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Title: Checking head hours: Sony R500, R300
Post by: Brian Skalinder on September 23, 2003, 10:52:41 AM

Quote from: Rabhan on September 20, 2003, 05:18:12 PM

how do you check for hours on a 300 or 500?

Subject:  Re: how do you check for hours on a r300 or r500?
Date:  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:38:10 - (EDT)
From:  Doug Oade <doug@oade.com>  


Press menu 'till menu appears on the display. Now use the AMS buttons
to toggle thru the selection 'till you see HOUR, this is drum hours
in units of 1 hour...Doug

Title: Re: Checking head hours: Sony R500, R300
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on July 07, 2011, 10:42:38 PM

Not sure what's up, I'm a R500 noob...

But on my R500, I hit Menu so that it was lit-up.  Then I used the Toggle Dial until it read HOUR.  A 4-digit display shows the hours, in my case 0606. 

I'm guessing this is how I check Head Hours on my R500.

Terry

Title: Re: Checking head hours: Sony R500, R300
Post by: H₂O on August 04, 2011, 09:24:11 PM

that's right - I didn't think you could check the head hours on a R300  ???

R500/R700 you definitely can and the way twatts mentioned is correct.

You can also turn on the undocumented error counter if you hack the remote on the R500 and R700

Title: Re: Checking head hours: Sony R500, R300
Post by: hi and lo on August 05, 2011, 02:00:50 PM

Quote from: H²O on August 04, 2011, 09:24:11 PM

that's right - I didn't think you could check the head hours on a R300  ???

You absolutely can.

Title: Re: Checking head hours: Sony R500, R300
Post by: Chad on September 23, 2012, 08:41:19 PM

Quote from: hi and lo on August 05, 2011, 02:00:50 PM

Quote from: H²O on August 04, 2011, 09:24:11 PM

that's right - I didn't think you could check the head hours on a R300  ???

You absolutely can.

Please tell us. Thanks.