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| TIMER RECORDING |
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| SYMPTOM |
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| 1. Timer recording won’t work. |
| ● The clock and/or the timer have | Set the clock and/or timer correctly. |
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| ● The timer is not engaged. | Press TIMER and check to make sure |
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| ● The VCR has not been set up properly. |
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| ● Timer recording is in progress. | Timer programming can’t be performed |
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| when timer recording is in progress. |
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| 3. TIMER and ]on the front |
| ● The timer is engaged but there’s no | Load a cassette with the record safety |
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| display panel won’t stop blinking. |
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| cassette loaded. | tab intact, or with the hole covered |
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| ● The loaded cassette has had its | Press TIMER so that TIMER on the |
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| record safety tab removed. | display panel disappears, then eject |
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| 4. | TIMER blinks for 10 seconds and |
| ● TIMER has been pressed when there | Check the programmed data and re- |
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| the timer mode is disengaged. |
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| are no programs in memory, or the | program as necessary, then press |
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| timer record program information | TIMER again. |
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| 5. The cassette is automatically |
| ● The end of tape was reached during | The program may not have been |
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| timer recording. | recorded in its entirety. Next time |
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| 1. | When scanning channels, some of |
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| ● Those channels have been preset to | If you need the skipped channels, |
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| 2. | The channel can’t be changed. |
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| 3. | The remote control won’t operate |
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| ● The clock setting data received from | Select a different Host Channel during |
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ATTENTION:
This VCR contains microcomputers. External electronic noise or interference can cause microcomputer to malfunction. If the VCR does not operate correctly switch its power off and unplug the power cord from the AC supply. Wait for a while and then plug the power back in. Eject and check the condition of the cassette. If everything appears normal resume operating the VCR as usual.