The Sony AV-3600 service manual was what I needed for the repair of this unit
Thanks for the good service
Dave
Text excerpt from page 24 (click to view)
DMR-EH58GN / DMR-EH58GC / DMR-EH58GCS
Item Mode name Description HDD READ VERIFY Measure of access time in READ VERIFY At start Inspection MODE of HDD.
FL display
Key operation (Remote controller key) Press [3] [2] in service mode. * When canceling the inspection mode while executing, do �forced power-off�. Method: Press [POWER] key more than 10 seconds.
The [*] sign is added every 20 seconds while inspecting. Two digits on the right side are the progress level of the inspection (The unit is %). Example on the way of inspection:
When HDD is OK after inspection:
(NG is displayed when error is excluding o ) (Transfer rate is calculated from the AV scanning result, and when it is less than 35Mbps, NG is displayed. )
$: [X] is displayed when seek time is over 270msec., there is error or transfer rate is NG. Position at $ is space when excluding those. ##: Number of data of over 100msec. and less than 270msec. When it is over 100, [99] is displayed. When the number is less than 5, we judge it normal. HDD Spin-up time The accumulation value of the Spin-up time of HDD is displayed. Spin-up time of HDD is displayed. (The unit of display is hour.) Press [3] [3] in service mode.
