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TIMER RECORDING (VHS deck)
Timer recording won’t work.
●The clock and/or the timer have been set incorrectly.
●The timer is not engaged.
]Press # and confirm that “#” is displayed on the front display panel.
Timer programming is not possible.
●Timer recording is in progress.
]Timer programming can’t be performed while a timer recording is in progress. Wait until it finishes.
“
” on the front display panel won’t stop blinking.
●The timer is engaged but there’s no cassette loaded. ]Load a cassette with the record safety tab intact.
“
”, “
” and “
” on the front display panel won’t stop blinking.
●The loaded cassette has had its record safety tab removed. ]Remove the cassette and cover the hole with adhesive tape, or
insert a cassette with the record safety tab intact.
●The end of the tape was reached during timer recording.
]The programme may not have been recorded in its entirety. Next time make sure you have enough time on the tape to record the entire programme.
“
” blinks for 10 seconds and the Timer mode is disengaged.
●# has been pressed when there are no programs in memory, or the timer record information has been programmed incorrectly.
]Check the programmed data and
The SHOWVIEW system does not
●The unit’s channel positions have been set incorrectly.
]Refer to “SHOWVIEW® Timer Programming” ( pg. 24) and re- perform the procedure.
“
” and “
” on the front display panel won’t stop blinking.
●The end of the tape was reached during Instant Timer
Recording.
]The programme may not have been recorded in its entirety. Next time make sure you have enough time on the tape to record the entire programme.
“
”, “
” and “
” on the front display panel won’t stop blinking.
●The loaded cassette has had its record safety tab removed. ]Remove the cassette and cover the hole with adhesive tape, or
insert a cassette with the record safety tab intact.
●The end of the tape was reached during Automatic Satellite Programme Recording.
]The programme may not have been recorded in its entirety. Next time make sure you have enough time on the tape to record the entire programme.
OTHER PROBLEMS
The image of the TV broadcast appears distorted on the TV screen.
●The unit is left turned on and the DVD deck is selected. ]Turn off the unit, or press VCR to select the VHS deck, then
press TV/VCR so that the VCR indicator disappears from the front display panel.
Whistling or howling is heard from the TV during camcorder recording.
●The camcorder’s microphone is too close to the TV.
]Position the camcorder so its microphone is away from the TV.
●The TV’s volume is too high. ]Turn the TV’s volume down.
When scanning channels, some of them are skipped over.
●Those channels have been designated to be skipped.
]If you need the skipped channels, restore them. ( pg. 69)
The channel cannot be changed.
●Recording is in progress.
]Press 9 to pause the recording, change channels, then press 4 to resume recording.
Channel settings that were made manually seem to have changed or disappeared.
●After the manual settings were made, Auto Channel Set was
performed.
]Perform manual setting again.
No channels are stored in the unit’s memory.
●The TV aerial cable was not connected to the unit when Auto Set Up was performed.
]Turn off the unit once and connect the TV aerial cable to the unit properly, then turn on the unit again. Then perform Auto Set Up again. ( pg. 10)
●The
]Turn off the unit once and connect the
ATTENTION
This unit contains microcomputers. External electronic noise or interference could cause malfunctioning. In such cases, switch the unit off and unplug the mains power cord. Then plug it in again and turn the unit on. Take out the cassette. After checking the cassette, operate the unit as usual.