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CORRECTIVE ACTION
Check or re-perform the clock/timer
settings to ensure correctness.
Press TIMER and check to make sure
that TIMER appears on the front
display panel.
Re-perform the set-up procedures.
Timer programming can’t be performed
when timer recording is in progress.
Wait until it finishes.
Load a cassette with the record safety
tab intact, or with the hole covered
with adhesive tape.
Remove the cassette and cover its
hole with adhesive tape, or replace it
with a cassette on which the safety
tab is intact.
Check the programmed data and re-
program as necessary, then press
TIMER again.
The program may not have been
recorded in its entirety. Next time
make sure you have enough time on
the tape to record the entire program.
SYMPTOM
1. Timer recording won’t work.
2. On-screen timer programming
won’t work.
3. TIMER and ] on the front
display panel won’t stop blinking.
4. The cassette is automatically
ejected, and TIMER and ] on the
front display panel won’t stop
blinking.
5. TIMER blinks for 10 seconds and
the timer mode is disengaged.
6. The cassette is automatically
ejected, the power shuts off and
TIMER and ] won’t stop
blinking.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
●The clock and/or the timer have
been set incorrectly.
●The timer is not engaged.
●The VCR has not been set up properly.
●Timer recording is in progress.
●The timer is engaged but there’s no
cassette loaded.
●The loaded cassette has had its
record safety tab removed.
●TIMER has been pressed when there
are no programs in memory, or the
timer record program information
has not been programmed correctly.
●The end of tape was reached during
timer recording.
TIMER RECORDING
CORRECTIVE ACTION
If you need the skipped channels,
restore them (Z pg. 9).
Press PAUSE to pause the recording,
change channels, then press PLAY to
resume recording.
Set the switch to TV.
SYMPTOM
1. When scanning channels, some of
them are skipped over.
2. The channel can’t be changed.
3. The remote control won’t operate
my TV.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
●Those channels have been preset to
be skipped.
●Recording is in progress.
●The TV/VCR switch is set to a
position other than TV.
OTHER PROBLEMS
ATTENTION:
This recorder contains microcomputers. External electronic noise or interference could cause malfunctioning. In such cases,
switch the power off and unplug the power cord. Then plug it in again and switch power on. Take out the cassette. After
checking the cassette, operate the unit as usual.