Curtis DVDR5000 manual Trouble shooting Guide, Symptoms and Correction

Trouble shooting Guide

SYMPTOMS AND CORRECTION

Check the following guide for a possible correction to a problem

before contacting customer service.

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.
Black & White	Damaged S connector (bent pin)
picture
The playback	A small amount of picture distortion may appear because of a poor quality
picture Has	video/sound transfer to disc. This is especially true of some discs
occasional distortion	Manufactured between 1997-1998.
	Scratched disc
Brightness is	Connect the DVD player directly through the TV and not through any other
unstable or noises	source. What you're viewing is the effect of the copy protection circuitry
are produced on	Required on all DVD players.
playback pictures	If you don't have a video input on your TV, you must purchase an Therefore
	Adapter from your dealer.
The DVD video	Place the disc with the graphics side up.
player does not start	Place the disc on the disc tray correctly inside the guide.
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. (The
	Pre-set password is 3308.)
	Turn the power off then disconnect the power plug and reinsert it back into
	the wall. Retry again.
	Use region 1 discs only.
MP3 won't read disc	Return disc as the software edition used may not be compatible with the
or It skips	player. Check web site for instruction.
	Use new editions of software such as Voyetra Audio station 4, Adaptec's
	“Easy CD Creator”, NTI or Roxio's Toast Titanium.
	Make sure MP3 file 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
The recorder cannot	The type of the disc is wrong, it's not a DVD+RW or DVD+R disc.
record.	The disc is recorded full.
	The disc (DVD+R,DVD+RW) is locked, it should be unlocked.
	The DVD+R has been finalized.
Some keys do not	The type of the disc is wrong, it's not a DVD+RW or DVD+R disc.
work	The unit is in record mode or it is recording.
The image is	The setup of interlaced or Progressive is wrong.
distorted.	Press the PS/IS button to switch from each other.

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