Sony DVO1000MD User Manual (Instructions For Use) - Page 62

Troubleshooting If the unit appears to be malfunctioning, please check the following before contacting your Sony dealer. Symptom Cause and remedies Even if you push • The MAIN POWER switch located on the 1 (on/standby) the rear panel is set to the a (off) switch on the front position. panel, the power is tSet the MAIN POWER switch to not turned on. the [ (on) position (see page 20). (The standby • The AC power cord is disconnected. indicator is not lit.) tCheck whether or not the power cord is disconnected from the AC outlet, or that it is connected correctly (see page 18). The unit does not work correctly. For example, The buttons do not work. The unit cannot record or play back. The unit may not work correctly due to the influence of static electricity. tPush the 1 (on/standby) switch on the front panel to turn the power off, and then set the MAIN POWER switch on the rear panel to the a (off) position (see page 20). Next, disconnect the AC power cord. After a while, reconnect the AC power cord and turn the power on again. The disc tray does not open even if you push the OPEN/CLOSE button. After you record or edit data on the disc, it may take several seconds for the disc tray to open. This is because the unit adds certain required information to the disc. It is not a malfunction. The power is turned • The connecting cords have been on, but, images are removed from the input and output not displayed on the connectors on the rear panel. monitor. Or the tConnect them correctly (see image is distorted. page 18). • The connections of the input and output connectors are wrong. tConnect them correctly (see page 18). • The connecting cable is broken. tCheck the connecting cables used to connect the unit to other devices. • A signal which is different from the one selected using the menu is currently being input. tSelect the correct input signal using the INPUT SELECT sub menu of the SETUP MENU (see page 29). • The disc is scratched or dirty. tUse a disc without scratches or a clean disc (see page 27). The image of the An S video cable is connected to the S- signal input to the VIDEO connector. VIDEO IN tRemove the S video cable from the S- connector is not VIDEO connector (see page 29). displayed even though the INPUT SELECT item is set to "ANALOG" in the SETUP MENU. Symptom Cause and remedies The sound is not • The connecting cables have been heard. The sound is removed from the input and output noisy. connectors on the rear panel. tRe-connect them (see page 18). • The connections of the input and output connectors are wrong. tConnect them correctly (see page 18). • The connecting cable is broken. tCheck the connecting cables used to connect the unit to other devices. • The unit is in fast forward or fast reverse playback mode. tPress the BPLAY button (see page 39). • The disc is scratched or dirty. tUse a disc without scratch or clean disc (see page 27). The unit cannot record. • You tried to use a disc that is writeprotected. tReplace that disc with one on which data can be recorded. • The remaining capacity of the disc is insufficient. tReplace the disc. • 49 titles have been already recorded. In this case, you cannot record any more data, even if the disc has sufficient capacity remaining. tErase unnecessary titles or replace the disc (see page 49). • A disc that cannot be used with the unit has been loaded. tUse a DVD+RW disc (see page 27). The unit cannot play. • A disc has not yet been loaded. tLoad a disc (see page 27). • A disc on which no data has been recorded has been loaded. tLoad a recorded disc. • The disc has been loaded cooked. tLoad the disc correctly (see page 27). • A disc that cannot be used with the unit has been loaded. tThe unit cannot play a disc other than the one recorded with the DVD+RW format. • A disc with a region code different from that of the unit has been loaded. tPlay a disc with a region code that is the same as that of the unit (see page 53). • When the unit plays a disc recorded using other equipment, a disc that has not been finalized cannot be played. tFinalize the disc (see page 37). During playback, the image is frozen for a moment (about one second) and the audio breaks up. The unit stops playback between titles, and after about one second, starts playback of the next title. This is not s malfunction. The data on the disc Contact your nearest Sony dealer. is damaged. Miscellaneous 62 Troubleshooting