[Vintage-Audio] Re Issue With Sony DAT Unit

[wolfbob]

Duane,

I shoulda looked at my Sony CDRW. The red "over" is 
illuminated whenever the unit is on. It is over the portion 
of the volume bar meter that includes the highest reading 
possible. If the bar meter peak gets to this point that bar 
will stay lit as this is the peak of the signal and the 
"over" is indicating the signal is (was)  is too big 
although the "over" doesn't change it's illumination level 
or do anything other than to identify that spot on the 
meter. It has no effect whatever on what is being recorded 
or played and you can ignore it completely. The pressing of 
the "clear" will reset the bar meter peak and it will 
assdume a new peak. The word "over" stays lit whenever the 
unit is on signal or no signal. No worries, mate. Sorry for 
the confusion.

WBob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: <vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:53 AM
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Issue With Sony DAT Unit


>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Well, I remain perplexed. I found the remote, put fresh 
> batteries in it, aimed it at the Sony DTC ZA5 ES DAT deck 
> and pressed the "clear" button. Nothing happened.
>
> I tried several other remote control operations, such as 
> "play", "pause", "eject" etc. All worked. Hence, the 
> remote was working.
>
> I also tried pressing "clear" and then "enter". No change.
>
> I am wondering if this word in red "OVER" is supposed to 
> be this way? The display shows 60 db down to 2 db from 
> left to right. The word "OVER" is to the right of the last 
> number, 2 db. Below this horizontal line of numbers are 
> the little dash like marks that move to indicate the 
> signal strength. None of the numbers light up, the 
> position of the moving left channel and right channel dash 
> mark indicates the strength. Simply put, if the left 
> channel dash mark is below 20 db, that is the signal 
> strength.
>
> I got 'NO' help from Sony's tech support. Sad. They used 
> to be fantastic. The guy I got had absolutely no clue what 
> I was talking about. I had to give him the model number 
> five times! I finally insisted on a senior supervisor and 
> got one.
>
> He said just what Wolfman Bob said, press the "clear" 
> button on the remote. I asked him if 'peak hold' was the 
> factory default setting, he said that it was.
>
> I also asked if this word in red "OVER" would affect my 
> ability to record music or playback music? He said it 
> would not.
>
> I am open for suggestions gentlemen.
>
> FYI: I learned one thing. The model number on a remote 
> control unit does NOT match the model number of the 
> product! Now me being blind, and you being sighted, you 
> may have known this, I did not. Naturally the right remote 
> was the last of the fourteen I went through to find it!
>
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
> dfischer at usol.com
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