TROUBLESHOOTING EN 81

Before requesting service for a problem, use this chart and see if

Playback (DVD Deck)

you can solve the trouble yourself. Small problems are often easily

 

solved, and this can save you the trouble of sending your unit off

 

The DVD deck can not be operated.

for repair.

● The DVD deck is not selected.

General

]Press VCR/DVD repeatedly so that the DVD lamp lights up on

 

the unit.

No power is supplied to the unit.

●The AC power plug is disconnected from the AC outlet.

]Connect the AC power plug to the AC outlet securely. ( pg. 17)

The remote control does not work properly.

]Remove the batteries, wait for 5 minutes or more, then load the butteries again.

●The setting of the remote control code is inappropriate.

]Set the same remote control code (1, 2, 3, or 4) on both the unit and the remote control. ( pg. 70)

●The batteries are discharged.

]Replace the dead batteries with new ones.

Dubbing from the external equipment is not possible.

●The source (another video recorder, camcorder) has not been

properly connected.

]Confirm that the source is properly connected.

●All necessary power switches have not been turned on. ]Confirm that all units’ power switches are turned on.

●The setting of the input channel position is inappropriate. ]Select the input channel position (“F-1” or “L-1”) that

corresponds to the input terminal connected to the external equipment. ( pg. 68)

●The record safety tab has been removed when dubbing to the cassette.

]Using adhesive tape, cover the hole where the tab was removed.

The on-screen display superimposed on the program played back/received on this unit is recorded when you dub the program to an external recording equipment.

]Set “SUPERIMPOSE” to “OFF”. ( pg. 74, 75)

The unit does not operate.

●There are cases when the operation is prohibited on the disc.

●Lightning or static electricity may cause malfunction of the unit. ]Press 1 to turn the power off, then press the button again to

turn the power on.

Images do not appear on the TV screen.

●The TV receiver’s channel selector is not set to the video

channel or AV mode.

]If you are using the RF connection, set the TV receiver to the video channel.

]If you are using the AV, S-VIDEO or Component Video connection, set the TV to its AV mode.

●The unit’s video channel has not been correctly set. ]Perform the video channel set. ( pg. 17)

●When interlace scanned program is played back, progressive

scan mode is selected.

]Press and hold PROGRESSIVE SCAN until disappears from the front display panel.

Playback dose not start or stop immediately after playback is started by pressing .

On the front display panel, “NO DISC” appears.

●The disc is loaded upside down.

]Place the disc on the disc tray with the playback surface facing downward. ( pg. 11)

●A disc not being compatible with the unit is loaded. ]Load a playable disc on the unit. ( pg. 8)

●A dirty disc is loaded.

]Clean the disc. ( pg. 11)

●Defective disc is loaded.

]Replace the warped or scratched disc with a normal one.

Images are blurred or distorted when you start High-Speed Search.

]Images are blurred or distorted at the point where the playback speed changes and this is not a malfunction of the unit.

Playback does not start.

]Playback does not start for approximately 30 seconds after recording is stopped and this is not a malfunction of the unit.

Playback does not start when you select a title or a chapter.

●The Parental Lock is engaged and the disc is rated higher than the set level.

]Release the Parental Lock temporarily or change the set level. ( pg. 37)