References

Trouble Checks

 

 

Trouble

Here's what to try:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stereo audio too noisy

• Stereo signal is weak. Set RECEPTION: STEREO/SAP/MONO feature to

 

 

 

 

MONO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Press one of the TRACKING up or down buttons to minimize the noise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S-VHS recording not made or no sound during

• Check position of S-VHS AUTO switch on VCR. See page 39.

 

 

 

playback

• A tape with S-VHS must be used to make S-VHS recordings.

 

 

 

 

• Make sure the component’s S-VIDEOconnectors are connected using an S-VHS

 

 

 

 

cable .

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Be sure to also connect the audio cables. The S-VHS cable carries only video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tape plays over and over

• Check setting of AUTO REPEAT ON/OFF menu. See page 25.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jog shuttle arrow buttons will not function

• Press JOG SHUTTLE button to turn on jog shuttle buttons. Indicator will light.

 

 

 

 

• Indicator light off. Pressing any other button during jog shuttle operation will

 

 

 

 

turn off jog shuttle. Press JOG SHUTTLE to turn jog shuttle back on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tape continues forward or reverse search during

• Press PLAY•PAUSE on the VCR or PLAY on the remote to return to normal

 

 

 

jog shuttle operation

playback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Press 3or 4to place VCR in pause mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR forwards through commercials or

A

 

 

 

momentarily displays a blue screen during

• COMMERCIAL

ADVANCE™ CA PLAYBACK feature set to AUTO.

 

 

 

See pages 29-30.

 

 

 

 

 

playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR forwards through a rental or pre-recorded tape

 

A

 

 

 

displaying a blue screen

• Some tapes use special control track marking. Set the COMMERCIAL

 

 

 

ADVANCE™ CA PLAYBACK feature, in the PREFERENCES menu to MANUAL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMERCIALAADVANCE™ feature does not

The commercial advance feature does not mark commercials under the following

 

 

 

mark commercials

situations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

• CA Marking: ON/OFF feature set to OFF. See page 29.

 

 

 

 

• 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

 

 

 

COMMERCIALAADVANCE™ feature

• COMMERCIAL

ADVANCE™ is designed to record the commercials, mark

 

 

 

them, and then skip over the marked commercials during playback.

 

 

 

was turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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