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Troubleshooting Guide

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If this unit does not perform properly when operated as instructed in this Owner's Manual, check the player consulting the fol-
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PROBLEM

CORRECTIVE ACTION

No power.

• Make sure the power plug is connected to an AC outlet.
• Make sure the power is turned on.

The player does not respond to • Check if the power plug is connected to an AC outlet.
the remote control.

• Check the batteries in the remote control.
• Aim the remote control directly at the remote sensor. If necessary, remove all the

obstacles between the sensor and the remote.

• You have to be within 23 feet of the player.
• Check if the right mode is selected. If it’s not in the right mode, press the DVD or

VCR buttons, whichever you need, on the remote control.

• Check if a cassette tape is in the VCR.
• Tune your radio to an empty AM station so that you hear a lot of noises. Turn the vol-

ume up, then. If you hear some signal sound from the radio in response to your
pressing buttons on the remote, the remote control is working.

Timer recording is impossible.

• Make sure the timer recording is set correctly.
• Make sure the 

light appears on the DVD/VCR. If not, press the SUBTITLE/T-SET

button.

• Make sure the VCR clock is set correctly.

Cannot go into Record mode.

• Make sure the tape has a safety tab. If needed, cover the hole with cellophane tape.
• Activate the player in VCR mode. Press the VCR button on the remote control so that the

green VCR OUTPUT light is lit.

Playback picture is partially noisy. • Adjust tracking control for a better picture by pressing the CHANNEL 

buttons

on the DVD/VCR or the SKIP/CH.(

K

/

L

) buttons on the remote control.

Cannot view a tape but the

• Head cleaning may be necessary. Refer to “AUTO HEAD CLEANING” .

audio is OK.

• Make sure the VCR is not in the Menu mode.

No, or poor, playback picture.

• Change the RF output channel to CH4. Then select the same channel on the TV.
• Fine tune your TV.

TV programs cannot be seen

• Re-check the ANT. IN and ANT. OUT connections. See pages 1,6.

normally.

• Press the VCR/TV button.
• Press the VCR button on the remote control to activate it in the VCR mode. Check if the green

VCR OUTPUT light is lit. Then, set it to the TV position by pressing the VCR/TV button.

Video or color fades in and out when • You cannot copy a copyrighted video tape. You are experiencing copy guard protection.

making a copy of a video tape.

Cannot remove the tape.

• Check if the player is in the VCR mode. If not, press the VCR button on the remote control

to switch the mode.

No picture.

• Connect the video cables firmly.
• Insert a correct video disc that plays on this player.
• Press the DVD button on the remote control. Check if the DVD OUTPUT light is lit. Then

try other DVD features.

• Check if the INTERLACE/PROGRESSIVE mode is set correctly according to your TV. See

page 7.

Disc cannot be played.

• Insert the disc.
• Clean the disc.
• Place the disc correctly with the label side up.
• Cancel the parental lock or change the control levels.
• Handle a disc with special care so that it does not have fingerprints, scratches, or

dusts on its surface.

No sound.

• Connect the audio cables firmly.
• Turn the power of the audio component on.
• Correct the audio output settings.
• Correct the input settings on the audio component.

No DTS audio is output.

• This player does not support DTS audio. This is not a malfunction.

Distorted picture.

• Connect the player directly to the TV.
• There are some cases where pictures may be slightly distorted, and those are not a sign of a malfunction.
• Although pictures may stop for a moment, this is not a malfunction.

Audio or subtitle language

• The selected language is not available for audio or subtitles on the DVD.

does not match the set up.

This is not a malfunction.

The camera angle cannot be

• The DVD does not contain sequences recorded from different camera angles.

changed.

This is not a malfunction.

Audio or subtitle language

• The DVD does not contain audio source or subtitles in the selected language.

cannot be changed.

This is not a malfunction.

“Prohibited icon” appears on the • That operation is prohibited by the player or the disc.
screen, prohibiting an operation

This is not a malfunction.

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Some functions are not available in specific modes, but this is not a malfunction. Read the description in this Owner’s Manual
for details on correct operations.

Playback from a desired track and random playback are not available during program playback.

Some functions are prohibited on some discs.

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Summary of Contents for DVC860E

Page 1: ...e Discs 5 Unplayable Discs 5 Connections 5 RF Output Channel 5 Tips for Cable Box or Satellite Box 6 Connection to an Audio System 6 Connection to a TV 7 Front Rear Terminals 7 About the Remote Control and Front Panel 8 VCR DVD Switching 9 Preparation for First Time Usage 10 Turn on the unit for the first time 10 Clock Set Up 10 VCR Functions Playback 11 Recording OTR One Touch Recording 11 Other ...

Page 2: ...r in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipme...

Page 3: ...na Grounding If an outside antenna or cable system is connected to the video product be sure the antenna or cable system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built up static charges Article 810 of the National Electrical Code ANSI NFPA No 70 provides information with regard to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure grounding of the lead in wire to ...

Page 4: ...operly although you refer to the relevant sections and to TROU BLESHOOTING GUIDE in this Owner s Manual the laser optical pickup unit may be dirty Consult your dealer or an Authorized Service Center for inspection and cleaning of the laser optical pickup unit DISC HANDLING Handle the discs so that fingerprints and dust do not adhere to the surfaces of the discs Always store the disc in its protect...

Page 5: ...rack 4 Digital audio MP3 About the Video Cassettes and Discs Playable Discs Unplayable Discs On the following discs only the sound can be heard picture cannot be viewed CDV CD G NEVER play back the following discs Otherwise malfunction may result DVD RAM CD I Photo CD DVD with region codes other than 1 or ALL DTS CD DVD ROM for personal computers CD ROM for personal computers On the following disc...

