Ieee 1394 Devices Symptom Remarks | Mitsubishi Electronics WD-57831

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Appendix E: Troubleshooting, continued

IEEE 1394 Recording

Symptom	Remarks
1. Program to be recorded was correctly	The broadcaster supplied program information that was incorrect
selected from ChannelView, however, incor- and/or was changed after a recording was added to the Record
rect program was recorded.	List.

2.Incomplete ChannelView program recorded. Recording device may lack sufficient blank space to make a full recording.

3. ChannelView program recording failed.	• Connection and compatibility issues with IEEE 1394
	(FireWire®) digital devices. This may include too many
	Firewire devices in use at one time, or the recording device
	not understanding the record command.
	• Television lost power long enough to lose current clock time.
	• TV energy Mode was set to Low Power. Change TV Energy
	mode to Fast Power On. Press MENU, open the Setup menu,
	highlight the Fast Power On radio button, press ENTER.

4. Cannot record to or from the IEEE 1394	• To initiate a recording to IEEE 1394 device, press the
device, including dubbed recordings.	(RECORD) key. The Record menu displays allowing setup of
	the recording.

•The source device for the recording is not powered on.

•When dubbing, the destination device for the recording is not powered on.

•The wrong medium (analog tape for digital recording, or digital tape for the analog recording) is in the device.

•The program is copy protected.

•The program has already been recorded once and the copy protection only allows one recording.

•Unapproved source device for copy protected material.

•The recording device can not decode the copyright signal included in the signal source (try another device if available).

•The playing device (for dubbing) does not support copy- righted material.

•Source for recording is copyrighted

•Too many IEEE 1394 devices in network. Insufficient band- width available. Disconnect unused devices.

•Source Device has higher communication speed (S 400) than record device. If possible, reverse devices, play in the slower device and record in the faster device.

IEEE 1394 Devices

	Symptom	Remarks

1.	Excessive digital artifacts appear when	• The IEEE 1394 cable is too long; 15 feet between devices is
	viewing an IEEE 1394 device.	the maximum.
		• There may be a slow device in the middle of the IEEE 1394
		network. Move the slow devices to the end so that connec-
		tions for faster devices do not pass through them.
2.	D-VHS recordings for digital cable have	Digital cable signals on IEEE 1394 can exceed the data rate stan-
	drop-outs (loss of picture or sound), or no	dards supported by DVCR.
	playback.

3.	The IEEE 1394 Device is no longer listed in	• The IEEE 1394 plug is disconnected or loose.
	the Input Selection menu.	• The IEEE 1394 device has not been powered on. Turn on.
		• The device has not been discovered.
		• The device is not an audio/video device

4.	MENU button does not display a menu.	• The IEEE 1394 device does not provide a menu.
		• The TV cannot support IEEE 1394 menus.

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Mitsubishi Electronics WD-57831 manual Ieee 1394 Recording Symptom Remarks

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