Philips DCC951-17S - Manual (Page 18)

TROUBLESHOOTING
SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY
General problems
- The unit does not respond to any
command.
- Electrostatic charge may cause this
problem.
- Switch off the power.
- Switch on the power again after a few
seconds.
CC and MC cassettes
- Broken/intermittent playback sound. - The head section is dirty. - Clean the head section.
DCC cassettes
- Distorted signal.
- Track number or elapsed playing time
is not displayed correctly.
- No track number indication and
RENUMBER does not function.
- Recording was made with too high
peak level (OVERLOAD).
- The cassette has been loaded in the
middle of one of the tracks.
- Recording has not been started with a
lead-in area at the beginning of each
side.
- Make a new recording with lower peak
level.
- Rewind the tape to the start of the
track and start playback.
- You may consider to re-record the
tape.
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DISPLAY MESSAGE POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY
PRESS STOP
- You have pressed a key during a function which cannot
respond to this key ____
- Press the STOP key
BLOCKED
■ For some reason, the compartment cannot be opened
or closed (e.g. cassette not correctly inserted,
compartment touched an object when it was opened).
■ Do not force anything. Try to reset the
player by switching ON and OFF again,
if the trouble persists, consult your
dealer or service station.
IÆÜMG TRACK
■ The selected tracknumber does not exist on the tape,
playback is continued
- Enter an existing track number
CHECK DIG IN
and
CHECK OPT IN
■ The CD player does not send any signal
in 'STOP' mode.
- The digital source has failed (i.e. loosened cable or
DIG IN is not connected. The unit is switched to STOP.
- 'Digital' or 'Optical' has been selected at the unit. If the
digital source is missing, recording can not be started.
• Set the CD player into 'PAUSE'
mode.
■ Check the connections and try again
If the problem persists, your digital/
optical cable might be broken.
Consult your dealer for a new cable
COPY PROHIBIT
■ You can not make a digital copy of a source which is
already a digital copy of an original music-program.
The DCC951 operates with a Serial Copy Management
System, which includes that a fully digital copy can.
be made from prerecorded material. E.g. you can make
a digital recording from a CD to your DCC via the
digital in- and output sockets. However, it is not
possible to make a digital copy of this recorded DCC
cassette to another DCC deck.
- When you want to copy this cassette
from one DCC deck to another you can
only do this via the analogue in- and
output sockets.
■ Select the analog input and start
recording again.
NO TEXT INFO
■ There is no text information on the tape that has been
inserted in the compartment or the information is not
known yet.___________________________________
• Program your own text information
or select TIME information
NO DCC
- You have tried to start recording with an 'ACC'. - Insert a DCC into the tray.
TAPE PROTECT
■ You have tried to start recording with a recording
protected cassette.________________________
■ Push the red button on the DCC down
(towards protective touch slider)_____
CLEAN HEAD
■ There is dust or dirt on the head of your DCC player
This indication may appear during playback/recording
or recording pause mode.______________________
■ Use a special DCC cleaning cassette
to clean the head
RENUN FRILED
• Renumber is not possible when a recording was started
on an empty area of the tape (no time info recorded)
- You may consider to re-record the tape
TAPE FULL
■ indicates that the recording cannot be continued
because the tape is full
■ Use a new cassette for recording or
rewind the tape to overwrite an existing
recording_________________________
LORD AGAIN
- The cassette has not been loaded correctly - Load the cassette again.
If the trouble persists, even after the remedial action has been taken of if the symptoms are not included in the table, consult the
dealer where you purchased the unit.
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