TROUBLESHOOTING
EN
61
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 |
| POSSIBLE CAUSE |
| CORRECTIVE ACTION |
|
1. | The power won’t come on. |
| ● The power cord is disconnected. |
| Connect the power cord. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. | The clock works, but the VCR’s |
| ● The TIMER mode is engaged with |
| Press TIMER to disengage. |
|
| power won’t come on. |
| Auto Timer set to "OFF" (☞ pg. 48). |
|
|
|
|
|
| ● The Child Lock mode is engaged. |
| Press and hold POWER on the remote |
|
|
|
|
|
| to disengage the mode (☞ pg. 60). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3. | The remote control won’t function. |
| ● The batteries are discharged. |
| Replace the dead batteries with new |
|
|
|
|
|
| ones. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
TAPE TRANSPORT |
|
|
|
|
| |
| SYMPTOM |
| POSSIBLE CAUSE |
| CORRECTIVE ACTION |
|
1. | The cassette gets stuck partway |
| ● The cassette was inserted incorrectly. |
| Make sure the cassette's window is |
|
| during loading, and is ejected. |
|
|
| facing 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. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
PLAYBACK |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| SYMPTOM |
| POSSIBLE CAUSE |
| CORRECTIVE ACTION |
|
1. | The tape is running but the picture |
| ● If you’re using the RF OUT connec- |
| Set the channel selector to channel 3 |
|
| won’t appear. |
| tion (☞ pg. 6), the channel selector |
| or 4. |
|
|
|
| on the TV is set incorrectly. |
| Set the TV receiver to its AV mode. |
|
|
|
| ● If you’re using the AV connection |
|
| |
|
|
| (☞ pg. 6), the TV receiver is set to |
|
|
|
|
|
| the wrong mode. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. | Breaks are noticeable in |
| ● Automatic tracking is engaged. |
| Disengage Auto Tracking and adjust |
|
| soundtrack. |
|
|
| the tracking manually (☞ pg. 25). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3. | The playback picture is blurred or |
| ● The video heads may be dirty. |
| The heads must be cleaned. Consult |
|
| interrupted, even though TV |
|
|
| your JVC dealer. |
|
| broadcasts are clear. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4. | The |
| ● The AUDIO MONITOR option was |
| Set AUDIO MONITOR to |
|
| heard. |
| set incorrectly. |
| (☞ pg. 29). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
RECORDING |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| SYMPTOM |
| POSSIBLE CAUSE |
| CORRECTIVE ACTION |
|
1. | Recording won’t start. |
| ● There’s no cassette loaded. |
| Insert a cassette. |
|
|
|
| ● The loaded cassette has had its |
| Remove the cassette and cover the |
|
|
|
| record safety tab removed. |
| hole with adhesive tape, or load a |
|
|
|
|
|
| cassette on which the record safety |
|
|
|
|
|
| tab is intact. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. | TV broadcasts won’t record |
| ● The VCR has been set to its AUX |
| Set the VCR to the appropriate |
|
| properly. |
| mode by mistake. |
| channel. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3. |
| ● The VCRs or the camcorder and the |
| Refer to the directions and the |
| |
|
|
| VCR have been incorrectly con- |
| illustration under “Edit To Or From |
|
|
|
| nected. |
| Another VCR” (☞ pg. 51) or “Edit |
|
|
|
|
|
| From A Camcorder” (☞ pg. 52) and |
|
|
|
|
|
| properly connect the units. |
|
|
|
| ● The power to one or more of the |
| Make sure the power to all units is on. |
|
|
|
| units has not been turned on. |
|
|
|
|
|
| ● The recorder’s input mode has been |
| Select the recorder’s appropriate |
|
|
|
| set incorrectly. |
| input mode. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
