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ITEMS OF ERROR HISTORY MODE ITEMS AND CONTENTS
Selecting the Test Mode
Display
total rec
total play
retry err
total err
err history
er refresh
tm refresh
Details of History
No error
Read error. PTOC cannot be read
(DISC ejected)
TOC error. UTOC error
(DISC not ejected)
Loading error
Address cannot be read (Servo has deviated)
Displays the recording time.
Displayed as “rππππππh”.
The displayed time is the total time the laser is set to the high power state.
This is about 1/4 of the actual recording time.
The time is displayed in decimal digits from 0h to 65535h.
Displays the play time.
Displayed as “pππππππh”. The time displayed is the total actual play time. Pauses are not counted.
The time is displayed in decimal digits from 0h to 65535h.
Displays the total number of retries during recording and number of retry errors during play.
Displayed as “rππ pππ”.
“r” indicates the retries during recording while “p” indicates the retry errors during play.
The number of retries and retry errors are displayed in hexadecimal digits from 00 to FF.
Displays the total number of errors.
Displayed as “total ππ”.
The number of errors is displayed in hexadecimal digits from 00 to FF.
Displays the 10 latest errors.
Displayed as “0π E@@”.
π indicates the history number. The smaller the number, the more recent is the error. (00 is the latest).
@@ indicates the error code.
Refer to the following table for the details. The error history can be switched by rotating the AMS knob.
Mode which erases the “retry err”, “total err”, and “err history” histories.
When returning the unit to the customer after completing repairs, perform this to erase the past error history,
After pressing the AMS button and “er refresh?” is displayed, press the YES button to erase the history.
“Complete!” will be displayed momentarily.
Be sure to check the following when this mode has been executed.
• The data has been erased.
• The mechanism operates normally when recording and play are performed.
Mode which erases the “total rec” and “total play” histories.
These histories serve as approximate indications of when to replace the optical pickup.
If the optical pickup has been replaced, perform this operation and erase the history.
After pressing the AMS button and “tm refresh?” is displayed, press the YES button to erase the history.
“Complete!” will be displayed momentarily.
Be sure to check the following when this mode has been executed.
• The data has been erased.
• The mechanism operates normally when recording and play are performed.
Table of Error Codes
Error Code
E00
E01
E02
E03
E04
E05
E06
E07
E08
E09
E0A
FOK has deviated
Cannot focus (Servo has deviated)
Recording retry
Recording retry error
Playback retry error
(Access error)
Play retry error (C2 error)
Details of Error
Error Code
Details of Error