DTC-A8, PCM-2600, PCM-2800 - Sony Audio Service Manual (repair manual). Page 70

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When input as follows at the normal display, the special RAM details will be displayed as shown in 

.

“0” 

n “0” n “0” n “0” n “TEST”. The contents are displayed in hexadecimal form as follows.

How to read display positions 1, 2, and 5
Example : If 1 is displayed as 22, it is 00100010 when converted to binary form, and therefore has the following

meaning.
bit7     bit6     bit5     bit4     bit3    bit2     bit1     bit0
“0”      “0”     “1”      “0”     “0”     “0”      “1”      “0”

1

h

Displays the abnormal flag. (Abnormal when “1”.)

bit7

Transition

bit6

EndSen

bit5

Load

bit3

S REEL

bit4

CasCon

bit2

T REEL

bit1

Capstn

bit0

Drum

2

m

3

s

ERROR MONITOR (“FF”...With RF, “00”...No RF, others...when RF could not be read during mechanical
operations)

MUTE related, Unlock related (When “1", UNLOCK or MUTE ON)

bit7

Line

Mute

bit6

Mute

Monitr

bit5

Slave

Mute

bit4

Master

Mute

bit3

D-in

Unlock

bit2

Dont

care

bit1

ATF

Unlock

bit0

Drum

Unlock

4

PGM NO.

5

MARGIN

bit7

bit4

bit4

     bit6     bit5

   bit3   bit2   bit1   bit0

   bit3   bit2   bit1   bit0

Base speed

Direction

Mechanism mode

Direction

Mechanism mode

0000 : FWD
0001 : 

G3 FWD

0010 : 

G8 FWD

0011 : 

G16 FWD

0100 : FF Search L
0101 : FF Search H
0110 : FF (Hi Speed)
0111 : T FWD
1000 : FWD STOP
1001 : FWD PAUSE
1010 : REC
1011 : REC PAUSE
1100 : UNLOAD
1101 : TENSION UP FWD
1110 : END SENS EMG
1111 : TAPE TOP

0000 : FWD
0001 : 

G3 RVS

0010 : 

G8 RVS

0011 : 

G16 RVS

0100 : REW Search L
0101 : REW Search H
0110 : REW (Hi Speed)
0111 : S RVS
1000 : RVS STOP
1001 : REEL EMERGENCY
1010 : UNLOAD to STOP
1011 : DRUM EMERGENCY
1100 : EJECTed
1101 : TENSION UP RVS
1110 : LOAD EMERGENCY
1111 : TAPE END

0 : off

1 : On

00 : Standard speed

01 : 

G1.5 speed

10 : Half speed

0 : Normal

DPG value

After
recording
mode

1:Reverse

Current mechanism mode

Capstan error

”

Load error

”