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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. 37).

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Child Lock mode is engaged.

 

Press and hold POWER on the remote

 

 

 

 

 

 

to disengage the mode (pg. 44).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you’re using the AV connection

 

Set the TV receiver to its AV mode.

 

 

 

 

(pg. 6), the TV receiver is set to

 

 

 

 

 

 

the wrong mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Noise appears during visual search.

 

This is normal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

(HR-VP652U only) Breaks are

 

Automatic tracking is engaged.

 

Disengage Auto Tracking and adjust

 

 

noticeable in Hi-Fi soundtrack.

 

 

 

the tracking manually (pg. 20).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. (HR-VP652U only) The Hi-Fi

 

The AUDIO MONITOR option was

 

Set AUDIO MONITOR to "HI-FI"

 

 

soundtrack cannot be heard.

 

set incorrectly.

 

(pg. 24).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. Tape-to-tape editing won’t work.

 

The VCRs or the camcorder and the

 

Refer to the directions and the

 

 

 

 

VCR have been incorrectly con-

 

illustration under “Edit To Another

 

 

 

 

nected.

 

VCR” (pg. 39) or “Edit From A

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camcorder Or Another VCR” (pg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

40) 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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