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Chapter 6 Maintenance 6-13
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Corrective actionProblem VTR action
Clean the heads. If recording is still
substandard, turn off the power and consult
your Sony representative.
Video head gap
clogged or problem
in recording circuit.
After clogged head is detected,
recording continues but is
substandard.
Turn off the power and consult your Sony
representative.
Note that this indication may be given
momentarily when the tape starts moving, but
this does not indicate a problem.
Servo lock lost. Recording continues but is
substandard.
Turn off the power and consult your Sony
representative.
Stop the tape, and wait until the HUMID
indicator disappears.
Interface error
between system
CPU and servo CPU.
Condensation on the
head drum.
VTR stops.
Recording continues but stops if
the tape sticks to the head drum.
Playback, fast forward, and rewind
do not operate.
Remove the cassette by the method
described in the Maintenance Manual or by
pressing the EJECT button several times.
Close the cassette lid without loading a
cassette. Turn off the power and consult your
Sony representative.
The tape cannot be
wound properly.
VTR stops. An error code appears
in the counter display section of the
display panel. Look up the error
code in the Maintenance Manual.
Be prepared to change the cassette.
Near the end of tape.
Operation continues.
Change the cassette or rewind the tape.End of tape. Record, playback, and fast forward
do not operate.
Change the battery.
Change the battery.
Low battery.
Dead battery.
Operation continues.
Operation stops.
Turn off the power and consult your Sony
representative.
Interface error
between system CPU
and servo CPU.
Recording continues, but some
operations such as review and
cuing do not operate.
If another problem also occurs, its
indication is given priority.