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TROUBLESHOOTING(cont.)

 

TIMER RECORDING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

 

 

POSSIBLE CAUSE

 

CORRECTIVE ACTION

 

1.

Timer recording won’t work.

 

 

The clock and/or the timer have

Set the clock and/or timer correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

been set incorrectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The timer is not engaged.

Press TIMER and check to make sure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that the TIMER indicator on the front

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

panel lights.

 

 

 

 

 

The VCR has not been set up properly.

Re-perform the set-up procedures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Timer programming won’t work.

 

 

Timer recording is in progress.

Timer programming can’t be performed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when timer recording is in progress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wait until it finishes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

The Timer indicator on the front of

 

 

The timer is engaged but there’s no

Load a cassette with the record safety

 

 

the VCR won’t stop blinking.

 

 

cassette loaded.

tab intact, or with the hole covered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with adhesive tape.

 

 

 

 

 

The loaded cassette has had its

Press TIMER so that the Timer

 

 

 

 

 

record safety tab removed.

indicator on the front panel goes out,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

then eject the cassette and cover its

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hole with adhesive tape, or replace it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with a cassette on which the safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tab is intact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

The Timer indicator on the front of

 

 

TIMER has been pressed when there

Check the programmed data and re-

 

 

the VCR blinks for 10 seconds and

 

 

are no programs in memory, or the

program as necessary, then press

 

 

the timer mode is disengaged.

 

 

timer record program information

TIMER again.

 

 

 

 

 

has not been programmed correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

The cassette is automatically

 

 

The end of tape was reached during

The program may not have been

 

 

ejected, the power shuts off and the

 

 

timer recording.

recorded in its entirety. Next time

 

 

Timer indicator on the front of the

 

 

 

 

make sure you have enough time on

 

 

VCR won’t stop blinking.

 

 

 

 

the tape to record the entire program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

(HR-A54U only) We moved, and

 

 

The receivable stations in the new area

Re-perform the VCR Plus+ setup

 

 

now VCR Plus+ doesn’t work

 

 

are received on different channels than

procedure (pg. 26).

 

 

properly.

 

 

those in the previous area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.

“PROGRAM FULL” is displayed on

 

 

All 8 programs of the VCR’s timer

Wait until a space in memory clears,

 

 

the screen.

 

 

memory are used.

or cancel unnecessary program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information (pg. 30).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER PROBLEMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

 

POSSIBLE CAUSE

 

CORRECTIVE ACTION

1.

When scanning channels, some of

 

Those channels have been preset to

If you need the skipped channels,

 

them are skipped over.

 

be skipped.

restore them (pg. 11).

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

The channel can’t be changed.

 

Recording is in progress.

Press PAUSE to pause the recording,

 

 

 

 

 

change channels, then press PLAY to

 

 

 

 

 

resume recording.

ATTENTION:

This VCR contains microcomputers. External electronic noise or interference can cause microcomputer to malfunction. If the VCR does not operate correctly switch its power off and unplug the power cord from the AC supply. Wait for a while and then plug the power back in. Eject and check the condition of the cassette. If everything appears normal resume operating the VCR as usual.

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