SONY SCD XB940 Service Manual

SERVICE MANUAL

SUPPLEMENT-1

File this supplement with the service manual.

Subject:

1. Addition of Test Mode

2. Addition of Block Diagram and IC Pin
Function Description

SCD-XB940

AEP Model

UK Model

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. TEST MODE.............................................................. 2

2. DIAGRAMS

2-1. Block Diagram – RF/SERVO Section –........................ 9

2-2. Block Diagram – MAIN Section (1/2) –....................... 10

2-3. Block Diagram – MAIN Section (2/2) –....................... 11

2-4. Block Diagram – AUDIO Section – .............................. 12

2-5. Block Diagram

– DISPLAY/POWER SUPPLY Section – ...................... 13

2-6. IC Pin Function Description ........................................... 14

1. TEST MODE

Jigs

• Disc

Model Type *1 Category Application

HLX-503/
HLX-504

HLX-501/
HLX-505

PATD-012 CD 12 cm adjustment and check

*2

*1 SL: Single Layer

DL: Dual Layer

*2 Normally do not use.

• Remote Commander

• Extension cable (MAIN board (CN601) ↔ DISPLAY board

(CN202)) (Part No. J-2501-195-A)

How to Enter the Test Mode

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With [ AMS ] controller pressed, turn the [POWER] switch
ON. Then, immediately press x button. If x button is not
pressed, the set will start in normal mode. When the Test mode is
activated, “Test Mode Menu” is displayed.

How to Exit the Test Mode

Turn the

Selection of Test Mode

To select “Test Mode Menu”, perform as follows.
(1) Rotating [ AMS ] controller, select the menu and press

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[ AMS ] controller to enter. (If the remote commander

is available, select and enter the number directly.)

(2) To return to the previous step, press X button.

Contents of “Test Mode Menu”

DISPLAY Contents of Menu

0. Syscon Diag Self diagnosis

1. Auto Adjust Servo adjustment (Auto)

2. Manual Opr Manual operation adjustment

3. Mecha Aging Mechanism aging

4. Emg History

5. Ver Info Version information display

6. RF Jit Disp RF jitter measured value display

7. PDM Mode Normally do not use

8. CDM Adjust Normally do not use

9. Set Up Init Initializing and restart

10. Sld Ship Pos Sled ship position

Execution of Test Mode Menu

0. Syscon Diag menu

From the “Test Mode Menu”, rotate
counterclockwise to select “0. Syscon Diag”. Press [ AMS ]
controller, and “SELF DIAG Menu” will be displayed. Rotating

SL 12 cm adjustment and check

DL 12 cm adjustment and check

HYBRID

-L1
HYBRID

-L0
SL 8 cm Check
CD 8 cm Check
HYBRID

-L1

12 cm adjustment and check

12 cm adjustment and check

8 cm Check

[POWER] switch OFF , and the Test mode is deactivated.

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Servo emergency history information
display

[ AMS ] controller

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[ AMS ] controller can select the following menu.

DISPLAY Contents of Menu

0. All (SELF) Self diagnosis of all items 1. – 7.

1. SRAM Self diagnosis of SRAM

2. EEPROM Self diagnosis of EEPROM

3. HGA Self diagnosis of HGA

4. Servo DSP Self diagnosis of servo DSP

5. ARP Self diagnosis of ARP

6. SACD Chip Self diagnosis of SACD chip

7. SD Bus Self diagnosis of SD Bus

8. Diag Hist Self diagnosis emergency history display

(1) 0. All (SELF)
From the “SELF DIAG Menu” display, rotate [ AMS ]
controller clockwise to select “0. All (SELF)”, and press

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[ AMS ] controller. Then, the self diagnosis of items 1. –7.

will be executed in the following order. At successful completion,
“All Success” is displayed and the set returns to the first step.

