Pioneer VP-1000 warranty Troubleshooting, Symptom Cause Remedy

TROUBLESHOOTING

Before concluding that the laser disc player is out of order, please refer to this trouble·shooting guide to make sure that there is not a simple remedy for the problem. The va st majority of performance problems have their source in set

up errors, bad connections to other equipment, or mal· functions of other equipment (TV, stereo system).

Find the trouble symptom on the chart below, and try the suggested remedies.

SYMPTOM			CAUSE				REMEDY
	•			•
Lid does not open.		Power cord is not properly plugged into AC			Plug in power cord.
		wall soc ket.
	•	Power switch is not turned on .		•	Turn on power switch.
	•	Latch is not released.		•	Press REJECTIOPEN key.
	•	You are pulling up on the wrong part of the		•	Lift from left side recess.
		unit.
D isc does not rotate.	•	Power is not on.		•	Plug in power cord.
	•	Lid is not shut completely.		•	Turn on power switch.
				•	Pu sh lid close firmly so latch locks.
Disc stops rotat'lng	•	You are playing the unrecorded side of a disc .		•	Tu rn over disc.
soon after star tin g
and Iid latch is
released .
Di sc rotates bu t	•	TV is not turned on.		•	Turn on TV.
there is no pictu reo	•	Wrong connection from player to TV.		•	Make correct connections.
	•	TV set is not tu ned to channel 3 or 4 .		•	Set TV to the channel (3			or 4) that is not used
					for TV broadcasting in you r area.
	•	Player VHF CHANNEL SELECTOR is at		•	Set to same channel.
		wro ng setti ng .
	•	Player is in the PAUSE mode.		•	Press the PLA Y key.
Pictu re quality is	•	Bad connections between player and TV set.		•	Check	all	co nnections,	particularly	F	type
bad.	•			•	plugs.		and player must be se t to		the	same
		Player VHF out channel is different from TV			Both	TV
		channel.			channel (3 or 4) which			is not used for TV
	•			•	broadcasting in you r area.
		TV fine tuning has not been adjusted .			Adjust TV fine tuning knob for optimum pic'
					ture quality.
	•	Poor disc.		•	Try playing a different disc. I f other discs give
					good quality, the problem is with that parti·
					cu lar disc.
TV no longer reo	•	Antenn a cable has not been connected.		•	Connect VHF antenna cab le to proper (3000,
ceives other channe ls					or 750,) terminal s on laser disc player.
after it has been can·	•	Laser disc player is turned on.		•	To view regular TV broadcasts, remember to
nected to laser disc
					turn off the power on the player.
player.
A particular part of	•	Disc is damaged.		•	Press the SCAN key to skip over damaged par·
a particu lar laser					tion.
disc is not repro·
du ced properly.
Wireless Remote	•	Dummy plug has not been removed .		•	Remove dummy plug.
Control does not	•	Remote control unit batteries are weak.		•	Replace batteries.
work.

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