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Troubleshooting
Additional Information
Synchronized Recording
The SYNCHRO REC
button turns off while
recording or does not go
back to recording standby
mode.
• The tape has reached its end. Insert a new tape and press
SYNCHRO REC again.
The Synchronized
Recording function does not
work.
• The connected equipment was not turned off.
Turn off the connected equipment and press SYNCHRO REC
again.
• There was a power failure. Press SYNCHRO REC again.
The programme recorded
with the Synchronized
Recording function is
incomplete.
• If the settings for timer recordings and Synchronized Recording
overlap, the programme that starts first has priority and the second
programme starts recording only after the first programme has
finished.
• There was a power failure. Press SYNCHRO REC again.
PAY-TV/Canal Plus
You cannot set channels as
PAY-TV/Canal Plus in the
TUNER menu.
• Check that DECODER/LINE3 (or DECODER/LINE2) in the
OPTIONS-2 menu is set to DECODER (see page 79).
You cannot watch PAY-TV/
Canal Plus programmes
when the VCR is in standby
mode.
• Check that DECODER/LINE3 (or DECODER/LINE2) in the
OPTIONS-2 menu is set to DECODER (see page 79).
• Make sure the PAY-TV/Canal Plus Scart cable is plugged securely.
A PAY-TV/Canal Plus
programme is always
recorded scrambled.
• Make sure the PAY-TV/Canal Plus Scart cable is plugged securely.
• Check that DECODER/LINE3 (or DECODER/LINE2) in the
OPTIONS-2 menu is set to DECODER (see page 79).
• Check that this channel is set as PAY-TV/Canal Plus in the
TUNER menu (see page 37).
Symptom Remedy
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