Troubleshooting

Please note that the Panasonic Web site at www.panasonic.com is also a great place to ask operational and troubleshooting questions. If, after reading the troubleshooting information on our Web site and in this manual, you find you still have unanswered questions, please contact Technical Support by phone at 1-888-843-9788.

PROBLEM

SOLUTION

When attempting to connect to the

• Confirm that there is no dial tone on the line by hooking up a phone

ReplayTV Service in Setup, I get one

to it and listening for the dial tone.

of the following error messages: “no

• If you have call waiting, confirm that it has been disabled by

dial tone,” “modem timed out,” “no

entering the correct telephone prefix number in Setup. Contact your

response from modem,” or “network

phone company to obtain the correct dialing prefix information.

connection error.”

• The Hard Disk Recorder cannot connect to the ReplayTV Service if

 

 

your phone line has a stutter dial tone. If you have a message

 

service that enables a stutter dial tone when you have messages,

 

you will need to delete/save all of your messages in order to

 

disable the stutter dial tone.

 

• Confirm that the line that you are dialing out on is an analog line.

 

• Remove the AC (power) cable from the rear of the Hard Disk

 

Recorder. Wait 15 seconds, then re-attach the AC cable (the Hard

 

Disk Recorder will reboot itself). Once the Hard Disk Recorder has

 

rebooted, press the POWER button on the Hard Disk Recorder

 

remote control to exit standby mode. Proceed as instructed by the

 

on-screen instructions.

 

 

The Hard Disk Recorder is connected

• Confirm that the correct line input is selected on your TV.

to my TV, but I don’t see the Hard Disk

• Confirm that the Hard Disk Recorder is not in “standby mode” by

Recorder introduction screen.

pressing the POWER button on the remote control. Verify that the

 

 

green POWER light on the unit is illuminated.

 

• If you are using an A/V receiver in your setup, verify that the input

 

source is the same as the output source going to your television.

 

For example, if you are using an S-Video output on the Hard Disk

 

Recorder going to an A/V receiver, you will need to output an S-

 

Video signal from your A/V receiver to your TV. This is a limitation of

 

most A/V receivers.

 

 

When setting up my Hard Disk

• Contact the Panasonic Technical Support department by phone at

Recorder, the correct cable company

1-888-843-9788. Please provide the following information: 1)

does not appear as a menu item in

Complex name (if applicable), 2) Community, 3) State, 4) Cable

Setup.

Provider Name, 5) Cable Provider contact information, and 6)

 

Problem description. In most cases, the correct information can be

 

added to the ReplayTV Service database within 48 hours.

 

 

When entering my phone number in

• This is correct! The Hard Disk Recorder only needs the first 6 digits

Setup, I am only able to enter the first

of your phone number. The last four (4) numbers will appear as

6 digits.

follows: XXXX

 

 

The red light on the Hard Disk

• Replace the batteries in the remote control with 2 new AA alkaline

Recorder remote does not blink when

batteries.

I press a button on the remote control.

 

 

 

The Hard Disk Recorder remote

• Make sure you’re pointing the Hard Disk Recorder remote control

control does not operate my home

directly at the component, and that there is nothing blocking the

entertainment components, or is not

path of the infrared signal between the remote control and the unit.

performing commands properly.

If that doesn’t work, try all of the codes listed for your brand of home

 

entertainment component in the “Code Numbers For Your

 

Components” section of this guide. Many setup codes may allow for

 

partial functionality, however, only one code will operate your home

 

entertainment component correctly. Make sure that all of the

 

components you are setting up can be operated with an infrared

 

remote control.

 

 

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