“0. All (SELF)” → “SRAM Check” → “ExSRAM Start” →
“ExRAM OK” → “EEPROM Check” → “EEPROM Start” →
“Check 00” → “Check 10” → “Check 20” → “Check 30” →
“Check 40” → “Check 50” → “Check 60” → “Check 70” →
“Check 80” → “Check 90” → “Check A0” → “Check B0” →
“Check C0” → “Check D0” → “Check E0” → “Check F0” →
“ EEPROM OK” → “HGA Check” → “HGA Start” → “HGA
OK” → “Servo DSP” → “SDSP Start” → “SDSP OK” → “ARP
Register” → “ARP Reg Start” → “ARP Reg OK” → “ARP Data”
→ “ ARP DBus Start” → “ARP DBus OK” → “ARP Address” →
“ ARP ABus Start” → “ARP ABus OK” → “ARP DRAM” →
“ ARP DRAM Start” → “Wait ...” → “ARP DRAM OK” → “DSD
Chp Bus” → “DSD Bus Start” → “DSD Bus OK” → “DSD Chp
DRAM” → “DSD DRAM Start” → “Wait ...” → “DSD DRAM
OK” → “SDBus Chec k” → “SDBus Start” → “W ait ...” → “SDBus
OK” → “All Success” → “ 0. All (SELF)”

In case of an error in the Self Diag mode, the diagnosis restarting
method can be selected in three ways, “QUIT”, “REPEAT” and
“CONTINUE”, which function as follows:

QUIT : Quit diagnosis and return to the menu.
REPEAT : Restart diagnosis from the address where an

error occurred.

CONTINUE : Restart diagnosis from the address next to the

one where an error occurred.

• The error codes are listed in Self diagnosis error code list. (see
page 8)

(2) 1. SRAM
From the “SELF DIAG Menu” display, rotate [ AMS ]
controller clockwise to select “1. SRAM” and press

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[ AMS ] controller.

Then, “ExSRAM Start” → “ExRAM OK” → “1. SRAM” will be
displayed and the check will finish.

(3) 2. EEPROM
From the “SELF DIAG Menu” display, rotate [ AMS ]
controller clockwise to select “2. EEPROM” and press

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[ AMS ] controller.

Then, the following will be displayed and the check will finish.
“EEPROM Start” → “Check 00” → “Check 10” → “Check 20”
→ “Check 30” → “Check 40” → “Check 50” → “Check 60” →
“Check 70” → “Check 80” → “Check 90” → “Check A0” →
“Check B0” → “Check C0” → “Check D0” → “Check E0” →

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“Check F0” → “EEPROM OK” → “2. EEPROM”

(4) 3. HGA

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From the “SELF DIAG Menu” display, rotate
controller clockwise to select “3. HGA” and press [ AMS ]

[ AMS ]

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controller.
Then, “HGA Start” → “HGA OK” → “3. HGA” will be displayed
and the check will finish.

(5) 4. Servo DSP
From the “SELF DIAG Menu” display, rotate [ AMS ]

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controller clockwise to select “4. Servo DSP” and press

[ AMS ] controller.

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Then, “SDSP Start” → “SDSP OK” → “4. Servo DSP” will be
displayed and the check will finish.

(6) 5. ARP Check
From the “SELF DIAG Menu” display, rotate [ AMS ]

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controller clockwise to select “5. ARP”.

• Checking items

DISPLAY Contents of Check

0. All Check Check of all items 1. – 4.

1. ARP Register ARP register check

2. ARP Data ARP data check

3. ARP Address ARP address check

4. ARP DRAM ARM DRAM check

1 1. ARP Register
From the “5. ARP” display, press [ AMS ] controller, and

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then “1. ARP Register” will be displayed.

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[ AMS ] controller once more, and then “ARP Reg

Press
Start” → “ARP Reg OK” will be displayed and the check will
finish.

2 2. ARP Data
From the “1. ARP Register” display, rotate [ AMS ] con-

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troller clockwise to select “2. ARP Data”.

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Press [ AMS ] controller, and then “ARP DBus Start” →
“ARP DBus OK” → “2. ARP Data” will be displayed and the
check will finish.

3 3. ARP Address
From the “1. ARP Register” display, rotate [ AMS ] con-

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troller clockwise to select “3. ARP Address”.

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Press [ AMS ] controller, and then “ARP ABus Start” →
“ ARP ABus OK” → “3. ARP Address” will be displayed and the
check will finish.

4 4. ARP DRAM
From the “1. ARP Register” display, rotate [ AMS ] con-

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troller clockwise to select “4. ARP DRAM”.

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Press [ AMS ] controller, and then “ARP DRAM Start” →
“Wait ...” → “ARP DRAM OK” → “4. ARP DRAM” will be dis­played and the check will finish.

5 0. All Check
From the “1. ARP Register” display, rotate [ AMS ] con-

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troller counterclockwise to select “0. All Check”.

