Sylvania 3819LC owner manual Troubleshooting Guide, Tv/Vcr

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

If you have followed the instructions contained in this manual and have difficulty in operating your TV/VCR, locate the PROBLEM in the left column below. Check the corresponding CORRECTIVE ACTION column to remedy the problem.

PROBLEM	CORRECTIVE ACTION
No power.	● Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet.
	● Make sure the power is turned on.
No picture and sound.	● Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet.
	● Check antenna connection.
	● Let the TV/VCR program its’ tuner memory.
No picture or poor picture on	● Adjust direction or replace antenna.
TV/VCR.	● Adjust picture controls.
No sound or poor sound.	● Adjust volume control on remote control or main unit.
	● Press the MUTE button to restore sound.
Timer recording is not possible.	● Make sure the timer recording is set correctly.
	● Make sure the power is off.
	● Make sure the TV/VCR clock is set correctly.
Cannot go into Record mode.	● Make sure the tape has an erase-prevention tab. If need, cover the
	hole with plastic tape.
Playback picture is partially noisy.	● Adjust tracking control for a better picture using the CHANNEL ▲
	or ▼ button on the TV/VCR.
No picture but the audio is OK in	● Head cleaning may be necessary, consult nearest Authorized Service
playback.	Center.
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 when	● None. (You are copying a copyrighted video tape and are
making a copy of a video tape.	experiencing copy guard protection.)
CLOSED CAPTION	POSSIBLE REMEDY
PROBLEM
My TV/VCR is showing captions	● You are watching a live broadcast and spelling errors made by the
that are misspelled.	closed captioning production company may pass through
	uncorrected. A prerecorded program will not show any misspelled
	words because of the normal time available for editing the captions.
My TV/VCR will not show the text	● Captions that are delayed a few seconds behind the actual dialogue are
in its entirety or there is a delay of	common for live broadcasts. Most captioning production companies can
what is being said.	display a dialogue to a maximum of 220 words per minute. If a dialogue
	exceeds that rate, selective editing is used to insure that the captions
	remain up-to-date with the current TV screen dialogue.
My captions are scrambled with	● Interference caused by building, power lines, thunderstorms, etc. may
white boxes on the TV screen.	cause scrambled or incomplete captions to appear.
My program guide listed a TV show	● Broadcasters may at times use a time compression process to speed
as being closed captioned but none	up the actual program so that additional advertising time can be
of the captions were displayed.	given. Since the decoder cannot read the compressed information,
	captions will be lost.
My prerecorded video tape does not	● The video tape was either an illegal copy or the tape duplicating
show any captions. The tape box	company accidentally left out the captioning signals during the
mentions it being closed captioned.	copying process.
My TV screen shows a black box on	● You are in the TEXT mode. Select CAPTION mode to CAPTION
certain channels.	[OFF].
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