PROBLEM | CORRECTIVE ACTION |
Picture OK, Sound Poor | • Try a new channel, if OK, then possible station trouble. |
| • Check for local interference. |
Timer recording is not possible | • Make sure the timer recording is set correctly. |
| • Make sure the power is off. |
| • Make sure the unit’s clock is set correctly. |
Cannot go into the recording mode | • Make sure the tape has an |
| • hole with plastic tape. |
Playback picture is partially noisy | • Adjust tracking control for a better picture using [CHANNEL K / L] |
| • on the unit. |
No picture but the audio is OK in | • Head cleaning may be necessary. Refer to “AUTO HEAD |
playback | • CLEANING” on page 48. |
No operation by infrared Remote | • Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet. |
Control | • Check batteries in remote control. |
Video or color fades in and out | • You can not copy a copyrighted video tape. You are experiencing |
when making a copy of a video tape | • copy guard protection. |
Different color marks on screen | • Magnetism from nearby appliances and geomagnetism might affect |
| the color of the TV picture. Move the unit away from the appliances, |
| the unit can repair itself automatically. If you want to repair immedi- |
| ately, unplug the power cord, then plug it in again 30 minutes later or |
| so. This automatically resets the unit. |
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CLOSED CAPTION PROBLEM | POSSIBLE REMEDY |
Misspelling in captions | • Error committed by the closed captioning production company. |
| • Possible in a live broadcast. Not in case of a prerecorded program. |
Text is not shown in its entirety or | • A few seconds of delay is common for live broadcast. |
a delay occurs from what is being | • Display capacity may not exceed 220 words per minute. If a dialogue |
said. | • exceeds that rate, selective editing is used to insure that the captions |
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Captions scrambled with white | • Caused by interferences of building, power lines, thunderstorms, etc. |
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No captions in a program which | • The broadcast may use a time compression process to speed up the |
must contain closed caption | • program. The decoder cannot read the compressed information and |
| • captions will be lost. |
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No captions in a prerecorded | • Possibility of a illegal copy or an erroneous copying process |
videotape which indicated closed | • accidentally performed by the fabricator. |
captions included. |
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Black box in the TV screen | • You are in TEXT mode. Select a CAPTION mode (“C1”, “C2”) or |
| • Caption “OFF”. |
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