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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
If you have followed the instructions contained in this manual and have difficulty in operating
your VCR, locate the SYMPTOM in the left column below. Check the corresponding
POSSIBLE CAUSE and CORRECTIVE ACTION columns to remedy the problem.
SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTION
PROBLEM THINGS TO CHECK SOLUTION
NO POWER POWER CORD PLUGGED
IN?
CONNECT THE POWER CORD TO AC
OUTLET
DELAYED RECORDING PROGRAM SET TO THE
CORRECT CHANNEL?
RESET THE DELAYED RECORDING. IF
USING VCR PLUS+, CHECK DOES NOT
WORK THE CHANNEL SETUP.
PROGRAM TIME AND DATE
SET CORRECTLY?
RESET THE DELAYED RECORDING/
VCR POWER TURNED OFF? TURN POWER OFF TO ACTIVATE THE
TIMER?
SAFETY TAB REMOVED
FROM THE
VIDEOCASSEETTE?
PUT CELLOPHANE TAPE OVER THE
TAB AREA, OR USE A
VIDEOCASSETTE WITH THE SAFETY
TAB INTACT.
TV PROGRAM
CANNOT BE VIEWED
OR RECOREDED?
LOOSE OR INAPPROPRIATE
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
VCR AND TV?
REVIEW HOOKUP DIRECTIONS AND
MAKE CORRECT FRIM
CONNECTIONS.
POOR PICTURE
QUALITY.
TV CHANNEL SELECTOR
ON THE PROPER
CHANNNEL?
SET TV TO CHANNEL 3 OR 4 AS
CORRECT FOR YOUR AREA/
IS TV CORRECTLY TUNED? FINE TUNE THE TV.
STATIC LINES THROUGH
THE PICTURE?
PRESS 1 OR 4 BUTTON TO ADJUST
TRACKING.
NOISY PICTURE DESPITE
ALL PREVIOUS
ADJUSTMENTS, EVEN
WHEN PLAYING DIFFERENT
CASSETTES?
HAVE VIDEO HEADS CLEANED BY A
QUALIFIED SERVICE TECHNICIAN.
NO PICTURE DURING
PLAYBACk?
TV SET TO THE CORRECT
VIEWING CHANNEL?
SET TV TO CHANNEL 3 OR 4.
TV CANNOT BE IS VCR REMOTE CONTROL FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN