SONY HCD-EC68P/EC78P _ TEST MODE
COLD RESET
The
cold reset clears all data including preset data stored in the memory to
initial conditions. Execute this mode when returning the set to the customer.
1. In the standby status, press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power
on.
2. Press three buttons of [Stop], [FUNCTION] and at last [Standby/Power] simultaneously.
3. When “RESET” appears, the set enters standby status.
PANEL
TEST MODE
1. In the standby status, press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power
on.
2. Press three buttons of [DISPLAY], [Stop], and [FUNCTION] simultaneously.
3. When the panel test mode is activated, LEDs and segments of the liquid
crystal display are all turned on.
Version
Check
1. In the panel test mode (all LEDs and segments of the liquid crystal display
are turned on), press the [FUNCTION] button.
2. On the liquid crystal display, date and version are displayed “xxxxxxxx”.
For example, “1114V102”.
3. From this status, press the [Pause] button, and the destination and model name are displayed. For
example, “CE2” and “ESLO–”.
4. To release from this mode, press three buttons of [DISPLAY], [Stop], and
[FUNCTION] simultaneously.
Key
Test Mode
1. In the panel test mode (all LEDs and segments of the liquid crystal display
are turned on), press the [DISPLAY] button.
2. The message “KEY0 0 0”displayed. Whenever any buttons are pressed and the
[VOLUME] dial is turned, the value is changed.
3. To release from this mode, press three buttons of [DISPLAY], [Stop], and [FUNCTION]
simultaneously.
CD
REPEAT 5 LIMIT CANCEL MODE
Number of repeats for CD playback is 5 times when the repeat mode is “REPEAT”.
This mode enables CD to repeat playback for limitless times.
1. Press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select CD function.
3. Press three buttons of [DISPLAY], [Stop], and [|◄◄ – ] TUNING ◄◄ -- ] simultaneously.
4. It enters the CD repeat 5 limit cancel mode and displays “NO LIMIT”
5. To release this mode, press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power off.
CD
SHIP MODE
This mode can run the CD sled motor optionally. Use this mode, for instance,
when cleaning the optical pick-up.
1. Press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Confirm there is no disc in all trays.
3. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select CD function.
4. Press two buttons of [CD ►] and [Standby/Power] simultaneously.
5. Set to the CD ship mode. (chucking on)
6. After blink “STANDBY”, “LOCK” is displayed, disconnect the AC plug.
CD
TRAY LOCK
This mode is for the antitheft of CD disc in shop. (not for transport)
Procedure:
1. Press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select CD function.
3. Insert a disc.
4. While pressing the [Stop] button, press the [Eject] button for more 5 seconds.
5. The message “LOCKED” is displayed and the disc tray is locked. (Even if
exiting from this mode, the disc tray is still locked)
6. If press the [Eject] button to eject the disc, the message “LOCKED” is
displayed and cannot eject the disc.
7. To release this lock, while pressing the [Stop] button, press the [Eject]
button for 5 seconds again.
8. The message “UNLOCKED” is displayed and the disc tray is unlocked.
CD
POWER MANAGE
This mode is for switch the CD power supply on/off. Even if this state pulls
out AC plug, it is held.
1. Press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select CD function.
3. Press the [Standby/Power] button again to turn the power off (standby).
4. After pressing the [DISPLAY] button, while pressing the [Stop] button, press the
[Standby/Power] button.
5. It turns power on and displays “CD POWER”, then display “ON” or “OFF”.
CHANGE-OVER
THE AM TUNING INTERVAL (Except EC78P: UK model)
The AM tuning interval can be changed over 9 kHz or 10 kHz.
1. Press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Press the [TUNER/BAND] button to select TUNER (AM) function.
3. Press the [Standby/Power] button again to turn the power off (standby).
4. After pressing the [DISPLAY] button, while pressing the [TUNING +►►; ►►|]
button, press the [Standby/Power] button.
5. It turns power on and display “9k STEP” or “10k STEP”, and thus the tuning
interval is changed over.
CD
SHIP AND COLD RESET
1. Press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Confirm there is no disc in all trays.
3. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select CD function.
4. Press three buttons of [PLAY MODE/TUNING MODE], [|◄◄ –
TUNING] and [Standby/Power] simultaneously.
5. After blink “STANDBY”, “RESET” is displayed, disconnect the AC plug
COMMON
TEST MODE
1. Press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Press three buttons of [PLAY MODE/TUNING MODE], [TUNING +►► FFW],
and [DISPLAY] simultaneously.
3. It enters the common test mode and displays “COMMON”.
4. Each time the [VOLUME] dial is turned, “VOL MIN”, “VOL 16”, and “VOL MAX”
are displayed.
5. To release from this mode, press three buttons of [PLAY MODE/TUNING MODE],
[TUNING +►► ►►|], and [DISPLAY] simultaneously.
CD
SERVO TEST MODE
This mode can check the servo system operations of the optical pick-up system
(= optical unit + CD board).
Note1: Do not enter the [CD SERVO TEST MODE] while any other test mode is in
progress.
Note2: Do not enter any other test mode while the [CD SERVO TEST MODE] is in
progress.
How
to Enter the CD Servo Test Mode
1. Press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select CD function.
3. Press three buttons of [CD►,
|◄◄
], [◄◄ – TUNING] and [DISPLAY] simultaneously.
