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TROUBLESHOOTING(cont.)

 

OTHER PROBLEMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

 

POSSIBLE CAUSE

 

CORRECTIVE ACTION

 

1.

Whistling or howling is heard from

 

The camcorder's microphone is too

 

Position the camcorder so its

 

 

the TV during camcorder record-

 

close to the TV.

 

microphone is away from the TV.

 

 

ing.

 

The TV's volume is too high.

 

Turn the TV's volume down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

When scanning channels, some of

 

Those channels have been desig-

 

If you need the skipped channels,

 

 

them are skipped over.

 

nated to be skipped.

 

restore them. (pg. 37)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

The channel cannot be changed.

 

Recording is in progress.

 

Press PAUSE to pause the recording,

 

 

 

 

 

 

change channels, then press PLAY to

 

 

 

 

 

 

resume recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Channel settings that were made

 

After the manual settings were

 

Perform manual setting again.

 

 

manually seem to have changed or

 

made, Auto Channel Set was

 

 

 

 

disappeared.

 

performed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

No channels are stored in the

 

The TV aerial cable was not

 

Connect the TV aerial cable to the

 

 

recorder's memory.

 

connected to the recorder when

 

recorder properly and turn off the

 

 

 

 

Auto Set Up was performed.

 

recorder power once, then turn the

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorder power back on again. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorder will try Auto Set Up again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(pg. 6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

"– –:– –" is displayed on the front

 

The lithium battery is exhausted.

 

Replace the lithium battery with a

 

 

display panel after a power outage.

 

 

 

new one. (pg. 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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JVC HR-J768MS, HR-J767MS, HR-J667MS specifications Oubleshooting, New one. pg

HR-J768MS, HR-J667MS, HR-J767MS specifications

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