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If, contrary to expectation, you have any problems using this
video recorder, it may be caused by one of the reasons
mentioned below. You can also call the customer service
centre in your country.
You will find the phone number in the enclosed guarantee
leaflet. Be prepared to give the model and production number
to the customer service. Have the model number (MODEL NO)
and the production number (PROD.NO) of your video recorder
ready.
Your video recorder does not respond to any button being
pressed:
• There isno power supply: check the power supply.
• A programmedrecording is currently beingmade: if desired,
cancel the programmed recording with
STANDBY/ONm .
• Childlock is on: switch the child lockoff.
• There isa technical problem: switch off the mainspower supply
for 30 seconds, then switch iton again. If this does not have any
effect, you can:
1. Switch off the mains power supplyagain.
2. Then switch iton whilst holding down
STANDBY m on the
video recorder.
3. Release the button when ’
OSD’ appears in the video recorder
display. All the informationstored (TV channels, time and date,
TIMER) will be cleared.
Cassette is jammed in the video recorder:
• Don’tuse force. Pull out the mains plugfor a moment.
Remote control does not work:
• Remote controlnot pointed toward the video recorder: point itat
the video recorder.
• There isa technical problem: Take out the batteries, waitfor 10
seconds and place them back.
• Batterieshave run out: change the batteries.
No picture when you play a cassette:
• There isno recording on the cassette: change the cassette.
• You have selectedthe wrong programme number on the TV for
playing cassette: on the TV, select the correctprogramme
number for the video recorder.
• The cable connecting the TV set and the videorecorder has
come loose: check the cable.
Poor picture quality when you play a cassette:
• Your TV set isnot properly adjusted.
• The cassette badly wornor of poor quality: use new cassette.
• Tracking isnot properly adjusted: turn to chapter ’PLAYBACK
FUNCTIONS’ and read the section ’Trackingduring playback’.
The video recorder will not record:
• The TV channel you want to record isnot stored or you selected
the wrong programme number:check TV channels stored.
• You have loaded a cassette whichcannot be recorded on: undo
the erase protection on the cassette.
Programmed recording does not work:
• You have not set the TIMER properly:check the TIMER blocks.
• You have programmedthe wrong time or date: check time and
date.
• You have put in a cassette that cannot be recordedon: undo the
erase protection on the cassette.
• ’VPS/PDC’switched on but ’VPS/PDCtime’ wrong:enter
’VPS/PDCtime exactly to the minute.Have your aerial checked.
• You have programmeda recording with ’SHOWVIEW’,but the
programme number informationof the TIMER block is not the
programme number you want to recordfrom:
1. Confirm the SHOWVIEW programmingnumber with
OK .
2. Press
TIMER k .
3. Change the programme numberdisplayed in the ’
PROG.’
entry field.
4. Confirm with
TIMER k .
There is picture or sound interference on TV reception:
• Turn to chapter ’ADDITIONALFUNCTIONS’ and read ’Reducing
picture disturbance - optimizingthe modulator’ and ’Switching off
the modulator’.
• Haveyour aerial checked.
8. Before you call an engineer
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