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No stereo sound during playback
Stereo audio too noisy
VCR forwards through commercials or
momentarily displays a blue screen during
playback
VCR forwards through a rental or pre-recorded
tape displaying a blue screen
COMMERCIAL
ADVANCEª feature does
not mark commercials
Commercials recorded even though
COMMERCIAL
ADVANCEª feature was
turned on.
¥ Tape Playback: HI-FI/LINEAR/MIX feature must be set to HI-FI to hear stereo
sound during playback. See page 46.
¥ Must use advanced hookups for stereo playback. See pages 3-7.
¥ Stereo signal is weak. Set Reception: STEREO/MONO/SAP feature to MONO.
¥ Press one of the TRACKING up or down buttons to minimize the noise.
¥ COMMERCIAL
ADVANCEª CA Playback feature set to AUTO.
See pages 30-31.
¥ Some tapes use special control track marking. Set the
COMMERCIAL
ADVANCEª CA Playback feature, in the PREFERENCES
menu to MANUAL.
The commercial advance feature does not mark commercials under the following
situations:
¥ CA Marking: ON/OFF feature set to OFF. See pages 36-37.
¥ Recording is less than 15 minutes.
¥ A single isolated commercial cannot be marked.
¥ Recording started in the middle of a commercial segment.
¥ The commercial is longer than one minute.
¥ A commercial group within the first or last two minutes of a recording.
¥ It does not mark commercials between 30-and-45 seconds and 45-and-60
seconds.
¥ Accuracy and effectiveness can vary depending upon program content and
the characteristics of the commercials.
¥ Effectiveness may vary when local television stations insert their own
commercials.
¥ COMMERCIAL
ADVANCEª is designed to record the commercials, mark