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| CORRECTIVE ACTION |
1. | Recording won’t start. |
| ● There’s no cassette loaded. |
| Insert a cassette. |
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| ● The loaded cassette has had its |
| Remove the cassette and cover the |
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| record safety tab removed. |
| hole with adhesive tape, or load a |
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| cassette on which the record safety |
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| tab is intact. |
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2. TV broadcasts won’t record |
| ● The VCR has been set to its AUX |
| Set the VCR to the appropriate | |
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| mode by mistake. |
| channel. |
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| ●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 Or From |
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| nected. |
| Another VCR” (☞ pg. 54) or “Edit |
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| From A Camcorder” (☞ pg. 52) 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 on. |
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| units has not been turned on. |
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| ● The recorder’s input mode has been |
| Select the recorder’s appropriate |
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| set incorrectly. |
| input mode at the Aux Input Screen |
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| (☞ pg. 53). |
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TIMER RECORDING |
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| 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. |
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| been set incorrectly. |
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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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| Make sure you have compensated for |
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| Guide Channel and VCR or cable |
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| box channel number mismatches |
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| (☞ pg. 20). |
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2. |
| ● Timer recording is in progress. |
| Timer programming can’t be performed | |
| won’t work. |
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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 |
| 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 |
| ejected, and TIMER and ] on the |
| record safety tab removed. |
| hole with adhesive tape, or replace it |
| front display panel won’t stop |
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| with a cassette on which the safety |
| blinking. |
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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- | |
| 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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| has not been programmed correctly. |
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6. | 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 |
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| make sure you have enough time on |
| blinking. |
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| the tape to record the entire program. |
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7. Cable channels are not automatically |
| ● The Controller is not properly |
| Connect the Controller correctly | |
| switched during timer recording. |
| connected to the VCR. |
| (☞ pg. 16). |
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| ● The output channel selected in the |
| After confirming your cable box’s |
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| Cable Box Output screen is incorrect. |
| output channel number, |
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| Cable Box Output screen and select |
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| the correct number (☞ pg. 17). |
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| ● The cable box’s power is off. |
| Make sure the power is on before |
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| timer recording starts. |
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