Appendices 101 Appendices 101
Appendix D: Troubleshooting, continued
IEEE 1394 Devices
Symptom Remarks
3. ThereisnoaudioandvideofromtheIEEE
1394device.
• Thedeviceisnotturnedon.Turnthedevicepoweron.
• Nomedia(tapeordisc)isinsertedintothedevice.
• Themediaisblank(hasnorecording).
• Theplaycommandfailed-Trypressingplayagainonthe
device’sremotecontrolorfrontpanel.
• Thedeviceisalreadyinuse(forexample,thedeviceiscur-
rentlyrecording).
• Thesourceiscopy-protectedorviolatescopyprotection.
• Thedevice’sdigitalvideosignalisnotsupportedbytheTV,
asmaybethecasewithanIEEE1394signalfromacom-
puter.Useanalogconnectionsinstead,ifavailable.
• Thedeviceisnotanaudio/videodevice.
• ToomanyotherdevicesarealreadycommunicatingoverIEEE
1394.Removeorstopsomedevicesandtryagain.
4. TheIEEE1394Deviceisnolongerlistedin
theInputSelectionmenu.
• TheIEEE1394plugisdisconnectedorloose.
• TheIEEE1394devicehasnotbeenpoweredon.Turnon.
• Thedevicehasnotbeendiscovered.
• Thedeviceisnotanaudio/videodevice
5. TheIEEE1394devicecannotbeselected(is
grayedout).
• Thedevicemaybebusywitharecording.Canceltherecord-
ing.
• YouhaveconnectedmorethansevenIEEE1394devices.
Unplugtheeighthdeviceandoneotherdevice.Plugthe
eighthdevicebackin.
6. MENUbuttondoesnotdisplayamenu. • TheIEEE1394devicedoesnotprovideamenu.
• TheTVcannotsupportIEEE1394menus.
7. AllIEEE1394devicesdisappear. • Theconnecteddevicesmustnotbeinaloopthatreturnsto
theTV.Makesureadeviceisconnectedattheend.
• DisconnectallthecablesanddevicesfromtheTV.Replace
themonebyonetolocatetheproblemdeviceorcable.
• UseSystemReset(frontcontrolpanel).
8. CannotrediscoveradeletedIEEE1394
device.
Thedevicehasbeendisconnected.Plugitin.
9. AnIEEE1394devicehasbeenpluggedin
butdoesnotappearintheInputSelection
menu(notdiscovered).
• TheIEEE1394connectiontotheTVoranotherdeviceisnot
secureorisloose.
• TheIEEE1394deviceisnotpoweredon.
• AdeviceintheIEEE1394chainisnotpoweredon.Turnon
allthedevices.
• Thedevicediscoverycantakeaslongasaminutetoinitiate.
• IEEE1394cableistoolong(maximumof15feetbetween
devices).
• TheIEEE1394deviceusesanincompatibleprotocolandwill
notbediscovered
10. CannotviewvideofromanIEEE1394DV
camcorder.
Useanalogconnectionsforvideoandaudio.Youcanstillusethe
IEEE1394connectionforcontrolfunctions,however.
11. AnIEEE1394deviceisnotresponding
properly.
• Unplugthedevice’spowercord.Waitatleasttenseconds
andplugitinagain.
• SomeIEEE1394devicesarenotsupportedbytheTV
becauseofincompatiblestandards.