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Press [ AMS ] controller, and then the following will be
displayed and the check will finish.
“ARP Register” → “ARP Reg Start” → “ARP Reg OK” → “ARP
Data” → “ARP DBus Start” → “ARP DBus OK” → “ARP Ad-
dress” → “ARP ABus Start” → “ ARP ABus OK” → “ ARP DRAM”
→ “ARP DRAM Start” → “Wait ...” → “ARP DRAM OK” →
“Diag Success” → “0. All Check”

(7) 6. SACD Chip
From the “SELF DIAG Menu” display, rotate [ AMS ]

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controller clockwise to select “6. SACD Chip”.

• Checking items

DISPLAY Contents of Check

0. All Check Check of all items 1. and 2.

1. DSD Chp Bus

2. DSD Chp DRAM

Check presence of error in SACD DSD
Chp Bus

Check presence of error in SACD DSD
Chp DRAM

1 1. DSD Chp Bus
From the “6. SACD Chip” display, press

[ AMS ] controller,

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and then “1. DSD Chp Bus” will be displayed.
Press [ AMS ] controller once more, and then “DSD Bus

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Start” → “DSD Bus OK” → “1. DSD Chp Bus” will be dis­played and the check will finish.

2 2. DSD Chp DRAM
From the “1. DSD Chp Bus” display, rotate [ AMS ] con-

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troller clockwise to select “2. DSD Chp DRAM”.
Press [ AMS ] controller, and then “DSD DRAM Start” →

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“Wait ...” → “DSD DRAM OK” → “DSD Chp DRAM” will be
displayed and the check will finish.

3 0. All Check
From the “1. DSD Chp Bus” display, rotate [ AMS ] con-

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troller counterclockwise to select “0. All Check”.
Press [ AMS ] controller, and then the following will be

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displayed and the check will finish.
“DSD Chp Bus” → “DSD Bus Start” → “DSD Bus OK” →
“DSD Chp DRAM” → “DSD DRAM Start” → “Wait ...” →
“DSD DRAM OK” → “Diag Success” → “0. All Check”

(8) 7. SDBus
From the “SELF DIAG Menu” display, rotate [ AMS ]

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controller clockwise to select “7. SDBus”.
Press [ AMS ] controller, and then “SDBus Start” →

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“Wait ...” → “SDBus OK” → “7. SDBus” will be displayed and
the check will finish.

(9) 8. Diag Hist
From the “SELF DIAG Menu” display, rotate [ AMS ]

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controller clockwise to select “8. Diag Hist”.

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Press [ AMS ] controller, and then “1.” will be displayed,
and as the [ AMS ] controller is rotated c lockwise, “2.” –

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“10.” will be displayed.

1. Auto Adjust Menu

From the “Test Mode Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller

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clockwise to select “1. Auto Adjust”.

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Press [ AMS ] controller, and then “Auto Adj Menu” will
be displayed, where you can select the following menu by rotating

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the [ AMS ] controller .

DISPLAY Contents of Adjustment

0. All (Adjust) Adjustment of all items 1. – 3.

1. SACD-SL SACD-SL adjustment

2. CD CD adjustment

3. SACD-DL SACD-DL adjustment

4. HYBRID HYBRID adjustment

5. All-Adj LFO

Adjustment of all items 1. – 3. with
LFO value

6. Memory Check Memory check

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(1) 0. All (Adjust)
From the “Auto Adj Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller
clockwise to select “0. All (Adjust)”. Press [ AMS ] con-

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troller, and then the servo setting data in the EEPROM will be
cleared and initialized. After that, set the disc following the mes­sage and press [ AMS ] controller, so that the adjustments

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1. – 3. are executed in order.
1 In setting a disc, the disc type and size necessary for adjust-

ment are displayed such as “Set SACD-SL 12”, and accord­ingly set the specified disc.

2 Each time the adjustment for one disc finished, the disc is

ejected. Replace it with the disc specified by the message.

3 In performing auto adjustment that requires the Loop Filter

Offset value to be adjusted, from the “Auto Adj Menu”, rotate

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[ AMS ] controller clockwise to select “5. All-Adj

LFO”. Set default value to the servo setting in the EEPROM,
and then perform the Loop Filter Offset adjustment.
For details of the adjustment, see (6) 5. All-Adj LFO.

(2) 1. SACD-SL (Single Layer Disc) Adjustment
From the “Auto Adj Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller to
select “1. SACD-SL”, and press [ AMS ] controller.

