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TROUBLESHOOTING (cont.)

OTHER PROBLEMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

CORRECTIVE ACTION

1.

The image of TV broadcast appears

● The unit leaves turned on and the DVD

Turn off the unit, or press VCR to select the

 

distorted on the TV screen.

deck is selected.

VCR deck, then press TV/VCR so that the

 

 

 

VCR indicator disappears from the front

 

 

 

display panel.

 

 

 

 

2.

Whistling or howling is heard from the

● The camcorder’s microphone is too

Position the camcorder so its microphone

 

TV during camcorder recording.

close to the TV.

is away from the TV.

 

 

● The TV’s volume is too high.

Turn the TV’s volume down.

 

 

 

 

3.

When scanning channels, some of

● Those channels have been designated to

If you need the skipped channels, restore

 

them are skipped over.

be skipped.

them. ( pg. 27)

 

 

 

 

4.

The channel cannot be changed.

● Recording is in progress.

Press PAUSE (9) to pause the recording,

 

 

 

change channels, then press PLAY (4) to

 

 

 

resume recording.

 

 

 

 

5.

Channel settings that were made

● After the manual settings were made,

Perform manual setting again.

 

manually seem to have changed or

Auto Channel Set was performed.

 

 

disappeared.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Even though Auto or Semiauto Clock

● The clock setting data received from the

Select a different host channel during

 

Set has been performed, the clock is

host channel is incorrect.

“Semiauto Clock Set” ( pg. 25), or

 

incorrect.

 

perform “Manual Clock Set” ( pg. 25).

 

 

 

 

ATTENTION

This unit contains microcomputers. External electronic noise or interference could cause malfunctioning. In such cases, switch the unit off and unplug the AC power cord. Then plug it in again and turn the unit on. Take out the cassette. After checking the cassette, operate the unit as usual.