Yamaha aw16g Manuale Utente

Appendix

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If the AW16G does not operate as you expect, or if you suspect a 
problem, please refer to the following points and take the appropri-
ate action.

■ Power does not turn on

• Is the AC adaptor connected to an AC outlet of the 

correct voltage?

• Is the POWER switch turned ON?
• If the power still does not turn on, please contact 

your Yamaha dealer.

■ LCD display is dim or dark

• Use the contrast knob located at the lower right of 

the screen to adjust the contrast.

■ Can’t use the [DATA/JOG] dial to control on-screen 

• The [JOG ON] key may be on.
• Some parameters cannot be operated in certain 

states, such as while the recorder is running.

■ No sound, or sound is too faint

• Are speakers or headphones connected correctly?
• Is your amp and other external devices turned on?
• Does the stereo output channel meter move?
• Is the stereo output channel fader raised? Is it turned 

on?

• The EQ gain may be set to an extremely low value.
• The dynamics processor may be set to an extreme 

threshold or ratio.

• If you are connecting an electric guitar, is it con-

nected to the Hi-Z jack?

• Is the attenuator of the EQ screen or VIEW screen 

raised?

* Check the level (meter movement) in the METER page 

of the VIEW screen.

* If you press the [SEL] key in the MONITOR screen INIT 

page, that channel will be initialized to default values 
that allow sound to be output.

* If DIGITAL IN is set to other than DISABLE in the UTILITY 

screen D.IN HDD page, and no signal is being input to 
the DIGITAL INPUT jack, a message of “WRONG WORD 
CLOCK” will appear, and sound will not be output.

■ Input sound is not output

• Is the signal from the external device being input?
• The connection cable from the external device may 

be broken.

• Is the [GAIN] control set to an appropriate level?
• Is the input channel fader raised? Is it turned on?
• The input channel may have been set to DIGITAL IN.
• When recording, is the recording-destination track 

fader (which adjusts the monitor level) raised?

* If you are recording, the sound of that input channel 

will not be heard during playback.

■ Recorded sound is not output

• Has audio data been recorded on the recorder?
• Is the virtual track set to the track that was recorded?
• A recorded region shorter than 10 msec will not be 

played back.

• Tracks 1–16 will not play back if the AW16G is in 

Stereo Track, Sound Clip, or Audio CD playback 
mode.

■ Can’t play back the STEREO track

• Is the stereo track turned on in the MONITOR screen 

ST.TRACK page?

■ Metronome cannot be heard

• The metronome sound is normally sent only to the 

MONITOR OUT and headphones.

• The metronome will not sound while the recorder is 

stopped.

• In Sound Clip mode, the metronome will sound only 

during recording.

■ Can’t record

• Is there sufficient free space on the internal hard disk?

* You can check the remaining recordable time by setting 

the counter display to REMAIN in the SONG screen 
SETUP page.

• The song may be protected.
• The stereo track may be in playback mode.
• Is the input signal routed appropriately to the 

recorder? 

•  Check the recording-source and recording-destina-

tion in the QUICK NAVIGATE page RECORD screen?

• DIGITAL REC may have been turned OFF in the 

UTILITY screen PREFER page.

• Please read and understand the copyright warning (

■ Can’t record on the STEREO track

• It is not possible to record on the STEREO track while 

recording on other tracks.

■ Noise is present in the recorded signal

• The oscillator may be functioning.
• Does the word clock setting match for the AW16G 

and the external device(s)?

• Go to the QUICK NAVIGATE screen RECORD page 

and check the recording-source and recording-desti-
nation.