JVC SR-MV50U manual Timer Recording VCR Deck, Other Problems, For RF/AV/S-VIDEO connection

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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 RF/AV/S-VIDEO connection

]Press PROGRESSIVE SCAN for 3 or more seconds so that the Video output indicator () lights off on the front display panel.

For component video connection

]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 9 to 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.