL S].