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Troubleshooting
Function | Problems | Possible causes and remedies | |
TV reception | No picture (screen is dark), | ∙ The AC power cord is disconnected. | |
| no sound | /Connect the AC power cord. | |
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| ∙ The video TV is switched off. | |
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| /Press POWER on the video TV. If the STANDBY lamp is | |
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| lit in red, press POWER or a program number on the | |
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| Good picture but no sound | ∙ An earphone is connected to @ jack. | |
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| /Disconnect the earphone. | |
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| ∙ "MUTING" is displayed on the screen. | |
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| /Press MUTING. | |
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| ∙ Press VOL | |
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| No color or poor color | ∙ Adjust “PICTURE,” “COLOR,” and “BRIGHTNESS” in the | |
| (screen is dark) for color | PICTURE CONTROL menu. (page 18) | |
| programs, but good sound | ∙ Press PICTURE MODE to switch the picture setting. (page 17) | |
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| No picture, no sound from | ∙ The connecting cord between the video TV and the input | |
| video input source | source is disconnected. | |
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| /Connect it firmly. | |
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| ∙ Input is not selected correctly. | |
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| /Press INPUT SELECT so that “LINE” appears. (page 18) | |
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| A receivable channel in your ∙The TV broadcast system is not selected correctly. |
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| area cannot be received or | /Check the system referring to the table on page 39 and | |
| the sound of the received | preset the channel manually. | |
| channel is distorted. |
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Clock and | The clock has stopped and | ∙ The power has been interrupted or the AC power cord is | |
timer | disconnected. | ||
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Playback | Power is on, but the tape | ∙ The safety device has been activated. | |
| does not run. | /Switch off, disconnect the AC power cord, and leave the | |
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| set for about one minute. | |
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| Poor playback picture | ∙ The color system is not set correctly. | |
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| /Set “COL SYS” to the setting corresponding to the color | |
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| system that the tape is recorded in. (page 20) | |
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| ∙ Adjust the tracking. (page 33) | |
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| ∙ The video heads are dirty. | |
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| /Clean the heads using the Sony | |
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| tape (page 37). If the cleaning tape is not available in your | |
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| area, have the heads cleaned at your nearest Sony service | |
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| facility. (Do not use a commercially available | |
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| cleaning tape, as it may damage the video heads.) | |
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| ∙ The tape is worn out. | |
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| /Use a new tape. | |
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| The sound drops out. | ∙ The tape is defective. |
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| /Use a new tape. | |
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