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TROUBLESHOOTING

Before requesting service, 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 will not come on.

 

The AC power cord is disconnected.

 

Connect the AC power cord.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

The clock works, but the VCR’s

 

The VCR is in the timer recording

 

Press TIMER () to disengage.

 

 

power will not come on.

 

standby mode with “AUTO TIMER”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

set to “OFF” ( pg. 57).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

The Remote will not 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

 

The TV receiver is set to the wrong

 

Select the AV mode on the TV.

 

 

will not appear.

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Breaks are noticeable in Hi-Fi

 

Automatic tracking is engaged.

 

Disengage auto tracking and adjust

 

 

sound track.

 

 

 

 

the tracking manually ( pg. 23).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

The playback picture is blurred or

 

The video heads may be dirty.

 

The heads must be cleaned. Use an

 

 

interrupted, even though TV

 

 

 

 

optional dry cleaning cassette, or

 

 

broadcasts are clear.

 

 

 

 

consult your JVC dealer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

The picture stops, or the black or

 

The video heads may be dirty.

 

The heads must be cleaned. Use an

 

 

mosaic noise appears when playing

 

 

 

 

optional dry cleaning cassette, or

 

 

back a program recorded in D-VHS

 

 

 

 

consult your JVC dealer.

 

 

mode.

 

The digital program is not recorded

 

To record in the D-VHS mode, use a

 

 

 

 

 

in D-VHS mode.

 

D-VHS cassette.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

The Hi-Fi sound cannot be heard.

 

Audio Monitor setting is incorrect.

 

Set Audio Monitor to “

 

L R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

( pg. 23).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

The D-VHS indicator does not light

 

The program is not recorded in

 

To record the program in D-VHS

 

 

up when playing back a D-VHS

 

D-VHS mode.

 

mode, press D-VHSso that the

 

 

cassette.

 

 

 

 

D-VHS indicator lights up, then

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

perform the recording ( pg. 26).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.

The mosaic noise appears when

 

This occurs when receiving the

 

This noise already appears in the

 

 

receiving the scenes with fast

 

program with the low transfer rate.

 

broadcast station, and this is not a

 

 

action or switching the display.

 

 

 

 

malfunction of your VCR.

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