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RS-232C INTERFACE (SR-MV55U ONLY)
Status Data Sense
If the status of the VTR matches to that stated in the above tables, the value returned is “1”. Otherwise, the value “0” is returned.
For details on SPEED CODE 0 - 3, refer to the SPEED CODE table on page 84.
D7 STATUS 
SENSE
1byte 2byte 3byte
VCR DVD VCR DVD VCR DVD
bit7 0 (Fixed) 1 (Fixed) Video EE Video EE 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed)
bit6 1 (Fixed) 1 (Fixed) Audio EE Audio EE 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed)
bit5 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed)
bit4 Record 
Forbidden
Record 
Forbidden
0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed)
bit3 Cassette Not 
Inserted
Disc Not Inserted Occurrence of 
abnormality in 
VTR
Occurrence of 
abnormality in 
VTR
0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed)
bit2 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) During Repeat 
Playback 
(Including 
PAU SE)
bit1 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) Start sensor 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed)
bit0 RS-232C 
command error 
status. Clear 
using 56 (Clear).
RS-232C 
command error 
status. Clear 
using 56 (Clear).
End sensor 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed)
D7 STATUS 
SENSE
4byte 5byte
VCR DVD VCR DVD
bit7 During PLAY 
(Including STILL 
and search)
During PLAY 
(Including STILL 
and search)
During PAUSE During PAUSE
bit6 During FF 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed)
bit5 During REW 0 (Fixed) During Forward Shuttle Search 
(Excluding STILL)
During Forward Shuttle Search 
(Excluding STILL)
bit4 During STOP During STOP During Reverse Shuttle Search 
(Excluding STILL)
During Reverse Shuttle Search 
(Excluding STILL)
bit3 During STANDBY 
(Unit Power Off)
During STANDBY 
(Unit Power Off)
SPEED CODE 3 SPEED CODE 3
bit2 During CASSETTE 
EJECT
0 (Fixed) SPEED CODE 2 SPEED CODE 2
bit1 During REC 
(Including REC 
PAUSE)
During REC 
(Including REC 
PAUSE)
SPEED CODE 1 SPEED CODE 1
bit0 0 (Fixed) 0 (Fixed) SPEED CODE 0 SPEED CODE 0
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