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TIMER RECORDING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

 

 

 

POSSIBLE CAUSE

 

CORRECTIVE ACTION

 

 

1. Timer recording won’t work.

 

The clock and/or the timer have

Set the clock and/or timer correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

been set incorrectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The loaded cassette has had its

Press TIMER so that TIMER on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

record safety tab removed.

display panel disappears, then eject

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the cassette and cover its hole with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

adhesive tape, or replace it with a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cassette on which the safety tab is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

intact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. 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. 14).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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. 10), or perform the Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting procedure (pg. 11).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTENTION:

This VCR contains microcomputers. External electronic noise or interference can cause microcomputer to malfunction. If the VCR does not operate correctly switch its power off and unplug the power cord from the AC supply. Wait for a while and then plug the power back in. Eject and check the condition of the cassette. If everything appears normal resume operating the VCR as usual.

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JVC HR-J642U manual Timer again, Resume recording Even though Auto or Semi-Auto, Select a different Host Channel during