DVD Troubleshooting
Picture

Symptom

Remedy

There is no picture/picture noise• Re-connect the connecting cord securely.

appears.

• The connecting cords are damaged.

 

• Check the connection to your TV (page 14) and switch

 

the input selector on your TV so that the signal from the

 

player appears on the TV screen.

 

• The disc is dirty or flawed.

 

• If the picture output from your player goes through your

 

VCR to get to your TV or if you are connected to a

 

combination TV/VIDEO player, the copy-protection

 

signal applied to some DVD programs could affect

 

picture quality. If you still experience problems even

 

when you connect your player directly to your TV, please

 

try connecting your player to your TV’s S-VIDEO input

 

(page 32).

 

• You have set the player to progressive format (the

 

PROGRESSIVE indicator lights up in orange) even

 

though your TV cannot accept the progressive signal. In

 

this case, set “Progressive” to “Off” (page 64).

 

• Even if your TV is compatible with progressive format

 

(480p) signals, the image may be affected when you set

 

the player to progressive format. In this case, set

 

“Progressive” to “Off” and the player is set to normal

 

(interlace) format (page 64).

 

• COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jack is not used or

 

“Progressive” of the “SCREEN SETUP” menu is not set

 

correctly while the PROGRESSIVE indicator lights up in

 

orange. Check the setting (page 62) and connection

 

(page 32).

 

 

There is no picture or the picture• Try the following: 1Turn the DVD-VCR off and on

noise appears when connected to the

again. 2Turn the connected equipment off and on again.

HDMI OUT jack.3Disconnect and then connect the HDMI cord again.

 

• If the HDMI OUT jack is used for video output, changing

 

the “HDMI Resolution” setting in the “SCREEN

 

SETUP” menu may solve the problem (page 63).

 

Connect the TV and the recorder using a video jack other

 

than the HDMI OUT, and switch the TV’s input to the

 

connected video input so that you can see the on-screen

 

displays. Change the “HDMI Resolution” setting in the

 

“SCREEN SETUP” menu, and switch the TV’s input

 

back to HDMI. If the picture still does not appear, repeat

 

the steps and try other options.

 

• The DVD-VCR is connected to an input device that is not

 

HDCP compliant (page 32).

 

 

Even though you set the aspect ratio

• The aspect ratio of the disc is fixed on your DVD.
in “TV Type” of the “SCREEN

 

SETUP” menu the picture does not

 

fill the screen.

 

 

 

There is no picture from your VCR• The DVD player must be in standby mode to view
connected to the LINE IN jacks.pictures from your VCR.

 

 

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