TROUBLESHOOTING

EN 87

Before requesting service, use this chart and see if you can repair the trouble yourself. Small problems are often easily corrected, and this can save you the trouble of sending your VCR off for repair.

POWER

 

SYMPTOMPOSSIBLE CAUSECORRECTIVE ACTION

1.

The power will not come on.

• The AC power cord is

Connect the AC power cord.

 

 

disconnected.

 

 

 

 

 

2.

The clock works, but the VCR’s

• The VCR is in the timer recording

Press [TIMER (j)] to disengage.

 

power will not come on.

standby mode with “AUTO TIMER”

 

 

 

set to “OFF” (A page 68).

 

 

 

 

 

3.

The Remote will not function.

• The batteries are weak.

Replace the dead batteries with new ones.

 

 

 

TAPE TRANSPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

CORRECTIVE ACTION

1.

The cassette gets stuck partway

• The cassette was inserted

Make sure the cassette’s window is

 

during loading, and is ejected.

incorrectly.

facing up, the rear label side is facing

 

 

 

you and the arrow on the front of the

 

 

 

cassette is pointing towards the VCR.

 

 

 

Then insert the cassette.

 

 

 

PLAYBACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

CORRECTIVE ACTION

1.

The tape is running but the pic-

• The TV receiver is set to the wrong

If you are using the AV, HDMI, DVI,

 

ture will not appear.

mode.

Component Video or S-Video

 

 

 

connection, set the TV to its AV mode.

 

 

 

 

2.

Breaks are noticeable in Hi-Fi

• Automatic tracking is engaged.

Disengage auto tracking and adjust

 

sound track.

 

the tracking manually (A page 30).

 

 

 

 

3.

The playback picture is blurred or

• The video heads may be dirty.

The heads must be cleaned. Use an

 

interrupted, even though TV

 

optional dry cleaning cassette, or

 

broadcasts are clear.

 

consult your JVC dealer.

 

 

 

 

4.

The picture stops, or the black or

• The video heads may be dirty.

The heads must be cleaned. Use an

 

mosaic noise appears when play-

 

optional dry cleaning cassette, or

 

ing back a program recorded in

 

consult your JVC dealer.

 

D-VHS mode.

• The digital program is not recorded

To record in the D-VHS mode, use a

 

 

in D-VHS mode.

D-VHS cassette.

 

 

 

 

5.

The Hi-Fi sound cannot be heard.

• Audio Monitor setting is incorrect.

Set Audio Monitor to “U L R V” (A page 30).

 

 

 

 

6.

The [D-VHS] indicator does not

• The program is not recorded in D-

To record the program in D-VHS

 

light up when playing back a

VHS mode.

mode, press [D-VHS] so that the [D-

 

D-VHS cassette.

 

VHS] indicator lights up, then

 

 

 

perform the recording (A page 35).

 

 

 

 

7.

The mosaic noise appears when

• This occurs when receiving the

This noise already appears in the

 

receiving the scenes with fast

program with the low transfer rate.

broadcast station, and this is not a

 

action or switching the display.

 

malfunction of your VCR.

 

 

 

 

8.

Images cannot be displayed on

• Your TV supports only 480i image

Press [HDMI] on the front panel to

 

the TV. And the [q] indicator on

format, but “TV OUTPUT 2” has

turn off the [HDMI] LED, and set “TV

 

the front display panel lights up.

been previously set to “ALLto480p”

OUTPUT 2” to “ALLto480i”

 

 

(A page 67).

(A page 67).

 

 

 

When the main menu screen does

 

 

 

not appear even when [MENU] is

 

 

 

pressed, power off this VCR, press

 

 

 

and hold [PAUSE (W)] on the front

 

 

 

panel for more than 5 seconds, then

 

 

 

power on the VCR again.