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TROUBLESHOOTING(cont.)
TIMER RECORDING |
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| CORRECTIVE ACTION |
1. | Timer recording won’t work. |
| ● The clock and/or the timer have |
| Check or |
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| been set incorrectly. |
| settings to ensure correctness. |
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| ● The timer is not engaged. |
| Press TIMER and check to make sure |
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| that TIMER appears on the front |
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| display panel. |
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| ● The VCR has not been set up properly. |
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| (☞ pg. 7). |
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| ● Timer recording is in progress. |
| Timer programming can’t be performed | |
| won’t work. |
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| when timer recording is in progress. |
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| Wait until it finishes. |
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3. | TIMER and ] on the front |
| ● The timer is engaged but there’s no |
| Load a cassette with the record safety |
| display panel won’t stop blinking. |
| cassette loaded. |
| tab intact, or with the hole covered |
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| with adhesive tape. |
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4. | The cassette is automatically |
| ● The loaded cassette has had its |
| Remove the cassette and cover its |
| ejected, and TIMER and ] on the |
| record safety tab removed. |
| hole with adhesive tape, or replace it |
| front display panel won’t stop |
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| with a cassette on which the safety |
| blinking. |
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| tab is intact. |
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5. | TIMER blinks for 10 seconds and |
| ● TIMER has been pressed when there |
| Check the programmed data and re- |
| the timer mode is disengaged. |
| are no programs in memory, or the |
| program as necessary, then press |
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| timer record program information |
| TIMER again. |
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| has not been programmed correctly. |
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6. | The cassette is automatically |
| ● The end of tape was reached during |
| The program may not have been |
| ejected, the power shuts off and |
| timer recording. |
| recorded in its entirety. Next time |
| TIMER and ] won’t stop |
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| make sure you have enough time on |
| blinking. |
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| the tape to record the entire program. |
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OTHER PROBLEMS |
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| 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. 13). |
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2. | The channel can’t be changed. |
| ● Recording is in progress. |
| Press PAUSE to pause the recording, |
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| change channels, then press PLAY to |
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| resume recording. |
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3. | The remote control won’t operate |
| ● The TV/CABLE/VCR switch is set to |
| Set the switch to TV. |
| my TV. |
| a position other than TV. |
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4. | The remote control won't operate |
| ● The TV/CABLE/VCR switch is set to |
| Set the switch to CABLE. |
| my cable box. |
| a position other than CABLE. |
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5. | Even though Auto or |
| ● The clock setting data received from |
| Select a different Host Channel during |
| clock setting has been selected, the |
| the Host Channel is incorrect. |
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| clock is incorrect. |
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| (☞ pg. 9), or perform the Manual |
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| setting procedure (☞ pg. 10). |
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