Sony Aibo ERS-7M2 User Manual page 109

Symptom
No response when the sensors
®
on the AIBO Entertainment
Robot's back are touched.
(The back sensors do not light
when touched.)
When in Game mode or
Clinic mode, the mode light
goes out and the AIBO robot
returns to Autonomous mode.
The AIBO robot's LEDs'
light and/or color is irregular.
Registration of favorite things
fails.
Communication with another
AIBO robot fails.
The AIBO robot does not
detect (or respond) to
movements or sounds in
House Sitting mode.
The AIBO robot detects too
many movements and sounds
(reacts too often) in House
Sitting mode.
• Cause c Remedy (see page)
• See "The AIBO Entertainment Robot does not go into Clinic
mode" and check the touch sensors on the back of the AIBO
robot.
• When in modes other than Autonomous mode (such as Game
mode and Clinic mode), the following situations may cause the
AIBO robot to cease current activity and lie down with its legs
spread in Autonomous mode.
− Application of excessive external force to the AIBO robot.
− Extended period of intense movement by the AIBO robot.
− Having the AIBO robot perform intense movements for an
extended period with AIBO cards, etc.
c Please wait for a few minutes without changing the AIBO
robot's mode. You will be able to switch from Autonomous
mode to another mode (such as Game mode) after a few
minutes.
• The AIBO robot ERS-7 is equipped with several LEDs, and a
certain level of irregularity in the light and/or color of the
LEDs is to be expected. This does not constitute a malfunction.
• The pattern of the object is too simple.
c The AIBO robot cannot distinguish objects with simple
designs. Use an object with a complex pattern.
• The object is too far away from the AIBO robot.
c Position the object at a distance where all 3 back lights are
illuminated.
• The volume is set too low.
c Turn up the volume on both AIBO robots.
• The sensitivity is set to low or off.
c In "Settings for house sitting mode", set "Motion detection
sensitivity" to normal or high.
• The sensitivity is set to high.
c In "Settings for house sitting mode", set "Motion detection
sensitivity" to normal or low.
• The AIBO robot may detect objects that move frequently, such
as curtains.
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