1-1. DSR-2000
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Chapter 8 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Digital hours meter
The digital hours meter can provide seven items of
information about the operational history of the unit.
The information can be displayed in the display
section of the lower control panel and also, by text
superimposition, on the monitor connected to the unit.
Use the information as a guide in scheduling periodic
maintenance.
For periodic maintenance, cousult your Sony dearler.
Display modes of the digital hours meter
H01: OPERATION mode
Displays the total number of hours the unit has been
powered on in units of 1 hour.
H02: DRUM RUNNING mode
Displays the total number of hours the drum has run
with tape threaded in units of 1 hour.
H03: TAPE RUNNING mode
Displays the total number of hours the unit has been in
fast forward, rewind, playback, search, recording or
editing (except for stop and still) mode in units of 1
hour.
H04: THREADING mode
Display the total number of times tape has been
threaded in the unit.
H12: DRUM RUNNING mode (resettable)
Same as H02 except that the count is resettable.
This can be used as a guide in determining when to
replace the drum.
H13: TAPE RUNNING mode (resettable)
Same as H03 except that the count is resettable.
This can be used as a guide in determining when to
replace such components as stationary heads and pinch
roller.
H14: THREADING mode (resettable)
Same as H04 except that the count is resettable.
This can be used as a guide in determining when to
replace, for example, the threading motor.
To display the hours meter
Press the MENU button, then turn the search dial to
display the required item in the display section and on
the monitor connected to the unit.
To exit from the hours meter
Press the MENU button or SET button.
To jump to H01
Press the MENU button, then the COUNTER SEL
button.
Every time you press the COUNTER SEL button,
menu item H01 or B01 is recalled alternately.
Periodic Maintenance
Display section
SET button
MENU button
Search dial
COUNTER SEL button
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Troubleshooting
If an alarm message appears in the display section or
on the video monitor connected to this unit, or if the
unit appears to be malfunctioning, please check the
following before contacting your Sony dealer.
Operation problems
Tape problems
Time data problems
a) In these states, alarm messages appear in the display section and on the monitor screen.
Symptom Cause Remedy
The unit’s control buttons do
not work.
The KEY INHIBIT switch on the
subsidiary control panel is set to ON.
Set the KEY INHIBIT switch on the subsidiary
control panel to OFF.
The CONTROL PANEL switch on the
subsidiary control panel is set to EXT.
• Set the CONTROL PANEL switch on the
subsidiary control panel to INT.
• Set extended menu item 117 to PARA.
The unit’s transport control
buttons (PLAY, F FWD, REW,
etc.) do not work.
The REMOTE button is lit and menu item
006 (LOCAL FUNCTION ENABLE) is set
to ST&EJ or DIS.
a)
Turn off the REMOTE button and, on the
subsidiary control panel, set the KEY INHIBIT
switch and CONTROL PANEL switch to OFF and
INT, respectively.
No cassette is loaded.
a)
Insert a cassette.
Symptom Cause Remedy
Recording is not possible. The cassette’s REC/SAVE switch is set
to SAVE.
a)
Set the REC/SAVE switch to REC, or use
another cassette.
The REC INHIBIT switch on the
subsidiary control panel is set to ON.
Set the REC INHIBIT switch on the subsidiary
control panel to OFF.
The NOT EDITABLE indication
appears in the display section.
The recording mode selected on this unit
does not coincide with that of the loaded
tape.
a)
• Set the unit for the same recording mode as with
the tape.
• When your current purpose is recording, you
can use the tape currently loaded in the unit.
The recording format of the currently
loaded tape is DV or DVCPRO.
• You can use the currently loaded tape as a
source tape for playback and editing.
• You cannot use the tape as a recording tape for
editing.
Symptom Cause Remedy
Cannot set the time data to an
optional initial value.
The PRESET/REGEN switch on the
subsidiary control panel is set to
REGEN.
a)
Set the PRESET/REGEN switch on the
subsidiary control panel to PRESET.
The counter value is selected as the time
data for display (the COUNTER indicator
is lit in the display section).
a)
Press the COUNTER SEL button to light the TC
(time code) or U-BIT (user bits) indicator in the
display section (the counter value cannot be
preset).
The tape is running, but the
time data does not appear in
the display section.
The HOLD button has been pressed. Press the button once again to exit the time code
preset mode.
The U-BIT indicator is lit in the display
section.
a)
Press the COUNTER SEL button to light the
COUNTER (counter value) or TC (time code)
indicator in the display section.
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