Appendices 113 Appendices 113
Appendix E: Troubleshooting, continued
TV Channels
Symptom Remarks
1. TheTVtakesseveralsecondstorespondto
channelchanges.
• Itisnormalfordigitalchannelstotakelongertotunein.
• PressENTERafterachannelnumbertoavoiddelays.
• Usea4-digitnumberforanover-the-airdigitalchannel.
• Usea6-digitnumberfordigitalcablechannelsifyourcable
serviceisabletorecognize6-digitchannelnumbers.
2. Youcannotaccessachannel.
• UsenumberkeysinsteadofCH
/ .
• Besurethechannelyouwanttoviewisinmemory.See
“ChannelMenu”inchapter5,“TVMenuSettings.”
• CheckthattheTVisturnedtothecorrectdeviceorantenna
forthatchannelbypressingtheINPUTbutton.
• MakesuretheParentalLockisoff.
• Ifyoucannottunetoavirtualdigitalchanneleventhoughthe
TVhasalreadymemorizeddigitalchannels,tunetotheactual
channelnumberusedbythebroadcaster.Thevirtualchannel
willthenbeautomaticallyaddedtomemory.
3. Nameoptionsarenotavailableforsome
channels.
Onlymemorizedanalogchannelscanbenamed.
4. WhenChannelView™listisdisplayed,infor-
mationappearsincomplete
Availableinformationissentfromthebroadcasterorcablepro-
vider.Nootherdataisavailable.
General TV Operation
Symptom Remarks
1. AfanisrunningevenwhiletheTVispowered
off.
NormalTVoperation.WhentheTVisoff,internalcomponents
continuetodrawpowerandmustbecooledbythefan.
2. TheTVremotecontroldoesnotwork. • Checkthatthebatteriesarefreshandinstalledcorrectly.
• CheckthattheslideswitchissettoTV.
•
Benomorethan20feetfromtheTVwhenusingtheremotecontrol.
• ProgramtheremotecontroltooperatetheTVorotherdevice.
• Resettheremotecontrol.SeeAppendixD.
3. WheneverItrytousetheremotecontrol,the
POWERkeyblinksfivetimes.
Replacethebatteries.
4. TVdoesnotrespondtotheremotecontrolor
tofrontpanelcontrolandTVwillnotpower
onoroff.
UsetheSystemResetbutton.
5. WhenadeviceisselectedfromtheInput
Selectionmenu,thescreenisblue(nosignal
source).
• Makesuretheselecteddeviceisturnedon.
• BeginplayoftheVCR.
6. DevicesaregrayedoutintheInputSelec-
tionmenuortheSplitScreenInputSelection
menu.
• Arecordingisinprogress.Canceltherecordingtoselectthe
device.
• PCsand1080psourcescannotdisplayintheSplitScreen
sub-picture.
7.
YouhaveforgottenyourParentalLockpasscode.
SeeAppendixA,BypassingtheParentalLock.
8. Ratingrestrictionsarenotworking. OpentheParentalLockmenuand:
• VerifythattheU.S.RatingsorOtherRatingssettingisOn.
• ChecktheLockTime/UnlockTimetocheckifratingrestric-
tionsaredisabled.
• RatingrestrictionsapplyonlytocontentonANT1andANT2,
INPUT1–3,andIEEE1394inputs.
9. On-screendisplaysappeareachtimeyou
changeafunction.
NormalTVoperation.
10. Cableproviderneedsinformationtostart
CableCARD™service.
Ontheremotecontrol,pressMENUandthenenterthenumbers
999todisplaytheHostIDandCableCARD™IDinformation.