Sony DSR-40/40P User Manual

Chapter 6

Maintenance and Troubleshooting

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Chapter 6

Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Various messages appear on the monitor screen (“Err” appears in the display window). Check them with the
following list.

Check that the protect tab is slid in so that the red portion visible.

n

 Slide back the safety switch 

(see page 8).

You try to erase cassette memory when there is no cassette
memory.

You press a certain operation button during recording or editing.

Though no cassette is inserted in the cassette compartment, you
press PLAY, etc. 

n

 Insert a cassette.

You press REW at the beginning of the tape.

You try to start playback or recording at the tape end.

n

 Rewind the tape or insert a new cassette.

When turning on the power, the clock has not been set.

n

 Set the clock in the menu 

(see page 53).

You try to dub the tape on which copyright protect signals are
recorded.

You try to erase data on a tape having more than 16 Kbits
memory capacity in INDEX DATA, DATE DATA, or PHOTO
DATA mode.

n

 Erase it in ALL DATA mode 

(see page 52).

You do certain operation while the VCR is writing on cassette
memory.

n

 Operate after writing on cassette memory is complete.

You press a certain operation button during duplication.

PLEASE CONFIRM THE SAFETY SWITCH
OF THE CASSETTE

NO CASSETTE MEMORY

VCR IS RECORDING

PLEASE INSERT A NEW CASSETTE

THE TAPE IS REWOUND

PLEASE REWIND OR INSERT A NEW CASSETTE

PLEASE SET THE CLOCK

THIS PROGRAM IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED

CASSETTE MEMORY IS TOO LARGE TO ERASE

WRITING ON CASSETTE MEMORY. PLEASE WAIT

VCR IS IN DUP MODE