[Vintage-Audio] Re Issue With Sony DAT Unit

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Well, that is indeed good news. Thank you!

One good thing, I got the two AA cells out of the remote just as they 
started to leak! I did not even know that it ever had batteries in it. 
However, it has been almost ten years since I installed the unit, so it is 
easy to forget such seeming petty details.

I found remotes for things I no longer even own!


Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wolfbob" <wolfbob at csnsys.com>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Issue With Sony DAT Unit


> 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
>> HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
>> http://www.w9wze.net
>> HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
>> hhrp.w9wze.net
>>
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