Checking head hours: Sony R500, R300

[Brian Skalinder]

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

[twatts]

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

[H₂O]

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

[hi and lo]

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

You absolutely can.

[Chad]

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

You absolutely can.

Please tell us. Thanks.