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Following the message “Set SACD-SL 12”, insert the disc and
press [ AMS ] controller. Then, the adjustment will be exe-

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cuted in the adjustment values will be written to the EEPROM.
Upon completion, “Remove Disc” message is displayed and the
CD is ejected.

(3) 2. CD (CD Disc) Adjustment
From the “Auto Adj Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller to
select “2. CD”, and press [ AMS ] controller. Following
the message “Set CD 12”, insert the disc and press [ AMS ]

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controller. Then, the adjustment will be executed in theadjustment
values will be written to the EEPROM.
Upon completion, “Remove Disc” message is displayed and the
CD is ejected.

“L.F. OFFSET = 09”

Offset value
(00 ← 01 ← 02 ← 03 ← 04 ← 05 ← 06 ←
07 ← 08 ← 09 → 0A → 0B → 0C → 0D →
0E → 0F → 10 → 11 → 12 → 13 → 14 →
15 → 16 →17 → 18 → 19 → 1A → 1B →

1C → 1D .... → F8 → F9 → FA → FB → FC

→ FD → FE → FF)

Select L.F. OFFSET value and press [ AMS ] controller,

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and then the CD, SACD-SL and SACD-DL will be adjusted with
the L.F. OFFSET value specified here.
The subsequent operation is similar to that in (1) 0. All (Adjust).

(7) 6. Memory Check
The Memory Check displays the contents of servo setting stored
in the EEPROM.
From the “Auto Adj Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller

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clockwise to select “6. Memory Check”. “EEPROM Data” will be
displayed if [ AMS ] controller is pressed, or “CD” →

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“HYBR” → “SL” → “DL-L0” → “DL-L1” will be displayed if

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[ AMS ] controller is rotated clockwise.

At each mode display, press [ AMS ] controller and rotate

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[ AMS ] controller, and then the following will

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be displayed. (oo: HEX)

1 Contents of CD servo setting

CD FG = oo TG = oo
CD F0 = oo T0 = oo
CD L0 = oo EB = oo
CD JT = oo MT = oo

2 Contents of HYBR servo setting

H1 FG = oo TG = oo
H1 F0 = oo T0 = oo
H1 L0 = oo EB = oo
H1 JT = oo

(4) 3. SACD-DL (Dual Layer Disc) Adjustment
From the “Auto Adj Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller to
select “3. SACD-DL”, and press [ AMS ] controller. Fol-

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lowing the message “Set SACD-DL 12”, insert the disc and press

[ AMS ] controller. Then, the adjustment will be executed

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in the following steps and the adjustment values will be written to
the EEPROM.
Upon completion, “Remove Disc” message is displayed and the
CD is ejected.

(5) 4. HYBRID (Hybrid Disc CD Layer) Adjustment
From the “Auto Adj Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller to
select “4. HYBRID”, and press [ AMS ] controller. Fol-

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lowing the message “Set HYBRID 12”, insert the disc and press

[ AMS ] controller. Then, the adjustment will be executed

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in the following steps and the adjustment values will be written to
the EEPROM.
Howev er, if a hybr id disc (12 cm) is not availa ble, skip this adjust­ment. In this case, press the x button to quit the adjustment.
Upon completion, “Remove Disc” message is displayed and the
CD is ejected.

(6) 5. All-Adj LFO
From the “Auto Adj Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller

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clockwise to select “5. All-Adj LFO”.
Press [ AMS ] controller, and then “Press Enter” will be

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displayed, and press it once more, and then “EepDfltSet” → “L.F .
OFFSET=09” will be displayed. From the “L.F. OFFSET=09”
display, rotate [ AMS ] controller , and then the L.F.OFFSET

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value can be increased or decreased as shown below.

3 Contents of SL servo setting

SL FG = oo TG = oo
SL F0 = oo T0 = oo
SL L0 = oo EB = oo
SL JT = oo MT = oo

4 Contents of DL-L0 servo setting

D0 FG = oo TG = oo
D0 F0 = oo T0 = oo
D0 L0 = oo EB = oo
D0 JT = oo MT = oo

5 Contents of DL-L1 servo setting

D1 FG = oo TG = oo
D1 F0 = oo T0 = oo
D1 L0 = oo EB = oo
D1 JT = oo

• How to See Error Code

If a fatal error occurred during adjustment and the adjustment could
not continue, the adjustment is interrupted and the error is dis­played.
[Example]

Error 15 11 35

DSP error code

Mechanism error

Service command
This case shows “Focus ON command, DSP error, Sequence in­terrupted during Focus ON operation”.

