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Troubleshooting

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No TV programme
appears on the TV
screen.

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

using a monitor, set it to video input.

• 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
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
soon as it is inserted.

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

cover the tab hole (see page 30).

The tape is ejected when
you press z REC.

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

cover the tab hole (see page 30).

Nothing happens when
you press z REC.

• Make sure the tape is not at its end.

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The timer does not
operate.

• Check that the clock is set.
• Make sure a tape has been inserted.
• 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.
• 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.

The VIDEOPLUS menu
or the TIMER menu does
not appear.

• Check that TIMER METHOD in the USER SET menu is

set correctly (see page 45).

The VPS/PDC function
does not operate
properly.

• Check that the clock and the date are set correctly.
• Check that the VPS/PDC time you set is the correct one

(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.

Symptom

Remedy

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