Troubleshooting
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| No power. | The power cord is disconnected. | Plug the power cord into the wall outlet |
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| No picture. | The TV is not set to receive Recorder Combi | Select the appropriate video input on the TV | |||
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| Receiver signal output. | so the picture from the Recorder Combi |
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| Receiver appears on the TV screen. |
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| The video cable is not connected securely. | Connect the video cable securely. |
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| The TV power is turned off. | Turn on the TV. |
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| No sound. | The equipment connected with the audio | Select the correct input mode on the audio |
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| cable is not set to receive Recorder Combi | receiver so you can listen to the sound from |
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| Receiver signal output. | the Recorder Combi Receiver. |
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| The audio cables are not connected securely. | Connect the audio cable securely. |
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| The power of the equipment connected with | Turn on the equipment connected with the |
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| the audio cable is turned off. | audio cable. |
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| The audio connecting cord is damaged. | Replace it with a new one. |
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| Playback picture is poor. | The disc is dirty. | Clean the disc. |
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| Tape heads are dirty. | Clean video heads. |
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| Tape is a rental or was recorded on another | Use v/V for manual tracking adjustment while |
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| VCR. | tape is playing. |
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| Recorder Combi Receiver | No disc is inserted. | Insert a disc or tape. (Check that the disc |
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| does not start playback. | No tape is inserted. | indicator on the front panel display is lit.) |
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| An unplayable disc is inserted. | Insert a playable disc. (Check the disc type, |
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| The disc is placed upside down. | Place the disc with the playback side down. |
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| The disc is not placed within the guide. | Place the disc on the disc tray correctly inside |
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| The disc is dirty. | Clean the disc. |
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| The Movie Rating level is set. | Cancel the Movie Rating function or change |
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| the rating level. |
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| Picture from external input | The video signal from the external compo- | You cannot connect via the Recorder Combi |
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| is distorted | nent is | Receiver. Connect the component directly to |
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| your TV. |
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| Some channels are | The skipped channels were deleted with the | Use the CH. Add/Del feature to restore chan- |
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| skipped over when using | CH. Add/Del feature. | nels. See “To Add or Erase Channels from |
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| Picture or sound of | Antenna or cables are loose. | Tighten connections or replace cable. |
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| broadcasting channel is | Wrong Tuning Band is selected in the | Try “Tuning Band Select” options; see page |
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| Recorder Combi Receiver Setup menu. | 26 for details. |
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| Camcorder image not | Camcorder is off. | Turn camcorder on and operate |
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| Camcorder image via A/V | Recorder Combi Receiver’s source is not set | Use INPUT to select AV input channel (AV1, |
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| input or DV IN to Recorder | to AV1, AV2 or DV IN. | AV2 or DV IN). |
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| shown on TV screen. |
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| Can’t play disc recorded | The disc was recorded in Video mode. | Finalize the disc; see page 33. |
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| Some players will not play even a finalized | No solution. |
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| Receiver on another DVD |
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| disc recorded in Video mode. |
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| The disc was recorded in VR mode. | The other player must be RW compatible in |
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| Discs recorded with | No solution. |
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| not be played on other players. |
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