Disk Cleaning Menu (D9) - Sony Betacam SX DNW-A100 Maintenance Manual

4-3. DISK Maintenance Mode (M1)

4-3-8. Disk Cleaning Menu (D9)

4-3-8. Disk Cleaning Menu (D9)
The D9 : DISK CLEANING menu is used to replace the
defective sector with a media error with a substitutive
sector.
The hard disk drives equipped with this unit can be disk-
cleaned at a time. The momentary freeze of picture or
intermittent of sound on the specific portion can be solved
by disk cleaning.
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. All the user data items (video and audio) recorded in the
equipped hard disk are erased when the disk cleaning is
performed in this menu.
. If the value of a medium(total)/MEDIUM(T) counter
reads ten or more, replace the corresponding hard disk
drive.
. All medium/MEDIUM error counters are reset to "0"
when the disk cleaning is performed in this menu.
Selecting the cleaning menu
Turn the search dial in FORWARD (2) direction while
pressing the PLAY button. Message "D9-DISK CLEAN-
ING" is then displayed in the time data display area. On
the video monitor screen, the * mark moves to the left of a
"D9 : DISK CLEANING" menu. Press the SET button.
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This menu is not displayed in the time data display area
even if the search dial is turned during menu selection in
the DISK maintenance mode. Moreover, the * mark
cannot be moved to the "D9 : DISK CLEANING" menu
on the video monitor screen.
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To execute the cleaning
(1) Turn the search dial in FORWARD (2) direction
while pressing the JOG button and change the "OFF"
display to "ON".
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. When executing no cleaning, press the MENU
button to exit this menu.
. The display in a time data display area changes to
"D9- PUSH SET BTN" when the JOG button is
released after the display is changed to "ON". After
that, "D9-CLEANING ON" is displayed when the
JOG button is pressed again.
. Messages "Disk busy" (on the superimpose picture)
and "DISK BUSY" (in the time data display area)
are displayed when the hard disk drive is not
completely activated immediately after the power is
turned on. Turn the search dial while pressing the
JOG button after the DISK BUSY indicator on the
lower control panel goes off.
(2) Press the SET button.
. Disk cleaning is then initiated.
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. The cleaning cannot be canceled after it is initiated.
. The hard disk drive may malfunction when the
power is turned off during cleaning.
. It takes several seconds to some ten seconds to
perform the disk cleaning.
. During cleaning, message "Executing..." is dis-
played on the superimpose picture and message
"EXECUTING" is displayed in the time data
display area.
(3) Confirm that the cleaning is completed.
. Message "Complete" is displayed on the superim-
pose picture. Message "D9- COMPLETE" is
displayed in the time data display area.
Menu termination
Press the MENU button to terminate this menu.
DNW-A100/A50/A45
DNW-A100P/A50P/A45P