SONY HCDMD373
Service Manual

Reading the Track Mode Display Higher Bits Hexadecimal 8 Bit Binary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lower Bits 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hexadecimal 01 02 04 08 10 20 40 80 When 0 Emphasis OFF Monaural This is 2-bit display. Normally 01. 01:Normal audio. Others:Invalid Audio (Normal) Original Copyright Write prohibited Invalid Digital copy No copyright Write allowed Emphasis ON Stereo Details When 1

b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0

Reading the Display: Convert the hexadecimal display into binary display. If more than two causes, they will be added. Example When 84 is displayed: Higher bit : 8 = 1000 n b7 Lower bit : 4 = 0100 n b2 In this case, as b2 and b7 are 1 and others are 0, it can be determined that the retry cause is combined of �emphasis OFF�, �monaural�, �original�, �copyright exists�, and �write allowed�. Example When 07 is displayed: Higher bit : 0 = 1000 n All 0 Lower bit : 7 = 0111 n b0+b1+b2 In this case, as b0, b1, and b2 are 1 and others are 0, it can be determined that the retry cause is combined of �emphasis ON�, �stereo�, �original�, �copyright exists�, and �write prohibited�.

Hexadecimal n Binary Conversion Table
Hexadecimal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Binary 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 Hexadecimal 8 9 A B C D E F Binary 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111

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