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Mechanism error code list (see page 7)
Service command list (see page 8)
DSP error code list (see page 8)

• Error Detection at the End of Adjustment
At the end of adjustment, whether the jitter is proper, and whether
the adjustment value is within allowable range are judged and dis­played as a whole. If all parameters are within allowable range,
“Param Chk OK” will be displayed. If parameters out of the range
are detected, an error message such as “3 Errs occur” will be dis­played (this case shows three errors occurred). Press [ AMS ]

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controller once to switch the display to the error list.
[Example]

1. SL TG High
Parameter type

Disc type

Error No.
This case shows “the track gain exceeds the upper limit in single
layer disc adjustment”. If you want to know more details, with the
above display, press again the [ AMS ] controller to display

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details.

Err: SL TG Prm

In this state, rotate again the [ AMS ] controller clockwise,

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and the following will be displayed.

M:7C E:3F U:27

Limit value (U: Upper limit, L:
Lower limit)

Value stored in EEPROM

Adjustment value
This case shows “adjustment value 7C exceeds the upper limit,
and EEPROM holds the last value 3F”.

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In this state, rotate again the

[ AMS ] controller clockwise,

and the judge result message will be displayed as follows:
“TG Too High”
To return to the previous step, or to exit from the error display,
press the X button.

2. Manual Opr Menu

From the “Test Mode Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller
clockwise to select “2. Manual Opr”. Press [ AMS ] con-

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troller, and then “TiltSledReset” → “Manual Opr” will be dis­played, where you can select the following menu by rotating the

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[ AMS ] controller clockwise.

DISPLAY Contents of Menu

1. Disc Type Disc type check

2. Srv Control Servo control

3. T/L Jump Tracking jump

4. Manual Adj Manual adjustment

5. Auto Adj Auto adjustment

6. Mem Check Servo memory check

0. Disc Chk Mem Disc check

(1) 1. Disc Type
From the “Manual Opr” menu, rotate [ AMS ] controller
clockwise to select “1. Disc Type”. Press [ AMS ] controller,

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and then “Disc Type” will be displayed, where you can select the
following menu by rotating the [ AMS ] controller and
also can check each menu item by pressing the [ AMS ]

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controller.

DISPLAY Contents of Menu

1. Type Auto Disc type is checked and the mode for
that disc is set.

2. SACD SL 12cm

3. SACD DL 12cm

4. CD 12cm

5. HYBR-L1 12cm

Disc type is set.

6. HYBR-L0 12cm

7. SACD SL 8cm

8. CD 8cm

9. HYBR-L1 8cm

0. RST Sld/Tlt Tilt/Sled are reset.

Note: For the hybrid disc, the HL1 (CD layer) mode is activated, and if

HD layer is to be played, use 6. HYBR-L0. However, for hybrid
disc (8 cm), only the CD layer can be played.

(2) 2. Srv Control
From the “Manual Opr” menu, rotate [ AMS ] controller

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clockwise to select “2. Srv Control”.

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Press [ AMS ] controller, and then “Srv Con” → “NO DISC”
→ “Srv Con 0000000” will be displayed, where you can select the
following menu by rotating the [ AMS ] controller clock-

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wise.

Note: Before “Servo Control”, “Disc Type Set” is needed.

DISPLAY Contents of Menu

1. LD

2. SD

3. Focus

(1: ON, 0: OFF)

4. TRK

5. SLED

6. CLVA

7. F-Sch Focus search

8. R S/T Tilt/Sled are reset.

FF/FR move up and down the Tilt respectively, while Prev/Next
Index move the Sled inward and outward respecti v ely. The opera­tion stops when the x button is pressed. Until then, the commands
are issued successively, which could cause a trouble. Therefore,
normally do not use this menu.

• Checking method
Select each menu, and press the [ AMS ] controller, and

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then the following will be displayed for checking.
“1. LD” 1 0 0 0000

Focus Search ON

CLVA ON

Sled ON

Tracking ON

Focus ON

Spindle ON

LD ON

Execution command

The above case is that only the LD is turned on. Rotating

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[ AMS ] controller clockwise, turn on the servo in order of

1. – 6. to check the servo.

