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One of the following messages may appear or 
flash in the display during operation.

You tried to label a CD-TEXT di sc.

There is no disc in the player.

There are already 50 disc titles stored in the system.

You have reached the end of the disc while pressing 
M during playback or pause.

You tried to program 26 or more tracks (steps).

All the tracks on an MD are registered into groups.

The MD deck is pausing the recording because 
silence continued for 30 seconds or more during 
digital recording.

The inserted recordable MD is new, or all tracks on 
the MD have been erased.

• A pre-mastered MD is in the deck.

• You tried to edit in Program or Shuffle Play mode.

• The track is recorded in MDLP mode.

• A pre-mastered MD is in the deck.

• The function is switched to MD or PC.

• There is no disc in the MD deck, or the MD is 

protected against erasure.

• There is no time remaining on the MD.

The editing operation of the MD is completed.

There is no time remaining on the MD.

The MD deck is ejecting the MD. 

An attempt was made to create a new group in 
excess of the maximum number of groups, or there 
are insufficient characters for updating the group 
management information.

• You tried to make an impossible editing 

operation.

• You cannot perform Net MD operations during 

timer playback.

• You cannot combine or erase the tracks due to the 

system limitations of MDs.

Adjustment of the recording level after recording or 
Fade-in and Fade-out procedures have failed since 
the system was either subject to vibration or there is 
a damaged or dirty disc in the tray. 

The power was off for a long time, so the system is 
initializing itself.

There is no more space to store track, disc or group 
titles.

While attempting to change the recording level after 
recording, you pressed ENTER/YES without 
actually changing the recording level, so no change 
was made.

There is no disc in the MD deck.

You have reached the end of the MD while pressing 
M during pause mode.

You pressed an invalid button during playback. 

The MD is playing the specified point for 
confirmation during the A-B Erase Function and the 
Divide Function (pages 30 and 33).

A reading failure has occurred, and the system is 
trying to read the data again.

You attempted to perform another operation while 
in S.F Edit (changing the recording level after 
recording, Fade-in, Fade-out) mode.

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You pressed ?/1 while in S.F Edit (changing the 
recording level after recording, Fade-in, Fade-out) 
mode.

The signal was input again after silence continued 
for 3 or more but less than 30 seconds during digital 
recording, and the silence was cut to 3 seconds.

You tried to program 26 or more tracks (steps).

The MD deck is reading the TOC information of the 
MD.

The MD deck is writing the information of recorded 
or edited contents.

You have reached the end of the track while 
adjusting the dividing point during the Divide 
Function.

Tracks and other data that have been checked out on 
Net MD equipment are protected, so you cannot use 
some of the MD editing functions.

There is no tape in the tape deck, or the tab has been 
removed from the cassette.

You cannot record the tape because the tab has been 
removed from the cassette.

There is no tape in the tape deck.

The Daily Timer start and end times are set to the 
same time.

The Daily Timer setting or the Timer Recording 
setting overlaps with part or all of another timer 
setting.

The personal computer is preparing the amount of 
data needed for playback while using the WEB 
RADIO function.

You pressed NET MD during check in or check out. 
Wait until the operation is completed.

• Check that the personal computer is correctly 

connected to the internet while using the WEB 
RADIO function. 

• Check that the URL registered to the preset is 

input correctly.

• The MIDI file plays while using the MUSIC 

LIBRARY function. You cannot pause MIDI file 
playback.

• You are playing a broadcast station that cannot be 

paused while using the WEB RADIO function.

Check that the music file is registered correctly to 
the MUSIC LIBRARY.

The USB cable is not connected properly. Check the 
connection.

Check in and check out is underway. (If you attempt 
an invalid operation at this time, “CONNECT!” 
appears.)

The personal computer is connecting to the 
broadcast station server.

• Check that the personal computer is correctly 

connected to the internet when using the WEB 
RADIO function.

• You were disconnected from the broadcast station 

server.

The Net MD function is on. (If you attempt an 
invalid operation at this time, “Net MD!” appears.)

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Use the self-diagnostics function in the "error history display mode" of the test mode. The least required procedure is described
below. Do not enter any other modes by mistake. If you have entered any other modes accidentally, press the  MENU/NO “R”
button to exit the mode.

1.

Press the  

?/1

  button to turn on the power.

2.

Press the  FUNCTION  button to select the “MD” function.

