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Useful Information
Fixing faults yourself
Not every picture and sound fault means a defect in
your recorder.
Disturbed reception can also be caused by a cable
which is accidentally pulled out, a defect in the TV
set, or failure of the transmitter or the TV aerial
system.
Fault
Cause
Remedy
No clock time indication on the recor-
Mains plug disconnected or defective
Insert mains plug or use a different
der/ the cassette is not pulled in.
contact.
supply socket.
The recorder cannot be operated,
The electronic combination lock is activa-
Deactivate the lock.
the mains voltage supply is o.k.
ted (display »
LOCKED
«).
Recording of TV programmes
Aerial cable not connected.
Connect aerial cable.
not possible (only snow on
the picture screen).
Station to be recorded from is not
Tune to station.
tuned to on the recorder.
Failure of the TV transmitter or
Check by selecting the station to be
aerial system is defective.
recorded on the TV set or ask your
neighbour if he can receive this station.
Recording not possible.
The cassette is protected against
Cover the opening at the back of the
new recording.
cassette with adhesive tape.
Timer recording was not carried out.
Timer incorrectly programmed.
For VPS-programmed recordings,
VPS time was entered incorrectly.
The
¢
ON/OFF
button was not
pressed after an interruption of the
record stand-by mode
(
flashes).
Poor picture quality during
The TV set is not correctly
Correctly tune the TV set to the
playback.
tuned to the transmitting channel
transmitting channel of the recorder.
of the video recorder.
The video heads are dirty.
Have the video heads cleaned by a
specialist.
The video heads are worn.
Contact your dealer.
Operation with the remote control
The batteries in the remote control
Insert new batteries.
is not possible.
are exhausted.
The remote control is not
Point the remote control at
pointed at the recorder.
the recorder.
Incorrect function level set
Switch the remote control to
on the remote control.
the correct function level.
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