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Appendices 115 Appendices 115
IEEE 1394 Devices
Symptom Remarks
1. Excessivedigitalartifactsappearwhen
viewinganIEEE1394device.
• TheIEEE1394cableistoolong;15feetbetweendevicesis
themaximum.
• TheremaybeaslowdeviceinthemiddleoftheIEEE1394
network.Movetheslowdevicestotheendsothatconnec-
tionsforfasterdevicesdonotpassthroughthem.
2. D-VHSrecordingsfordigitalcablehave
drop-outs(lossofpictureorsound),orno
playback.
DigitalcablesignalsonIEEE1394canexceedthedataratestan-
dardssupportedbyDVCR.
IEEE 1394 Recording
Symptom Remarks
1. Programtoberecordedwascorrectly
selectedfromChannelView,however,incor-
rectprogramwasrecorded.
Thebroadcastersuppliedprograminformationthatwasincorrect
and/orwaschangedafterarecordingwasaddedtotheRecord
List.
2. IncompleteChannelViewprogramrecorded. Recordingdevicemaylacksufficientblankspacetomakeafull
recording.
3. ChannelViewprogramrecordingfailed. • ConnectionandcompatibilityissueswithIEEE1394
(FireWire®)digitaldevices.Thismayincludetoomany
Firewiredevicesinuseatonetime,ortherecordingdevice
notunderstandingtherecordcommand.
• Televisionlostpowerlongenoughtolosecurrentclocktime.
• AnalogVCRpowerwasleftoff.
• TVenergyModewassettoLowPower.ChangeTVEnergy
modetoFastPowerOn.PressMENU,opentheSetupmenu,
highlighttheFastPowerOnradiobutton,pressENTER.
4. CannotrecordtoorfromtheIEEE1394
device,includingdubbedrecordings.
• ToinitiatearecordingtoIEEE1394device,pressthe
(RECORD)key.TheRecordmenudisplaysallowingsetupof
therecording.
• Thesourcedevicefortherecordingisnotpoweredon.
• Whendubbing,thedestinationdevicefortherecordingisnot
poweredon.
• Thewrongmedium(analogtapefordigitalrecording,or
digitaltapefortheanalogrecording)isinthedevice.
• Theprogramiscopyprotected.
• Theprogramhasalreadybeenrecordedonceandthecopy
protectiononlyallowsonerecording.
• Unapprovedsourcedeviceforcopyprotectedmaterial.
• Therecordingdevicecannotdecodethecopyrightsignal
includedinthesignalsource(tryanotherdeviceifavailable).
• Theplayingdevice(fordubbing)doesnotsupportcopy-
rightedmaterial.
• Sourceforrecordingiscopyrighted
• ToomanyIEEE1394devicesinnetwork.Insufficientband-
widthavailable.Disconnectunuseddevices.
• SourceDevicehashighercommunicationspeed(S400)than
recorddevice.Ifpossible,reversedevices,playintheslower
deviceandrecordinthefasterdevice.
Appendix E: Troubleshooting, continued