Topic: JB3... Quick Question.

[bdasilva]

I recorded with a JB3 from a UA5 last night.... it was going along great then it all just stopped. The JB3 locked up. I had to pull the battery to "reset"it. I then noticed there was no signal from the ua5... Did I read that if the voltage went low the UA5 would stop sending a signal? Would this cause what happened. Is my file lost?   Thanks

Oh the show was Cheese Dog From Phoenix. (SCI/RatDog)

[fozzy]

If the ua5 stops sending the signal the JB3 will not lockup it will record a second about once a minute. 

Could have been heat related on the JB3.  If you had to reset the JB3 the file is toast

[Roving Sign]

If the ua5 stops sending the signal the JB3 will not lockup it will record a second about once a minute. 

Could have been heat related on the JB3.  If you had to reset the JB3 the file is toast

I'd still go into rescue mode and try Clean Up...it might find something...maybe.

And yes - the JB3 will appear to lock up if the UA5 battery dies/gets low and stops feeding the optical feed...it will record a second a minute as noted by previous poster...

[Javit]

What if you're powering the jb3 with it's own batteries?

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

If the ua5 stops sending the signal the JB3 will not lockup it will record a second about once a minute. 

Could have been heat related on the JB3.  If you had to reset the JB3 the file is toast

The JB3 will stop if it quits recieving a signal via the optical in.  I had my cable come loose on me once and the JB3 stopped.  I hit record again and it started a new track no problem.  As it turned out, the JB3 "stopped and saved" the file when it lost signal.  Lost about 5 minutes of music or so???  I was in the bathroom and I think someone accidentally kicked my bag...

If your JB3 overheats, it will just shutdown.  Or it will show you the "overheat" screen.  I've never had this happen at a show, but have it happen at home when I'm doing a ton of transferring.  I'm not sure what happens to the recording at a show if you overheat...

And yep, as far as I know, if you reset, and didn't get a good "stop and save" your file is toast... 

Terry

[china_rider]

Wow... There is an overheat screen?  Until recently been taping in AZ with the JB3 and have had it overheat several times .  Never realized there was an actual warning.

EDIT: PS... Brian... if you need a copy of Cheesedog let me know.  Have not split the tracks yet but have them on my HD.

[svenkid]

My buddy has had his jb3 stop a few times, and he thinks its due to the internal batteries. and the problem of cutting the signal and messing up the recording has occured with my microtracker as well.