Sony HVR-M25E User Manual

Page of 104
88
Chapter 6 Maintenance
Chapter 6   Maintenance
Alarm Messages
The following alarm messages will appear together with the alarm indicators. Take corrective action according to
the displayed message.
Item
Message
Cause/Corrective Action
% Z Moisture condensation. Eject the cassette.
% Moisture condensation. Turn off for 1H.
Q Insert a cassette.
Z
 Reinsert the cassette.
Q Z The tape is locked -check the tab.
Q The tape has reached the end.
Cannot add audio. INPUT SELECT is set to HDV/DV
Not recorded in DVCAM mode. Cannot add audio.
Cannot add audio.
Cannot add audio on the blank portion of a tape.
HDV recorded tape. Cannot add audio.
Cannot add audio. “HDV/DV SEL” is set to HDV.
Cannot record due to copyright protection.
Change to correct tape format.
No output image in “HDV/DV SEL”. Change format.
x   Dirty video head. Use a cleaning cassette.
Unplug power cable.
Reinsert the cassette.
Invalid input signal.
Power voltage error.
Moisture
condensation
Cassette/Tape
Audio dubbing
Others
t See page 91 for details.
t See page 91 for details.
t See page 31.
• Check for damage on a tape or other
irregularities.
t See page 30.
• You cannot add audio unless the recorded
audio format is 32 kHz (4-channel, 12 bit).
Make sure that [60i/50i SEL] in [OTHERS]
menu is set correctly..
• This is an unsupported format and cannot be
played back.
Stop playback or signal input, or change
[HDV/DV SEL] setting 
(page 67).
t See page 89.
The signal that has been input to the unit is
invalid. Check the input signal.
Warning indicators and messages