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Also, with the servo of 1. – 6. turned on, press the [CHECK] but­ton on the remote commander, so that you can check the disc type,
jitter, etc. To return to original display, press the [CHECK] button
again.
[Example]

SL 18 2A 020520

Sector address

CLV status

Jitter value

Disc type

CAUTION: In 7. F-Sch menu, the servo is not applied, thus causing opti-

cal system to be damaged if used together with other menu.
Never use it.

(3) 3. T/L Jump
This adjustment is not normally used.

(4) 4. Manual Adj
This adjustment is not normally used.

(5) 5. Auto Adj
This adjustment is not normally used.

(6) 6. Mem Check
From the “Manual Opr” menu, rotate [ AMS ] controller
clockwise to select “6. Mem Check”. Press [ AMS ]

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controller, and then “EEPROM Data” will be displayed, where
you can select the following menu by rotating the [ AMS ]

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controller clockwise.

DISPLAY Contents of Menu

CD
HYBR
SL Servo setting check
DL-L0
DL-L1

1 Select each menu and press

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[ AMS ] controller, and

then the contents of servo setting stored in the EEPROM will
be displayed.

2 The contents of servo setting are same as those in (7) 6.

Memory Check of Auto Adjust menu. (See page 4)

3 In this menu, default value can be written to the EEPROM.

Press the [CLEAR] buttonon on the Remote commander,
“Deflt Set? Y/N” message will be displayed, and then press

[ AMS ] controller. When “EepDfltSet” message is dis-

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played, default value can be written to the EEPROM. To can­cel default value setting, press the X button.

CAUTION: If you do “EepDfltSet”, after “EepDfltSet”, “Auto Adjust-

ment” is needed. (see page 3)

(7) 7. Disc Chk Mem
From the “Manual Opr” menu, rotate [ AMS ] controller
clockwise to select “0. Disc Chk Mem”. Press [ AMS ]

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controller, and then “Disc Check” will be displayed, where you
can select the following menu by rotating the [ AMS ]

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controller clockwise.

DISPLAY Contents of Menu

1. SL Disc Chk

2. CD Disc Chk Disc Type Check

3. DL Disc Chk

0. Rst Sld/Tlt Tilt and Sled are reset.

• Select the menu 1. – 3. and press the [ AMS ] control-

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ler, and “New 3D” will be displayed, and then each display
corresponding to the selected menu 1. – 3. will return.

3. Mecha Aging Menu

This is the mechanism aging mode.
From the “Test Mode Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller
clockwise to select “3. Mecha Aging”. Press [ AMS ] con-

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controller, and “Mecha Aging” → “Abort Stop Key” → “Press
Open Key” will be displayed. Press A button → G button in
this order, and the tray will be opened and closed repeatedly, and
its count will be displayed. Up to 2,147,483,647 times can be
counted. In such a case, the disc type is also checked.
[Example]

C: 2526

Number of counts
T o quit this operation, press x and X buttons. (Simultaneously,
the count is cleared.)

4. Emg History Menu

From the “Test Mode Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller
clockwise to select “4. Emg History”. Press [ AMS ] con-

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troller, and “EMG History” message will be displayed. Rotating

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the [ AMS ] controller clockwise switches to the following
display where the servo emergency history (1. – 10.) and the laser
lighting hours are displayed.

1. 1F 06080000

2. 2F 06080000

3. 00 00000000

4. 00 00000000

5. 00 00000000

6. 00 00000000

7. 00 00000000

8. 00 00000000

9. 00 00000000

10. 00 00000000

LASR 0h
CD 0h
SACD 0h

Clear History?

1 How to see code
[Example]

11 06 04 C701

History buffer 2byte DSP error code
(see page 8)

History disc type (see page 8)

Mechanism mode (see page 8)

Mechanism error code (see page 7)
This case shows “DSP error, Spin up mode, SL 12cm, CLV un­lock at Sled ON”.
Also, at this time, pressing [ AMS ] controller causes all

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emergency information (16 bytes) to be displayed every 4 bytes
for 4 items.
[Example]

1-1 00000000

Emergency information 1

Item No.: Varia ble each time the [ AMS ] controller is

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pressed

2 Laser lighting hours
[Example]

LASR 14h

CD 6h

SACD 8h
LASR displayed value is the total of CD and SACD laser lighting
hours. (The time less than minutes is omitted.)

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3 History clear

• How to clear all history data
For the items with “Clear History?” message, press [ AMS ]

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controller, and all emergency history data and all laser lighting
hours are cleared to 0.

7. PDM Mode Menu

This mode is not normally used.

