TROUBLESHOOTING

DVD

Symptom

Remedy

There is no picture.

• If the main menu appears on the TV screen, press [RETURN] to exit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Check if the progressive scan mode is set correctly according to your TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 88).

Picture noise appears.

• Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth.

There is no sound.

• If you are using DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (COAXIAL) jack, check the setting in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Disc Audio” (pages 84-85).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth.

Sound is noisy.

• Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth.

No DTS sound is output.

• This unit is not compatible with DTS sound.

The disc does not play back.

• No disc is inserted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• A blank disc is inserted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The disc is upside down. Insert the disc with the labeled side facing up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The disc is not correctly inserted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The unit cannot play back certain discs (such as a CD-ROM) (page 54).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The region code on the DVD-video does not match the unit (page 54).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Moisture has condensed inside the unit. Remove the disc and leave the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unit turned on for about 2 hours until the moisture evaporates (page 4).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• If the disc was recorded on another recorder, the unit cannot play back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the disc if it was not finalized.

Discs recorded on this unit cannot be

• If you are using DVD-RW/-R, please ensure you finalized the disc after

played back on other DVD players.

recording (pages 52-53).

The disc does not start playback from

• Resume playback was activated (page 60). Press [STOP C] twice.

the beginning.

• You have inserted a disc whose title menu or DVD menu automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

appears on the TV screen when it is first inserted.

The unit starts playing back the disc

• The DVD-video features an auto playback function.

automatically.

 

Some functions such as stop, search,

• Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do some of the

or slow-motion playback cannot be

operations. Refer to the instruction manual supplied with the disc.

performed.

 

The language for the sound track

• The title does not have the multilingual audio tracks.

cannot be changed.

• The DVD-video prohibits the changing of the language for the sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

track.

The subtitle language cannot be

• Multilingual subtitle are not recorded on the DVD-video.

changed or turned off.

 

The angles cannot be changed.

Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD-video being played back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The angle-change operation is whenever possible as long as the disc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

contains a multi-angle portion. Actual change will be performed when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the portion has come up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The DVD-video prohibits changing angles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Try changing the angle using the DVD-video’s menu.

Recording does not stop immediately

• It may take a few seconds for the unit to input disc data before

after you press [STOP C].

recording stops.

The disc tray does not open when you

• It may take a few seconds for the disc tray to open after you have

press [OPEN/CLOSE A].

recorded or edited a disc. This is because the unit is adding disc data to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the disc.

“Repairing” appears on the TV screen.

• If there is a power failure or unplugging during recording, finalizing,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

formatting or editing (even after “Repairing” disappears), a repairing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

process will begin automatically just after turning the unit on again.

 

 

Repairing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It may take several minutes up to about several hours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a case you intend to cancel the

• If you intend to cancel the repairing process, press [OPEN/CLOSE A]

repairing process.

on the front panel, then select “Yes” and press [OK]. After that, press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[OPEN/CLOSE A] to take out the disc. The disc canceled during the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you want to cancel a repairing

 

 

repairing process MAY NOT work.

 

 

process? When selecting “Yes”,

 

 

 

 

the disc may not be usable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repairing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Magnavox ZV450MW8A Troubleshooting, Press OPEN/CLOSE a, OPEN/CLOSE a to take out the disc. The disc canceled during