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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

 

Check or re-perform the clock/timer

 

 

 

been set incorrectly.

 

settings to ensure correctness.

 

 

 

The timer is not engaged.

 

Press TIMER and check to make sure

 

 

 

 

 

that TIMER appears on the front

 

 

 

 

 

display panel.

 

 

 

The VCR has not been set up properly.

 

Re-perform the set-up procedures

 

 

 

 

 

(pg. 7).

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

On-screen timer programming

 

Timer recording is in progress.

 

Timer programming can’t be performed

 

won’t work.

 

 

 

when timer recording is in progress.

 

 

 

 

 

Wait until it finishes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

with adhesive tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

with a cassette on which the safety

 

blinking.

 

 

 

tab is intact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

timer record program information

 

TIMER again.

 

 

 

has not been programmed correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

make sure you have enough time on

 

blinking.

 

 

 

the tape to record the entire program.

 

 

 

 

 

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. 13).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Even though Auto or Semi-Auto

 

The clock setting data received from

 

Select a different Host Channel during

 

clock setting has been selected, the

 

the Host Channel is incorrect.

 

the Semi-Auto setting procedure

 

clock is incorrect.

 

 

 

(pg. 9), or perform the Manual

 

 

 

 

 

setting procedure (pg. 10).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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