JVC HR-J642U manual Timer again, Resume recording Even though Auto or Semi-Auto

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TIMER RECORDING

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

CORRECTIVE ACTION

1. Timer recording won’t work.

● The clock and/or the timer have

Set the clock and/or timer correctly.

been set incorrectly.

● The timer is not engaged.

Press TIMER and check to make sure

that TIMER appears on the front

display panel.

● The VCR has not been set up properly.

Re-perform the set-up procedures.

2.

On-screen timer programming

● Timer recording is in progress.

Timer programming can’t be performed

won’t work.

when timer recording is in progress.

Wait until it finishes.

3. TIMER and ]on the front

● The timer is engaged but there’s no

Load a cassette with the record safety

display panel won’t stop blinking.

cassette loaded.

tab intact, or with the hole covered

with adhesive tape.

● The loaded cassette has had its

Press TIMER so that TIMER on the

record safety tab removed.

display panel disappears, then eject

the cassette and cover its hole with

adhesive tape, or replace it with a

cassette on which the safety tab is

intact.

4.

TIMER blinks for 10 seconds and

● TIMER has been pressed when there

Check the programmed data and re-

the timer mode is disengaged.

are no programs in memory, or the

program as necessary, then press

timer record program information

TIMER again.

has not been programmed correctly.

5. The cassette is automatically

● The end of tape was reached during

The program may not have been

ejected, the power shuts off and

timer recording.

recorded in its entirety. Next time

TIMER and ]won’t stop

make sure you have enough time on

blinking.

the tape to record the entire program.

OTHER PROBLEMS

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

CORRECTIVE ACTION

1.

When scanning channels, some of

● Those channels have been preset to

If you need the skipped channels,

them are skipped over.

be skipped.

restore them (☞ pg. 14).

2.

The channel can’t be changed.

● Recording is in progress.

Press PAUSE to pause the recording,

change channels, then press PLAY to

resume recording.

3.

Even though Auto or Semi-Auto

● The clock setting data received from

Select a different Host Channel during

clock setting has been selected, the

the Host Channel is incorrect.

the Semi-Auto setting procedure

clock is incorrect.

(☞ pg. 10), or perform the Manual

setting procedure (☞ pg. 11).