8. CDM Adj Menu

This mode is not normally used.

• How to clear individual data
1 Emergency history clear
Press

[DISPLAY MODE], [CLEAR] buttons on the remote com-

mander in this order.

2 Laser lighting hour clear
Press [SACD/CD], [CLEAR] buttons on the remote commander
in this order.

3 Setup clear
Press [REPEAT], [CLEAR] buttons on the remote commander in
this order.
Five backup data of [PLAY MODE], [CLEAR], [SACD/CD],

[TIME/TEXT], [DIGITAL FILTER] are cleared to the initial data.

5. Ver Info Menu

From the “Test Mode Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller
clockwise to select “5. Ver Info”. Press[ AMS ] control­ler, and “Version Info” message will be displayed. Rotating the

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[ AMS ] controller clockwise switches to the following dis-

play where the ROM version, date of creation, serv o DSP version,
and checksum are displayed.
[Example]

V1.00 00/02/14
SrvDSP 1.000
RomCsum 711C

6. RF Jit Disp

From the “Test Mode Menu”, rotate
clockwise to select “6. RF Jit Disp”. Press [ AMS ] control­ler, and then “Set Disc” message will be displayed. Set a disc and

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press [ AMS ] controller, and “Sinup...” will be displayed,
then the jitter will be measured and displayed. To exit from this
mode, press the X button.
<Jitter measurement and display example>

CD 22 2A 000000

Sector address

CLV status

Jitter value

Disc type (auto check)
SL : Single layer disc
HC: Hybrid layer disc, CD layer
HD: Hybrid layer disc, SACD layer
DL : Dual layer disc
CD: CD disc

1 The disc type is checked automatically.
2 For a hybrid disc, rotating the [ AMS ] controller can

switch the layer during jitter adjustment. Also, rotating the

[ AMS ] controller can jump to inner track, middle track,

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or outer track.However, the address is fixed. Music cannot be
searched. For a dual layer disc, a jump between layers is pos­sible.

1. Play HD-HL0

2. Play CD-HL1

3. Jp Md1 Track

4. Jp Inn Track

5. Jp Out Track

6. Jp DL0 -> DL1

7. Jp DL1 -> DL0

3 Press A button to change the disc.

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[ AMS ] controller

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9. Set Up Init Menu

From the “Test Mode Menu”, rotate [ AMS ] controller
clockwise to select “7. Set Up Init”. Press [ AMS ]

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controller, and “Initialized” will be displayed, then “Reset? Y/N”
will be displayed. Press again [ AMS ] controller, and

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“Restart ...” will be displayed, and then the player will be reset
and restarted. (At the restart, the set exits from the Test mode.)

10. Sld Ship Pos Menu

Moving sled the fuctory set up position.

Mechanism error code

Category Emergancy Name

Emergency

Code

Electrical SSI ERR 10

DSP ERR 11
EEP ERR 12
EEP HOURS METER WRITE ERR 13
DSP BUSY TIME OUT 14
EEP CHECK SUM NG 15
DSP BUSY TIME OUT ESCAPE 16

Mechanism TILT SLED RESET NG 20

TILT MOVE NG 21
TILT REQ POSI NG 22
SLED MOVE NG 23
SLED REQ POSI NG 24

Adjustment ADJ TRK BAL NG 30

ADJ TRK GAIN 31
ADJ FCS BAL NG 32
ADJ FCS BIAS NG 33
ADJ FCS GAIN 34
ADJ TILT NG 35
ADJ EQ BOOST NG 36
ADJ GD NG 37
ADJ LAST JITTER NG 38
ADJ GAIN RANGE OVER 3F

Focus FOCUS NG F1

FOCUS JUMP COUNT OVER 41

Spindle CLV LOCK NG 1F

SPDL BRAKE COUNT OVER 51

Sheek SACD REQ ADR NG 60

CD REQ ADR NG 61
CD REQ INDEX NG 62
SACD SEEK COUNT OVER 63
CD SA SEARCH COUNT OVER 64
CD INDEX SEARCH COUNT OVER

65

Date SACD INFO NG 70

CD INFO TIME OUT 71

Other RECOVERY DISC CHECK NG DF

RECOVERY COUNT OVER 81
DISC CHECK ERR DF
DISC CHECK TIME OUT 83
INVALID CMD CODE 84
INVALID CMD 85
DUMMY JOB 86
NEXT MODE NONE 87

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