Timer Recording (VCR Deck)
Timer programming cannot be made.
●Date and time is not correct.
]Set date and time correctly. ( pg. 20)
●The timer is not engaged.
]Press VCR TIMER (#) and confirm that the VCR timer indicator lights up on the front display panel.
●Timer recording is in progress.
]Timer programming can’t be performed while a timer recording is in progress. Wait until it finishes.
Timer programming recording does not start.
●Date and time is not correct.
]Set date and time correctly. ( pg. 20)
●The timer is not engaged.
]Press VCR TIMER (#) and confirm that the VCR timer indicator lights up on the front display panel.
The VCR timer indicator on the front display panel won’t stop blinking.
●The timer is engaged but there’s no cassette loaded.
]Load a cassette with the record safety tab intact. If the tab is removed, set “REC SAFETY” to “OFF” ( pg. 73).
●“REC SAFETY” is set to “ON” and the loaded cassette has had its record safety tab removed.
]“REC SAFETY” is set to “OFF” or remove the cassette and cover the hole with adhesive tape, or insert a cassette with the record safety tab intact.
The tape is automatically ejected, then the unit is shut off.
●The end of the tape was reached during timer recording.
]The program may not have been recorded in its entirety. Next time make sure you have enough time on the tape to record the entire program.
●The end of the tape was reached during Instant Timer
Recording.
]The program may not have been recorded in its entirety. Next time make sure you have enough time on the tape to record the entire program.
VCR Plus+ Timer Programming cannot be made.
●Date and time set on the unit is not correct. ]Set date and time correctly. ( pg. 20)
●The channel position does not correspond to that in the receiving area.
]Set the correct channel position for the receiving broadcast. ( pg. 21)
The VCR Plus+ system does not timer record properly.
●The unit’s channel positions have been set incorrectly. ]Refer to “Changing VCR Plus+ Setting” ( pg. 74) and re-
perform the procedure.
Other Problems
The image of the TV broadcast appears distorted on the TV screen.
For]Press PROGRESSIVE SCAN for 3 or more seconds so that the Video output indicator (
) lights off on the front display panel.
]Press PROGRESSIVE SCAN for 3 or more seconds so that the Video output indicator (
) lights up on the front display panel.
Whistling or howling is heard from the TV during camcorder recording.
●The camcorder’s microphone is too close to the TV.
]Position the camcorder so its microphone is away from the TV.
●The TV’s volume is too high. ]Turn the TV’s volume down.
When scanning channels, some of them are skipped over.
●Those channels have been designated to be skipped.
]If you need the skipped channels, restore them. ( pg. 21)
The channel cannot be changed.
●Recording or Live Memory recording* is in progress.
]Press 9to pause the recording, change channels, then press 4 to resume recording.
* DVD deck only
Channel settings that were made manually seem to have changed or disappeared.
●After the manual settings were made, Auto Channel Set was
performed.
]Perform “Manual Clock Set” ( pg. 20).
Even though Auto or Semiauto Clock Set has been performed, the clock is incorrect.
●The clock setting data received from the host channel is
incorrect.
]Select a different host channel during “Semiauto Clock Set” ( pg. 20), or perform “Manual Clock Set” ( pg. 20).
Buttons and controls do not function at all.
●Mode Lock is activated.
]Press and hold ENTER for more than 5 seconds to cancel Mode Lock. Or disconnect the power cord and connect again.