Symptom

Remedy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No TV programme

Make sure the TV is set to the video channel. If you are

 

 

 

appears on the TV

 

using a monitor, set it to video input.

 

 

 

screen.

Existing broadcasts may interfere with the VCR. Reset the

 

 

 

 

 

RF channel output of your VCR.

 

 

 

 

• Select the correct source with the INPUT SELECT button.

 

 

 

 

 

Select a programme position when recording TV

 

 

Recording

 

 

programmes; select a line input when recording from other

 

 

 

 

equipment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV reception is poor.

• Make sure the aerial cable is connected securely.

 

 

 

 

• Adjust the TV aerial.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tape starts playing as

The safety tab has been removed. To record on this tape,

 

 

 

soon as it is inserted.

 

cover the tab hole (see page 34).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tape is ejected when

The safety tab has been removed. To record on this tape,

 

 

 

you press z REC.

 

cover the tab hole (see page 34).

 

 

 

operate.

Make sure a tape has been inserted.

 

Additional

 

Nothing happens when

• Make sure the tape is not at its end.

 

 

 

you press z REC.

 

 

 

 

 

The timer does not

• Check that the clock is set.

 

Information

 

 

• Check that the safety tab has not been removed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Make sure the tape is not at its end.

 

 

 

 

• Make sure a programme has been set for timer recording.

 

 

 

 

• Make sure your timer settings are past the current time.

 

 

 

 

• Check that the decoder is turned on.

 

 

recording

 

• Check that the satellite tuner is turned on.

 

 

 

• The clock stops if the VCR is disconnected from the mains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for more than one hour. Reset the clock and timer.

 

 

 

 

• Turn the power off and unplug the mains lead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timer

The SHOWVIEW menu

• Check that TIMER METHOD in the USER SET menu is

 

 

or the PROG menu does

 

set correctly (see page 49).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not appear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The VPS/PDC function

• Check that the clock and the date are set correctly.

 

 

 

does not operate

• Check that the VPS/PDC time you set is the correct one

 

 

 

properly.

 

(there might be a mistake in the TV programme guide). If

 

 

 

 

 

the broadcast you wanted to record did not send the good

 

 

 

 

 

VPS/PDC information, the VCR will not start recording.

 

 

 

 

• If the reception is poor, the VPS/PDC signal might be

 

 

 

 

 

altered and the VCR might not start recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

continued

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