Sony 1500A User Manual

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Displaying the digital hours meter
Use the following procedure.
1
Press the MENU button in the menu control section.
The menu selection level display appears on the 
monitor screen and in the time counter display.
2
Press the F button to select “HOURS METER.”
3
Press the G button.
The cumulative counts by the digital hours meter are 
indicated on the monitor screen and in the time counter 
display.
Digital hours meter indications on the monitor 
screen
All four counts (T1, T2, T3, and CT) are indicated on the 
monitor screen.
The four-digit value to the left of the slash (/) is the 
resettable trip count, and the right value is the cumulative 
total from manufacture.
Digital hours meter indications in the time 
counter display
One of the four indications appears in the time counter 
display at a time. Use the f and F buttons in the menu 
control section to change the item displayed.
Initially, only the trip value appears. Hold down the G 
button to display also the cumulative total from 
manufacture, which will appear to the right of the trip 
value and the slash (/).
The following illustrates the digital hours meter 
indications in the time counter display in all four display 
modes. The right-hand indication for each display mode is 
the indication you can view while holding down the G 
button in the menu control section.
T1 (OPERATION) mode:
T2 (DRUM ROTATION) mode:
T3 (TAPE RUNNING) mode:
CT (THREADING) mode:
Setup menu
SYSTEM MENU
SETUP MENU
AUTO FUNCTION
HOURS METER
Monitor screen
Time counter display
Menu selection level display
Hours meter
SYSTEM MENU
SETUP MENU
AUTO FUNCTION
HOURS METER
Monitor screen
Time counter display
HOURS METER
T1      00000 X10 HOURS
T2 0000/00000 X10 HOURS
T3 0000/00000 X10 HOURS
CT 0000/00000 X10 COUNT
   T1:OPERATION
   T2:DRUM ROTATION
   T3:TAPE RUNNING
   CT:THREADING
Resettable trip counts
Unresettable counts
Oper. 00000
Drum   0000
0000/00000
Tape   0000
0000/00000
Thread  0000
0000/00000