,Clean the disc.

The sound loses stereo effect when you play a DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD-R or VIDEO CD.

,Select a stereo audio track by pressing (audio) (page 53).

,Make sure the system is connected properly.

,Check the “DUAL MONO” setting (page 89).

The surround effect of the speaker system is difficult to hear when Dolby Digital or DTS audio sound track is played.

,Make sure the Sound Field function is on (page 85).

,Check the speaker connections and settings (page 14, 79).

,Depending on the disc, the output signal may not contain all of the 5.1 channels. Or, the track may be either monaural or stereo even when recorded in Dolby Digital format.

There is no sound from the subwoofer

,Check the speaker settings (page 14, 91).

,Set the Sound Field setting to “A.F.D. AUTO” (page 85).

The left and right sounds are unbalanced or reversed.

,Check that the speakers and the components are connected correctly and securely.

The sound comes from the centre unit only.

,Depending on the disc, the sound may come from the centre unit only.

No sound is heard from the centre unit.

,Check the speaker connections and settings (page 14, 91).

,Make sure the Sound Field function is on (page 85).

,Depending on the source, the effect of the surround speakers may be less noticeable.

No sound or only a very low-level sound is heard from the surround speakers.

,Check the speaker connections and settings (page 14, 91).

,Make sure the Sound Field function is on (page 85).

,Depending on the source, the effect of the surround speakers may be less noticeable.

PlaybackThe disc does not play.

,The disc is upside down. Insert the disc with the playback side facing down.

,The disc is not correctly inserted.

,Moisture has condensed inside the recorder. Remove the disc and leave the recorder turned on for about half an hour until the moisture evaporates.

,If the disc was recorded on another recorder, this recorder cannot play the disc if it was not finalized (page 39).

The disc does not start playback from the beginning.

,Resume play was activated (page 52).

,You have inserted a disc whose Title menu or DVD menu automatically appears on the TV screen when it is first inserted. Use the menu to start playback.

The recorder starts playing the disc automatically.

,The DVD VIDEO features an auto playback function.

Playback stops automatically.

,If the disc has an auto pause signal, the recorder stops playback at the auto pause signal.

Some functions such as Stop, Search, or Slow- motion Play cannot be performed.

,Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do some of the operations above. See the instructions supplied with the disc.

The language for the sound track cannot be changed.

,Multilingual tracks are not recorded on the disc being played.

,The DVD VIDEO prohibits the changing of the language for the sound track.

,Try changing the language using the DVD VIDEO’s menu.

The subtitle language cannot be changed or turned off.

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