3.

While pressing the  x  button and the  REC MODE  button at the same time, press the  

Z 

(MD)  button.

4.

Press the  

>

 “R”  button to display “[Service]”. Then press the  ENTER/YES “R”  button.

5.

Press the  

>

 “R”  button to display “Err Display”.

6.

Press the  ENTER/YES “R”  button to enter the error history display mode and  “op rec tm” appears.

7.

Select the desired contents that you want to display or to execute using the  

.

 “R”  button or the  

>

 “R”  button.

8.

Press the  TIMER SET “R”  button to display or to execute the selected contents.

9.

Press the  TIMER SET “R”  button again to return to step 7.

10. Press the  MENU/NO “R”  button. The message “Err Display” appears and you exit the error history mode.
11. Press the  REPEAT “R”  button to exit the test mode.
12. Press the  

?/1

  button to turn off the power.

About “R”
As this unit has only a few buttons, some operations require the use of remote commander (RM-SM100EW/provided with unit)  buttons. These
operations are indicated as “R” in this manual.

Example:  

MENU/NO “R”  

...Press the

  MENU/NO  

button of the remote commander.

Incorrect operations may be performed if the test mode is not entered properly.
In this case, press the  ?

/1

  button to turn the power off, and retry to enter the test mode.

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Display

op rec tm

op play tm

spdl rp tm

retry err

total err

err history

retry adrs

er refresh

tm refresh

op change

spdl change

History

Displays the accumulated recording time.
When the accumulated recording time is more than 1 minute, displays the hour and minute
When less than 1 minute, displays “Under 1 min”
The display time indicates the time when the laser is set to high power more, which is about 1/4 of the actual
recording time.

Displays the accumulated playback time.
When the accumulated playback time is more than 1 minute, displays the hour and minute
When less than 1 minute, displays “Under 1 min”

Displays the accumulated rotating time of the spindle motor.
When the accumulated rotating time is more than 1 minute, displays the hour and minute
When less than 1 minute, displays “Under 1 min”

Displays the accumulated number of retry errors during recording and playback
Displays “r 

 p 

”. 

  after “r” is the number of errors during recording. 

 after “p” is the number of errors

during playback.
This is displayed in hexadecimal from 00 to FF.

Displays the total number of errors
Displays “total 

”. This is displayed in hexadecimal from 00 to FF.

Displays the past ten errors.
Displays “0X ErrCd@@”.
X is the history number. The younger the number, the more recent is the history (00 is the latest). @@ is the
error code.
Select the error history number by pressing the  

. 

“R”  or  

> 

“R”  button.

Displays the past five retry addresses.
Displays “

 ADRS 

”, 

 is the history number, 

 is the cluster with the retry error.

Select the error history number by pressing the  

. 

“R”  or  

> 

“R”  button.

Mode for erasing the error and retry address histories.
Procedure
1. Press the  TIMER SET “R”  button when displayed as “er refresh”.
2. When the display changes to “er refresh?”, press the  ENTER/YES “R”  button
When “Complete!!” is displayed, it means erasure has completed.
Be sure to check the following after executing this mode.
*Data has been erased.
*Perform recording and playback, and check that the mechanism is normal.

Mode for erasing the accumulated recording time and accumulated playing time.
Procedure
1. Press the  TIMER SET “R”  button when displayed as “tm refresh”.
2. When the display changes to “tm refresh?”, press the  ENTER/YES “R”  button.
When “Complete!” is displayed, it means erasure has completed.

Mode for erasing the accumulated time of op rec tm, op play tm.
Use these histories as a guide line for the time of replacement of the optical pick-up. If the optical pick-up
has been replaced, perform this procedure and erase the past history.
Procedure
1. Press the  TIMER SET “R”  button when displayed as “op change”.
2. When the display changes to “op change?”, press the  ENTER/YES “R”  button.
When “Complete!” is displayed, it means erasure has completed.

Mode for erasing the accumulated spdl rp tm time.
Use these histories as the guide line for the time of replacement of the spindle motor. If the spindle motor has
been replaced, perform this procedure and erase the past history.
Procedure
1. Press the  TIMER SET “R”  button when displayed as “spdl change”
2. When the display changes to “spdl change?”, press the  ENTER/YES “R”  button.
When “Complete!” is displayed, it means erasure has completed.