Troubleshooting Guide

Check the following guide for a possible correction to a

 

 

 

problem before contacting customer service.

 

symptoms and correction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

 

Correction

 

 

No power

• Connect the power plug into the wall outlet securely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No picture

• Verify the connection from the DVD video output to the TV video input. Then switch

 

 

TV to appropriate mode (video 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Connect the video cable into the jacks securely. Refer to your television owners

 

 

 

manual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No sound

• Connect the audio cables into the jacks securely.

 

 

 

• Verify the connection from the DVD audio output to the TV or receiver audio input.

 

 

 

Then switch to the appropriate source on the receiver. Refer to your audio amplifier

 

 

 

owners manual.

 

 

 

Rolling b/w picture

• Press the P/N button on your remote control.

 

 

 

• Adjust the vertical hold on your TV.

 

 

Black & White

• Damaged S-Video connector (bent pin)

 

 

picture

 

 

 

 

The playback

• A small amount of picture distortion may appear because of a poor quality video/sound

 

 

picture has

 

 

transfer to disc. This is especially true of some discs manufactured between 1997-

 

 

occasional

 

 

1998..

 

 

 

distortion

 

 

 

• Scratched disc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brightness is

• Connect the DVD player directly through the TV and not through any other source.

 

 

unstable or noises

What you’re viewing is the effect of the copy protection circuitry required on all DVD

 

 

are produced on

players.

 

 

 

playback pictures

• If you don’t have a video input on your TV, you must purchase an RF adapter from

 

 

 

your dealer.

 

 

 

The DVD video

• Place the disc with the graphics side up.

 

 

• Place the disc on the disc tray correctly inside the guide.

 

 

player does not

 

 

start playback

• Make sure the disc is free from scratches & fingerprints.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Press the SETUP button to turn off the menu screen.

 

 

 

• Cancel the parental lock function or change the parental lock level.

 

 

 

• Turn the power off then disconnect the power plug and reinsert it back into the wall

 

 

 

outlet.

 

 

 

 

• Reburn disc as the software edition used may not be compatible with the player. Check

 

 

MP3 won’t read

web site for instruction.

 

 

 

disc or it skips

• Use new editions of software such as Voyetra Audiostation 4, Adaptec’s “Easy CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creator”, NTI or Roxio’s Toast Titanium.

 

 

 

• Make sure MP3 files are not encoded with a variable bit rate such as provided by

 

 

 

Real Networks.

 

 

 

The remote control

• Replace the batteries with new ones.

 

 

does not work

 

 

 

 

 

 

properly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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