4. It enters the CD servo test mode and displays “BDT S CU”.
How
to Exit from the CD Servo Test Mode
1. Press three buttons of [CD ►], [|◄◄
, ◄◄ – TUNING] and [DISPLAY] simultaneously.
2. It releases from the CD Servo Test Mode and returns to the ordinary CD
function.
CD
SERVICE MODE
This mode can move the SLED of the optical pick-up, and also can turn the optical
pick-up laser power on and off.
1. Press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Press three buttons of [CD ►], [TUNING + ►►,
►►| ], and DISPLAY simultaneously.
3. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select CD function.
4. It enters the CD service mode and displays “SERVICE”.
5. To exit from this mode, press three buttons of [CD ►
], [TUNING + ►►, ►►| L] and DISPLAY simultaneously.
Key
Operation:
[TUNING +►►, ►►|], [|◄◄,
◄◄
– TUNING]:
Use these keys to move the SLED. When [TUNING + ►►, ►►|] is pressed in
this mode, the SLED moves to outer circumference and the message “SLED OUT” is
displayed.
When [|◄◄,◄◄ – TUNING] is
pressed in this mode, the SLED moves to inner circumference and the message
“SLED IN” is displayed.
DISPLAY
Use this key to turn the optical pick-up laser power on and off. When the laser
power is turned on, the message “LD ON” is displayed. When the laser power is
turned off, the message “LD OFF” is displayed.
CD
ERROR CODE
The past errors of the CD mechanism (CDM) are displayed as the CDM Errors, and
those of the optical pick-up system (= optical unit + CD board) are displayed
as the BD Errors.
1. Press
the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select CD function.
3. Press three buttons of [TUNING + ►►,
►►|], [Stop and [DISPLAY] simultaneously.
4. Then, the CDM error code is displayed as “M0xxxxxx” (x means hexadecimal
number) on the liquid crystal display as shown below.
5. Every pressing of the [TUNING + ►►,
►►|]
button in this mode increments the number after “M” starting from “M0” up to
“M9”, and then returns to “M0”. Every pressing of the [|◄◄,◄◄ – TUNING] button in this mode
decrements the number after “M”. The smaller the error code number is, the
newer the error content is.
6. When the [PLAY MODE/TUNING MODE] button is pressed then, the BD error code
is displayed as “D0xxxxxx” (x means hexadecimal number) on the liquid crystal
display as shown below. In the same way as the CDM error code, use of the
[TUNING +►►, ►►| and the [|◄◄,◄◄– TUNING] buttons in this mode enables
tracing of the error history.
7. To release from this mode, press the [I/1] button to turn the power off.
Contents
of “CDM Errors”
Error display example
M 0 FF 11 42
1 2
3 4
1 It indicates the error history number 0 to 9: The error code
number 0 indicates the newest error.
2 It indicates whether the CDM error occurs in the normal
operations or during the initialization operation. FF : The error has occurred in the normal
operations. Other than FF : The error
has occurred during the initialization operation.
3 It indicates the processing during which the trouble has
occurred.
01: The disc EJECT processing is in progress.
02: The disc INSERTION-WAITING processing is in progress.
03: Processing of the disc INSERTION-REQUEST for the upper CD tray is in
progress.
04: Processing of the disc EJECTION-REQUEST for the upper CD tray is in
progress.
05: The disc pulling-in operation is in progress.
06: The disc chucking processing is in progress.
07: The disc re-chucking processing is in progress.
08: The disc chucking-release completion operation is in progress.
4 It indicates the operation during which the trouble has
occurred.
00 : Waiting for the operation.
10 to 13 : The disc EJECT operation is in progress.
20 : The disc pulling-in operation is in progress.
30 : The disc chucking-release operation is in progress.
40 to 43 : The disc EJECT operation due to error is in progress.
Contents
of “BD Errors”
Error display example
D 0 02 09 01
1 2
3 4
1 It indicates the error history number. 0 to 9: The error code number 0 indicates the
newest error.
2 It indicates the error content
01: The focus servo cannot lock-in.
02: GFS is no good (NG).
03: The startup time exceeds the specified period of time (time over)
04: The focus servo is unlocked continuously.
05: Q code cannot be obtained within the specified period of time.
06: The tracking servo cannot lock-in.
07: Blank disc
3 It indicates the on-going processing of optical pick-up system
(= optical unit + BD board) when the trouble has occurred.
01: The CD SHIP mode processing is in progress.
02: The POWER OFF processing is in progress.
03: The INITIALIZE processing is in progress.
04: The optical pick-up system (= optical unit + BD board) is in the stop
state.
05: The STOP operation is in progress.
06: The startup processing is in progress.
07: The TOC read-in processing is in progress.
08: The SEARCH operation is in progress.
09: The PLAY operation is in progress.
0A: The PAUSE operation is in progress.
0B: The PLAY – MANUAL SEARCH operation is in progress.
0C: The PAUSE – MANUAL SEARCH operation is in progress.
4 It indicates the operation that is being processed when the
trouble has occurred.
It indicates the step number of each processing specified by 3. Because the numbers of steps are different in
each processing, this number is different in each processing.
CD
FACTORY MODE
Note1 Do not enter the [CD FACTORY MODE] while any other test mode is in
progress.
Note2 Do not enter any other test mode while the [CD FACTORY MODE] is in
progress.
1. Press the [Standby/Power] button to turn the power on.
2. Press the [FUNCTION] button to select CD function
3. Press three buttons of [CD ►], [FUNCTION], and [DISPLAY] simultaneously.
