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4. Camcorder recording is not

The camcorder has not been

Confirm that the camcorder is

possible.

properly connected.

properly connected.

 

The input mode is not correct.

Set the input mode to “AU”.

 

TIMER RECORDING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

 

 

POSSIBLE CAUSE

 

CORRECTIVE ACTION

 

 

1.

Timer recording won’t work.

 

The clock and/or the timer have

Re-perform the clock and/or timer

 

 

 

 

 

 

been set incorrectly.

settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The timer is not engaged.

Press TIMER and confirm that “ä“ is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

displayed on the display panel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

On-screen timer programming is

 

Timer recording is in progress.

Timer programming can’t be

 

 

 

not possible.

 

 

 

performed while a timer recording is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in progress. Wait until it finishes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

ä“ and “]“ on the display

 

The timer is engaged but there’s no

Load a cassette with the Record

 

 

 

panel won’t stop blinking.

 

cassette loaded.

Safety tab intact, or cover the hole

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

using adhesive tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

The cassette is automatically

 

The loaded cassette has had its

Remove the cassette and cover the

 

 

 

ejected, and “ä“ and “]“ on the

 

Record Safety tab removed.

hole with adhesive tape, or insert a

 

 

 

display panel won’t stop blinking.

 

 

 

cassette with the Record Safety tab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

intact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

ä“ blinks for 10 seconds and the

 

TIMER has been pressed when there

Check the programmed data and re-

 

 

 

Timer mode is disengaged.

 

are no programs in memory, or the

program as necessary, then press

 

 

 

 

 

 

timer record information has been

TIMER again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

programmed incorrectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

The cassette is automatically

 

The end of the tape was reached

The programme may not have been

 

 

 

ejected, the power shuts off and

 

during timer recording.

recorded in its entirety. Next time make

 

 

 

ä“ and “]“ won’t stop

 

 

 

sure you have enough time on the tape

 

 

 

blinking.

 

 

 

to record the entire programme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.

Video Plus+ does not timer-record

 

The recorder’s preset positions have

Refer to "Guide Program Number Set"

 

 

 

properly.

 

been set incorrectly.

and re-perform the procedure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(pg. 10).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER PROBLEMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

 

 

POSSIBLE CAUSE

 

CORRECTIVE ACTION

 

 

1.

Whistling or howling is heard from

 

The camcorder’s microphone is too

Position the camcorder so its

 

 

 

the TV during camcorder record-

 

close to the TV.

microphone is away from the TV.

 

 

 

ing.

 

The TV’s volume is too high.

Turn the TV’s volume down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

When scanning channels, some of

 

Those channels have been desig-

If you need the skipped channels,

 

 

 

them are skipped over.

 

nated to be skipped.

restore them (pg. 42).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

The preset cannot be changed.

 

Recording is in progress.

Press PAUSE to pause the recording,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

change presets, then press PLAY to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

resume recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

The remote control won’t operate

 

The TV/SAT/VCR switch is in the

Set the switch to the correct position.

 

 

 

my TV or satellite receiver.

 

wrong position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Channel settings that were made

 

After the manual settings were

Perform manual setting again.

 

 

 

manually seem to have changed or

 

made, Auto Channel Set was

 

 

 

 

disappeared.

 

performed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

No channels are stored in the

 

The TV aerial cable was not

Connect the TV aerial cable to the

 

 

 

recorder's memory.

 

connected to the recorder when

recorder properly and turn off the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Set Up was performed.

recorder power once, then turn the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorder power back on again. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorder will try Auto Set Up again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(pg. 8).

 

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