Hitachi VT-M291A - Manual (Page 78)

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
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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?
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 OPERATED BY
THE VCR’S REMOTE
CONTROL. IS VCR REMOTE CONTROL
PROGRAMMED FOR YOUR
TV? FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN
ADVANCED OPERATIONS TO
PROGRAM THE REMOTE TO
SIGNALS THAT YOUR TV CAN
RECOGNIZE.
IS REMOTE CONTROL SET TO
CONTROL THE TV. PRESS THE TV DEVICE
BUTTON, THEN PRESS THE
BUTTON CORRESPONDING
TO THE TV FUNCTION YOU
WANT.
MECHANICAL SOUNDS
DURING PLAYBACK. HAS A LOADED CASSETTE
BEEN STOPPED MORE THAN
5 MINUTES? NOTHING IS WRONG. THE
TAPE PROTECTION
MECHANISM IS WORKING.
EJECT THE CASSETTE IF YOU
ARE DONE VIEWING
OTHERWISE NO ACTION IS