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TROUBLESHOOTING(cont.)
2. | TV broadcasts won’t record | ● The VCR has been set to its AUX | Set the VCR to the appropriate | ||
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3. | ● The VCRs or the camcorder and the | Refer to the directions and the | |||
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| VCR have been incorrectly con- | illustration under “Edit To And From | |
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| nected. | Another VCR” (☞ pg. 33) or “Edit | |
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| From A Camcorder” (☞ pg. 34) and |
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| properly connect the units. |
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| ● The power to one or more of the | Make sure the power to all units is | |
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| units has not been turned on. | on. | |
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| ● The recorder’s input mode has been | Set the recorder’s input mode to AUX | |
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| set incorrectly. | and select "FRONT" or "REAR" at the | |
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| Aux Input Screen (☞ pg. 35). |
| TIMER RECORDING |
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| 1. | Timer recording won’t work. |
| ● The clock and/or the timer have | Check or | |||
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| been set incorrectly. | settings to ensure correctness. | ||
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| ● The timer is not engaged. | Press TIMER and check to make sure | ||
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| that TIMER appears on the front |
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| display panel. |
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| ● The VCR has not been set up properly. | |||
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| dures (☞ pg. 7). |
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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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| Wait until it finishes. |
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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. |
| cassette loaded. | tab intact, or with the hole covered | |||
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| with adhesive tape. |
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| 4. | The cassette is automatically |
| ● The loaded cassette has had its | Remove the cassette and cover its | |||
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| record safety tab removed. | hole with adhesive tape, or replace it | |||
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| tab is intact. | |
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| 5. | 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. |
| 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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| 6. | 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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| the tape to record the entire program. | |
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| 1. | When scanning channels, some of |
| ● Those channels have been preset to | If you need the skipped channels, | |||
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| be skipped. | restore them (☞ pg. 13). | |||
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| 2. | The channel can’t be changed. |
| ● Recording is in progress. | Press PAUSE to pause the recording, | |||
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| change channels, then press PLAY to |
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| resume recording. |
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| 3. | The remote control won’t operate |
| ● The TV/CABLE/VCR switch is set to | Set the switch to TV. | |||
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| a position other than TV. |
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| 4. | The remote control won't operate |
| ● The TV/CABLE/VCR switch is set to | Set the switch to CABLE. | |||
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| a position other than CABLE. |
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| 5. | Even though Auto or |
| ● The clock setting data received from | Select a different Host Channel during | |||
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| the Host Channel is incorrect. | the | |||
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| clock is incorrect. |
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| (☞ pg. 9), or perform the Manual | |
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| setting procedure (☞ pg. 10). |