[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >If you don't know about test mode, DO NOT enter it. It can do all
> >sorts of things, including rendering your MD unusable! Seriously.
>
> Very wise words, BTW doesn't anybody have, or know where to find the Service
> Manual for the Sharp MD-MT20H ? I need that, so I will know what I'm doing,
> I've got the service manual of the MS200, but It's totally different :-(
>
> Oh, and to be more precise about what Test mode is, it's a mode which the
> people at the service centers use to find out what's wrong with it if it
> doesn't work anymore, and if you're lucky enough, they can even restore it
> to working order by only using Test mode. (If some settings somehow got
> messed up due to electrostatic fields, miswriting to the chip or whatever
> that could've happened). The problem here is that in test mode you can also
> mess up the settings of you're MD recorder, which can indeed render it
> useless.
Most common problem will probably be some 'dis-allignment' of the internal
mechanics. This can be corrected in testing mode.
For the rest.. Some devices will give you some technical information like:
- BLER (BLock Error Rate
- what's the head's possition
- version of the firmware
- etc.
Cheers,
Ralph -> without testmode...
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