RCA VR688HF manual No stereo sound during playback, Stereo audio too noisy, Not mark commercials

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Trouble Checks

Trouble	Here's what to try:
No stereo sound during playback	¥ Tape Playback: HI-FI/LINEAR/MIX feature must be set to HI-FI to hear stereo
	sound during playback. See page 46.
	¥ Must use advanced hookups for stereo playback. See pages 3-7.
Stereo audio too noisy	¥ Stereo signal is weak. Set Reception: STEREO/MONO/SAP feature to MONO.
	¥ Press one of the TRACKING up or down buttons to minimize the noise.
VCR forwards through commercials or	A
momentarily displays a blue screen during	¥ COMMERCIAL ADVANCEª CA Playback feature set to AUTO.
	See pages 30-31.
playback
VCR forwards through a rental or pre-recorded	¥ Some tapes use special control track marking. Set the
tape displaying a blue screen	COMMERCIALAADVANCEª CA Playback feature, in the PREFERENCES
	menu to MANUAL.
COMMERCIALAADVANCEª feature does	The commercial advance feature does not mark commercials under the following
not mark commercials	situations:
	¥ CA Marking: ON/OFF feature set to OFF. See pages 36-37.
	¥ Recording is less than 15 minutes.
	¥ A single isolated commercial cannot be marked.
	¥ Recording started in the middle of a commercial segment.
	¥ The commercial is longer than one minute.
	¥ A commercial group within the first or last two minutes of a recording.
	¥ It does not mark commercials between 30-and-45 seconds and 45-and-60
	seconds.
	¥ Accuracy and effectiveness can vary depending upon program content and
	the characteristics of the commercials.
	¥ Effectiveness may vary when local television stations insert their own
	commercials.
Commercials recorded even though	A
COMMERCIALAADVANCEª feature was	¥ COMMERCIAL ADVANCEª is designed to record the commercials, mark
turned on.

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