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TROUBLESHOOTING
Before requesting service for a problem, 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
SYMPTOM
1. The power won’t come on.
2. The clock works, but the VCR’s
power won’t come on.
3. The remote control won’t function.
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Connect the power cord.
Press TIMER to disengage.
Replace the dead batteries with new ones.
Re-perform the A/B Code setting
(Z pg. 35).
Set the switch to the position
corresponding with the unit you want
to operate.
TAPE TRANSPORT
SYMPTOM
1. The tape is running but the picture
won’t appear.
2. Noise appears during visual
search.
3. The playback picture is blurred or
interrupted, even though TV
broadcasts are clear.
PLAYBACK
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Set the channel selector to channel 3
or 4.
Set the TV receiver to its AV mode.
The heads must be cleaned. Consult
your JVC dealer.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
●If you’re using the RF OUT connec-
tion (Z pg. 4), the channel selector
on the TV is set incorrectly.
●If you’re using the AV connection
(Z pg. 4), the TV receiver is set to
the wrong mode.
●This is normal.
●The video heads may be dirty.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
●The cassette was inserted incorrectly.
●The Counter Memory indicator (“M”)
is lit on the front display panel.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
●The power cord is disconnected.
●The TIMER mode is engaged with
Auto Timer set to "OFF" (Z pg. 32).
●The batteries are discharged.
●The A/B CODE switch is in the
wrong position.
●The TV/VCR switch is in the wrong
position.
SYMPTOM
1. The cassette gets stuck partway
during loading, and is ejected.
2. The tape stops during rewind or
fast forward.
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Insert a cassette.
Remove the cassette and cover the
hole with adhesive tape, or load a
cassette on which the record safety
tab is intact.
Set the VCR to the appropriate
channel.
Refer to the directions and the
illustration under “Edit To Or From
Another VCR” (Z pg. 35) or “Edit
From A Camcorder” (Z pg. 34) and
properly connect the units.
Make sure the power to all units is
on.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
●There’s no cassette loaded.
●The loaded cassette has had its
record safety tab removed.
●The VCR has been set to its AUX
mode by mistake.
●The VCRs or the camcorder and the
VCR have been incorrectly con-
nected.
●The power to one or more of the
units has not been turned on.
SYMPTOM
1. Recording won’t start.
2. TV broadcasts won’t record
properly.
3. Tape-to-tape editing won’t work.
RECORDING
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Make sure the window side is 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
Press C.MEMORY to disengage the
Counter Memory mode and extin-
guish the indicator.