Philips CD 880 - Manual (Page 11)

8. BEFORE CALLING THE REPAIRMAN
If you suspect that your player is faulty, first consult this checkiist.
You may find you have overlooked something quite simpie.
Under no circumstances shouid you open up the piayer; this wiil
invalidate all rights under the guarantee.
1. After pressing the ON/OFF switch, the display does not light.
-The button is not pressed in far enough.
- One of the plugs of the mains lead is not connected or is not
making contact.
-There is no supply at the mains socket. Plug in another
electrical appliance and check if that works.
2. After pressing OPEN, the disc tray does not slide out.
-The transit ciamps have not been removed.
-The player is not switched on. Check that the display and the
on/off Indicators light up.
-The microprocessor has not received the command properly.
Check If the disc tray opens if you switch the player off and on
again, and then press CPEN once more.
- The disc tray drive is not functioning. You cannot rectify this
yourself.
3. After pressing the front of the tray, PLAY/REPLAY, SCAN or
SHUFFLE, the disc tray does not slide in.
-The rriains supply has been interrupted. Check if the display is
lit.
-The microprocessor has not received the command correctly.
Check if the disc tray closes if you switch the player off and on
again.
- The disc tray drive is not functioning. You cannot rectify this
yourself. If a disc is in position, remove it, then push the disc tray
In carefully to close it.
4. After closing the disc tray, ’DISC’ and ’ERROR’ light briefly.
-The disc is not inserted with the label upwards or there is no
disc In the disc tray.
- The disc Is dirty. See if cleaning the disc, or using another, clean
disc, clears the fault.
-The disc is defective. Try another disc.
- There Is an unwanted object in the disc tray.
5. The disc is being played (indicated by the track number orthe
elapsed time indication moving on regularly) but there is no
sound.
-The amplifier is not switched on.
- The position of the amplifier source selector switch does not
correspond with the input to which the player is connected.
-The amplifier or the loudspeakers connected to it are not
working. Check with another sound source to see if this is the
case.
-The microprocessor has not received the command correctly.
Check if switching the player off and on again, and then restarting
clears the fault.
- The headphone jack is not plugged in, or the VOLUME control
Is still set to minimum.
- The connection between the player and the amplifier is broken.
- The input to which the player is connected is defective. Check
this by connecting the player to another input socket.
6. The sound is poor or distorted, or you can hear only one
channel.
- The player is not connected to the CD, AUX, TUNER or TAPE IN
input of the amplifier but to the PHONO input.
-One of the plugs of the connection cable is either not
connected or not properly connected.
-The headphone jack is not plugged in properly.
- The disc is dirty or badly scratched. See if cleaning the disc or
using another, clean or scratch-free disc improves the situation.
-There is an unwanted object in the disc tray.
-The amplifier or the loudspeakers connected to it are not
working properly. Check with another sound source to see if this
is the case.
7. Programming is not working properly.
-You must set the player to the direct programming mode by
pressing PROGRAM/PLAY.
-The disc is dirty or badly scratched. See if cleaning the disc
helps or try programming another disc.
-The microprocessor has not processed the commands
properly. Erase the program by pressing STOP/CM and store it
again; restart play and check if the fault has cleared.
- A l l 20memory blocks are already occupied and you have
missed ’ERROR’ which indicates this.
-The FTS memory is full.
8. The following faults can be caused by the same circum­
stances:
Playback does not begin with the first track on the disc or of the
program, but with another.
Playback stops before the end of the disc or the program has
been reached.
-The PLAY MODE switch is not in the NORM position.
-The microprocessor has not processed the command cor­
rectly. Check if switching the player off and on again, and then
restarting clears the fault.
- The disc is dirty or badly scratched. See if cleaning the disc or
using another, clean or scratch-free disc clears the fault.
-The disc is defective. Try another disc.
- There is an unwanted object in the disc tray.
9. The player does not react to commands from the remote
control handset.
-The distance to the player was too great, or you did not aim
accurately enough in the direction of the player.
- The batteries are weak or flat.