Insignia NS-DRVCR Maintenance, Care and handling of discs, Resetting the recorder, Note, Storing discs, Handling discs, Cleaning discs, To reset the recorder:

NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VCR

Timer	The recorder clock	Set the clock to the correct	Maintenance
recording is	is not set to the	time
not possible	correct time		Care and handling of discs
	The timer has been	Reprogram the Timer	Handling discs
	programmed
	incorrectly			Do not touch the playback side of the disc. Hold
				the disc by the edges so that fingerprints do not
	The TIMER Record	Reprogram the Timer and turn
				get on the surface. Never stick paper or tape on
	indicator light does	off the recorder to enable the
	not appear after	timer		the disc.
	programming the
	timer
Picture or	Antenna or cables	Tighten connections or replace
sound of a	are loose	the cable
channel is
weak or	Wrong tuning band	Try Tuning Band Select
missing	is selected in the	options. See “Using the Setup
	Recorder Setup	Menu” on page 15
	menu.
			Storing discs
Cannot play	The disc was	Finalize the disc. See “Disc
disc a	recorded in Video	Settings” on page 16.		After playing, store the disc in its case. Do not
recorded on	mode			expose the disc to direct sunlight or sources of
your
				heat and never leave it in a parked car exposed
recorder on	Some players will	No solution
another	not play even a			to direct sunlight.
DVD player.	finalized disc		Cleaning discs
	recorded in Video
	mode			Fingerprints and dust on the disc can cause
	The disc was	The other player must be RW		poor picture quality and sound distortion. Before
	recorded in VR	compatible in order to play the		playing, clean the disc with a clean cloth. Wipe
	mode	disc		the disc from the center out.
	Discs recorded with	No solution
	copy-once material
	cannot be played on
	other players
Cannot	The remaining	Use another disc
record or	blank space on the
did not	disc is insufficient
record
successfully	The source you are	You cannot record the source
	trying to record is
	copy-protected
	When setting the	Select the channel on the		Do not use strong solvents such as alcohol,
	recording channel,	recorder’s built-in TV tuner by		benzine, thinner, commercially available
	the channel is tuned	setting the TV tuner to the
	on the TV’s own	recorders RF output channel.		cleaners, or anti-static spray intended for older
	tuner.			vinyl records.
	When recording to a	Use a VR mode formatted disc
				Note		Never operate this product immediately after
	Video mode disc,	for copy-once material
	programs that are					moving it from a cold location to a warm
	copy-once					location. Leave it for two or three hours
	protected cannot be					without operating it. If you use this product
	recorded
						in such a situation, it may damage tapes,
Stereo	TV is not	No solution				discs, or internal parts.
Audio	Stereo-compatible
			Resetting the recorder
Record or
	Broadcast program	No solution
Playback is				Reset your recorder if you observe any of the
not present	is not in stereo
	format			following symptoms:
				• When the recorder is plugged in, but the power will
	Recorder A/V Out	Make A/V connections. Stereo
	jacks are not	is available only on A/V output			not turn on or off.
	connected to TV	from recorder.		• When the display window does not working.
	A/V In jacks			• When the recorder does not operate normally.
	Recorder	Select AUX or A/V source as
	Audio/Video Out is	TV input		To reset the recorder:
	not selected for			• Press and hold the POWER button for more than
	viewing at the TV
					five seconds. This forces the recorder to turn off.
	Recorder’s TV	Set TV audio channel mode to			Press the POWER button again to turn the
	audio channel is set	Stereo. See “Changing the TV			recorder back on.
	to SAP or MONO.	audio channel” on page 17.			- OR -
					Unplug the power cord and then plug the
					power cord again after more than five
					seconds.

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