Maintenance 6 Chapter
Troubleshooting
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After playing at 1/10 of normal speed in | To protect a tape, the unit is set to start normal playback after playing at 1/10 of |
forward or reverse for more than one | normal speed in forward or reverse for more than one minute. Play back the tape |
minute, normal playback forward starts. | at 1/3 of normal speed. |
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Playback pause mode is released and the | To protect the tape, the unit is set to go into the stop mode after the playback |
unit goes into the stop mode. | pause mode continues for a certain period. t Set FROM STILL on the VTR SET |
| menu to STEP FWD. If you do so, the tape will forward by one frame for each |
| time interval set in STILL TIME. |
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Playback pause mode is released and the | To protect the tape, the unit is set to forward the tape by one frame after the |
tape forwards by one frame for each | playback pause mode continues for a certain period. t Set FROM STILL on the |
preset time interval. | VTR SET menu to STOP. If you do so, the unit will go into the stop mode after |
| the playback pause mode continues for the interval set in STILL TIME. |
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After the unit has been left in the stop | AUTO STBY on the OTHERS menu is set to ENABLE. t Set AUTO STBY to |
mode and no key operations have been | DISABLE. |
attempted for more than one hour, the unit |
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goes into the standby mode (the unit’s |
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power turns off). |
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The pause mode of recording, audio | To protect the tape and the video heads, the unit goes into the stop mode after |
dubbing, or duplicating is released | the pause mode of recording, audio dubbing, or duplicating continues for more |
automatically. | than five minutes. |
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When the tape is rewound to its beginning, | • The TIMER selector is set to REPEAT. t Set the TIMER selector to OFF. |
the playback automatically starts. | • You pressed the PLAY button while holding the REW button down. t If you do |
| this, the unit rewinds the tape to its beginning and begins playback (See page |
| 13 (GB)). |
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During playback, the unit starts rewinding | The TIMER selector is set to REPEAT. t When the TIMER selector is set to |
suddenly. | REPEAT, the unit starts rewinding at the moment when a signal for index search |
| or a blank portion is detected. Set the TIMER selector to OFF. |
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When the tape reaches its end, rewinding | The TIMER selector is set to REPEAT. t When the TIMER selector is set to |
starts automatically. | REPEAT, the unit starts rewinding at the moment when the end of the tape is |
| detected. Set the TIMER selector to OFF. |
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Whenever you connect the unit to an AC | The TIMER selector is set to REC. t When the TIMER selector is set to REC, |
outlet, the unit automatically starts | the unit starts recording whenever the power is connected. Set the TIMER |
recording. | selector to OFF. |
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Even though the KEY INH switch is set to | • The TIMER selector is set to REPEAT or REC. t The TIMER selector setting |
ON, the unit starts recording/playback by | has a higher priority than the KEY INH switch setting. Set the TIMER selector to |
itself. | OFF. |
| • When COMMANDER on the OTHERS menu is set to WIRELESS, the unit |
| responds to signals from the Remote Commander even though the KEY INH |
| switch is set to ON. t Set COMMANDER to CONTROL S. |
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Whenever you connect the unit to an AC | • AC ON MODE on the OTHERS menu is set to POWER ON. t Set AC ON |
outlet, the unit turns on automatically. | MODE to STBY. |
| • There is a cassette inside the unit and the TIMER selector is set to REPEAT or |
| REC. t Set the TIMER selector to OFF. |
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