References

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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RCA VR688HF No stereo sound during playback, Stereo audio too noisy, Tape displaying a blue screen, Not mark commercials

VR688HF specifications

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