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TROUBLESHOOTING (cont.)
TIMER RECORDING (VCR deck)
SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTION
1. Timer recording won’t work. ● The clock and/or the timer have been set
incorrectly.
Re-perform the clock and/or timer
settings.
● The timer is not engaged. Press TIMER and confirm that “#” is
displayed on the front display panel.
2. Timer programing is not possible. ● Timer recording is in progress. Timer programing can’t be performed
while a timer recording is in progress.
Wait until it finishes.
3. “#” on the front display panel won’t
stop blinking.
● The timer is engaged but there’s no
cassette loaded.
Load a cassette with the record safety tab
intact.
● The loaded cassette has had its record
safety tab removed.
Remove the cassette and cover the hole
with adhesive tape, or insert a cassette
with the record safety tab intact.
4. “#”, “
⅜” and “$” on the front
display panel won’t stop blinking.
● The end of the tape was reached during
timer recording.
The program may not have been recorded
in its entirety. Next time make sure you
have enough time on the tape to record
the entire program.
5. “#” blinks for 10 seconds and the
Timer mode is disengaged.
● TIMER has been pressed when there are
no programs in memory, or the timer
record information has been programed
incorrectly.
Check the programed data and re-
program as necessary, then press TIMER
again.
6. “
⅜” and “$” on the front display
panel won’t stop blinking.
● The end of the tape was reached during
Instant Timer Recording.
The program may not have been recorded
in its entirety. Next time make sure you
have enough time on the tape to record
the entire program.
7. “N”, “
⅜” and “$” on the front display
panel won’t stop blinking.
● The Satellite Auto Recording mode is
engaged but there is no cassette loaded.
Load a cassette with the record safety tab
intact.
● The loaded cassette has had its record
safety tab removed.
Remove the cassette and cover the hole
with adhesive tape, or insert a cassette
with the record safety tab intact.
● The end of the tape was reached during
Satellite Auto Recording.
The program may not have been recorded
in its entirety. Next time make sure you
have enough time on the tape to record
the entire program.
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