Sony TCD-D8 User Manual

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Additional Information
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Additional Information
Message Display
The following messages will be displayed while operating this unit.
Message
Description
Flashes for about one second when you set the HOLD/
PUSH OPEN switch to HOLD. Appears when you press a
button while the HOLD function is operating.
Flashes when there is no tape inside the unit.
 indicators appear alternately when the REC
button is pressed or when writing/erasing a Start ID in the
playback mode using a tape whose record-protect shutter is
open.
Flashes when the digital input signal is not received.
 and 
 indicators appear alternately when the
SCMS signal is received.
Flashes when the cassette door is open.
Flashes while loading a tape.
Flashes when unloading a tape.
Flashes when the beginning of a tape*
1
 is reached.
Appears when the end of the tape is reached.
Flashes when the PHONES (AVLS)/LINE OUT switch is set
to the LINE OUT position and the VOLUME button is
pressed.
Flashes when the batteries are weak.
Appears when the End ID*
2
 is detected. (except for the tape
playback)
Flashes when the unrecorded part of a tape is detected
during playback or fast-forwarding.
Appears while the Start IDs are being written.
Appears when a microphone/audio connecting cable is
connected to the tape-corder in the recording, recording
pause, and recording monitor modes. Also appears when the
REC button is pressed in the recording pause or recording
monitor mode.*
3
Appears when the REC button is pressed in the recording
pause or recording monitor modes while another equipment
is connected via the digital connection.
Flashes when the AVLS is set to 2 AVLS ON, or when the
AVLS is set to 2 AVLS ON and the VOLUME button is
pressed.
*1 Flashes when a new (virgin) tape is used for the first time.
*2 The End ID is a signal which indicates the position of a tape where the recording has ended. You cannot
register the End IDs with this unit, however the unit can play back the tapes which are registered with the
End IDs and detect them. When the unit detects an End ID during fast forward, it stops there. You can only
forward the tape by recording from that point. When the unit detects an End ID during playback, it enters the
auto-rewind mode.
*3 If both of a microphone and an audio connecting cable are connected, a microphone has priorty over audio
connecting cable, therefore, “
” appears. When a microphone is disconnected “
appears.
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