Panasonic DMR-EA38V warranty General Issues, Following does not indicate a problem with the unit

Before requesting service, make the following checks. If you are in doubt about some of the check points, or if the solutions indicated in the chart do not solve the problem, refer to “Customer Services Directory” on page 87.

The following does not indicate a problem with the unit:

Regular disc rotating sound.

Poor reception due to atmospheric conditions.

Image disturbance during search.

Periodic interruptions to the reception due to satellite broadcasting breaks.

Operations not working due to a poor-quality disc. (Try again using a Panasonic disc.)

The unit freezing due to the activation of one of its safety devices ( 74, To restore the unit if it freezes).

General Issues	Power		Page
No power.		 Insert the AC power supply cord securely into a known active AC outlet.	8
The unit switches to standby mode.		 This is a power saving feature. Change “Off Timer” in the Setup menu to	53
		“Off” to always keep the unit on.
		 One of the unit’s safety devices is activated. Press [/I POWER] on the	−
		main unit to turn the unit on.
The power is turned off		 If you connected this unit to an “HDAVI Control” compatible TV with an	38
automatically.		HDMI cable, this unit will be automatically turned off when the TV is turned
		off.

General Issues	Displays
			Page
The display is dim.		 Change “Front Display” in the Setup menu.	57
“12:00A” is fl ashing on the unit’s		 Set the clock.	53
display.
The recording time display, the		 Times shown may disagree with actual times.	−
copying process display, and the		 [-R][-R\DL] [+R] [+R]DL] The remaining capacity does not increase even if	−
displayed recording times of MP3s
are different from the actual time.		recordings are deleted.
		 Available recording space on a DVD-RW (DVD-Video format) or +RW disc	−
		increases when you delete the last recording (space may increase slightly
		when you delete other recordings).
		 If you record or edit about 200 times or more, the remaining capacity of	−
		DVD-R, DVD-R DL, +R, or +R DL is reduced and then recording or editing
		may be disabled (for the second layer on DVD-R DL and +R DL, this
		happens after about 60 times).
		 The time during fast forward and rewind, or the process during copy may	−
		not be displayed accurately.
Compared to the actual recorded		 The displayed recording/play time is converted from the number of frames	−
time, the elapsed time displayed is		at 29.97 frames (equal to 0.999 seconds) to one second. There will be a
less.		slight difference between the time displayed and the actual elapsed time
		(e.g., actual one-hour elapsed time may display as approximately
		59 minutes 56 seconds). This does not affect the recording.

Reference

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