Toshiba D-R420KU owner manual Troubleshooting, Recording / Timer recording / Editing, Stop C

	TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom	Remedy
Playback
The disc does not play back.	• No disc is inserted.
	• A blank disc is inserted.
	• The disc is upside down. Insert the disc with the labeled side facing up.
	• The disc is not correctly inserted.
	• The unit cannot play back certain discs (such as a CD-ROM) (page 10).
	• The region code on the DVD-video does not match the unit (page 10).
	• Moisture has condensed inside the unit. Remove the disc and leave the unit
	turned on for about 2 hours until the moisture evaporates (page 4).
	• If the disc was recorded on another recorder, the unit cannot play back the
	disc if it was not finalized.
Playback image freezes for a	• During the playback of 2 layered disc, picture may freeze for a moment when
second.	the 1st layer switches to the 2nd layer. This is not a malfunction.
The disc does not start playback	• Resume playback was activated (page 54). Press [STOP C] twice.
from the beginning.	• You have inserted a disc whose title menu or DVD menu automatically
	appears on the TV screen when it is first inserted.
The unit starts playing back the	• The DVD-video features an auto playback function.
disc automatically.
Some functions such as stop,	• Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do some of the operations.
search, or slow-motion playback	Refer to the instruction manual supplied with the disc.
cannot be performed.
The language for the sound track	• The titles does not have the multilingual audio tracks.
cannot be changed.	• The DVD-video prohibits the changing of the language for the sound track.
The subtitle language cannot be	• Multilingual subtitle are not recorded on the DVD-video.
changed or turned off.
The angles cannot be changed.	• Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD-video being played back.
	• The angle-change operation is whenever possible as long as the disc contains
	a multi-angle portion. Actual change will be performed when the portion has
	come up.
	• The DVD-video prohibits changing angles.
	• Try changing the angle using the DVD-video’s menu.

Recording / Timer recording / Editing

External input position (L1/L2) • This unit is designed so. This is not a malfunction. cannot be changed while

recording.

Nothing was recorded even	• There was a power failure during recording.
though you set the timer setting	• The unit’s internal clock stopped due to a power failure that lasted for more
correctly.	than 30 seconds. Reset the clock (page 25).
	• The program contains copy protection signals that restricts copying.
	• The timer setting overlapped with another setting that has priority.
Recording does not stop	• It will take a few seconds for the unit to input disc data before recording
immediately after you press	stops.
[STOP C].
Timer recording is not complete	• The timer setting overlapped with another setting that has priority (page 41).
or did not start from the	• Disc space was not enough.
beginning.	• “Make Recording Compatible“ is not set to “ON”, when recording onto
	DVD+RW/+R that was recorded on other unit.

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