The picture from equipment connected to the recorder’s input jack does not appear on the screen.

,If the equipment is connected to the LINE 1 IN jack, select “L1” in the front panel display by pressing PROG +/– or INPUT SELECT.

If the equipment is connected to the LINE 2 IN jacks, select “L2” in the front panel display by pressing PROG +/– or INPUT SELECT.

If the equipment is connected to the DV IN jack, (this is usually for a digital video camera connection), select “DV” in the front panel display by pressing INPUT SELECT.

,When an S video cable is connected to the recorder’s LINE 1 IN jack, set “Line1 Input” to “S Video” in the “Video” setup (page 74).

The playback picture or TV programme from the equipment connected through the recorder is distorted.

,If the playback picture output from a DVD player, VCR, or tuner goes through your recorder before reaching your TV, the copy- protection signal applied to some programmes could affect picture quality. Disconnect the playback equipment in question and connect it directly to your TV.

The picture does not fill the screen.

,Set “TV Type” of the “Video Output” in the “Video” setup in accordance with the screen size of your TV (page 73).

The picture does not fill the screen, even though the picture size is set in “TV Type” of the “Video Output” in the “Video” setup.

,The picture size of the title is fixed.

Sound

There is no sound.

,Re-connect all connections securely.

,The connecting cord is damaged.

,The input source setting on the amplifier or the connection to the amplifier is incorrect.

,The recorder is in reverse play, fast- forward, slow motion, or pause mode.

,If the audio signal does not come through the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack, check the “Audio Connection” settings in the “Audio” setup (page 75).

,The recorder supports only MP3 audio and MPEG audio for DivX video files. Press AUDIO and select MP3 audio or MPEG audio.

Sound distortion occurs.

,Set “Audio ATT” in the “Audio” setup to “On” (page 75).

Sound is noisy.

,When playing a CD with DTS sound tracks, noise will come from the LINE OUT R- AUDIO-L jacks (page 49).

The sound volume is low.

,The sound volume is low on some DVDs. The sound volume may improve if you set “Audio DRC” in the “Audio” setup to “TV Mode” (page 76).

,Set “Audio ATT” in the “Audio” setup to “Off” (page 75).

An alternate audio track cannot be recorded or played.

,When recording from connected equipment, set “Line Audio Input” in OPTIONS menu to “Bilingual” (page 44).

,Multilingual tracks (main and sub) cannot be recorded on DVD+RWs, DVD-RWs (Video mode), DVD+Rs, or DVD-Rs (Video mode). To record the language, set “Bilingual Recording” of the “DVD Rec. Settings” in the “Recording” setup to “Main” or “Sub” before recording

(page 77). To record both the main and sub sounds, record on DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs (VR mode).

,Any discs other than DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs (VR mode) cannot be used for recording both main and sub sounds.

,If you have connected an AV amplifier to the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack and want to change the audio track for DVD- RWs/DVD-Rs (VR mode) during playback, set “Dolby Digital” of the “Audio Connection” in the “Audio” setup to “D- PCM” (page 75).

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