Page 6: ...lay back a tape Refer to Playback on page 11 To view one channel while recording another 1 While you are recording on the DVD VCR press the VCR TV but ton so that the VCR light disappears on the DVD VCR 2 At the cable box or satellite box select the channel you want to view ANT OUT ANT IN RF Cable supplied Back of DVD VCR IN OUT E Back of TV Cable Signal Connection A Cable box or Satellite box ANT...

Page 7: ...VCR DVD VCR AUDIO IN VIDEO IN AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT L L R R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COAXIAL AUDIO OUT DVD S VIDEO OUT COMPONEN VIDEO OUT L R or VIDEO IN VCR DVD VCR AUDIO IN VIDEO IN AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT L L R R S VIDEO IN DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COAXIAL AUDIO OUT DVD S VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT L R Y CB PB CR PR DIGITAL AUDIO OUT CB Y CR COMPONENT VIDEO IN or COAXIAL AUDIO OUT DVD S VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDE...

Page 8: ... playback one frame at a time To advance playback one frame at a time To pause disc playback To pause disc playback To pause tape playback or recording To stop playback To stop playback To stop playback or recording To skip chapters To skip tracks To return to the top file of the highest hierarchy in the program and MP3 menu MP3 To change channels To adjust the tracking manually during playback To...

Page 9: ...ray DVD DVD disc CD Audio CD MP3 Lights up when the inserted disc comes to a pause Lights up when the A B repeat function is on Lights up when the repeat function is on Lights up when playing back in slow mode DVD Displays how long the current title or track has been played back When a chapter or track is switched the number of a new title chapter or track is displayed Lights up when the ALL repea...

Page 10: ...t by using the CHANNEL buttons If AUTO SET UP appears on the TV screen again check the cable connections Then press the B button once again Y Yes es Press the MENU button to exit Refer to Tips for Cable Box or Satellite Box section on page 6 Do you connect the cable from the cable box or the satellite box to the DVD VCR s ANT IN jack YES NO Turn on the unit for the first time TV Screen Clock Set U...

Page 11: ... to view If you have connect ed the DVD VCR to a cable box or satel lite box refer to Tips for Cable Box or Satellite Box section on page 6 STOP EJECT A You can select a fixed recording time by press ing the REC OTR button repeatedly To cue or review picture during playback Picture Search Press the F FWD or REW button Press it again and the DVD VCR will search in super high speed in the LP SLP mod...

Page 12: ...CHANNEL REC SPEED AM B PM Select AM or PM 7 7 Repeat the procedure in steps 5 and 6 to set the end time Select the desired channel Timer Recording If you have connected the DVD VCR to a cable box or satellite box as the Connection A on page 6 select the VCR to channel 3 or 4 the RF output channel of the VCR Then select the desired channel at the cable box or satellite box Leave the cable box or sa...

Page 13: ...in Hi Fi Stereo When you receive a broadcast on the VCR you can check the type of the broadcast by pressing the DISPLAY button When TV STEREO or SAP selection is valid select them by following steps This selection is needed when you record the pro gram SAP means Second Audio Program usually second lan guage Type of broadcast Regular monaural audio Bilingual broadcast Stereo Bilingual broadcast Ste...

Page 14: ...ECT AUDIO OUT TV STEREO ON SAP Tips Tips To cancel Auto Repeat follow steps 1 2 above Then press the B button so that OFF appears beside AUTO REPEAT Press the CLEAR C RESET button to exit If menu remains on the TV screen at step 3 press the CLEAR C RESET button to exit You can repeat playback of a whole tape automatically Insert a tape into this unit VCR VCR VCR VCR VCR Pro 1 Pro 2 Pro 3 Pro 4 Pro...

Page 15: ...layback was stopped To cancel resume press the STOP button one more time during the Stop mode For MP3 playback will resume from the beginning of the track at which playback was stopped Paused and Step by Step Playback Press the PAUSE button during playback T To contin o continue pla ue playbac yback k press the PLA press the PLAY Y b button utton The disc goes forward by one frame each time the PA...

Page 16: ... ALL Current track number Total tracks Elapsed time of the current chapter Remaining time of the current chapter Elapsed time of the current title Remaining time of the current title Layer numbers appears only when playing a two layered Disc L0 Layer 0 is playing L1 Layer 1 is playing DVD MP3 MP3 MP3 TRACK 01 1 36 0 01 15 T The name of the file currently in play will be displayed Current Repeat se...

Page 17: ...reen appears For single digit tracks 1 9 press a single number eg track 3 press 3 To play track 26 press 10 2 6 of the Number buttons Using the SEARCH Using the SEARCH MODE MODE b button utton 1 1 Track Search Using the n Using the number b umber buttons uttons DVD MP3 MP3 MP3 CD CD CD 1 1 2 2 Within 30 seconds 29 29 29 Title Chapter Search Using the SEARCH Using the SEARCH MODE MODE b button utto...

Page 18: ...e disc tray is open or power is turned off To repeat the current track in the program press the REPEAT but ton repeatedly until TRACK appears during playback To repeat the entire program press the REPEAT button repeatedly until ALL appears during playback You may determine the order in which tracks will play DVD MP3 MP3 MP3 CD CD CD 1 1 REPEAT PLAY TRACK ALL OFF current track repeat entire disc re...

Page 19: ...CD playback DVD CD CD CD 1 1 STEREO AUDIO PLAY Each time you press the AUDIO button Stereo Sound mode Camera Angle This unit allows you to select a subtitle language if available during DVD play back DVD DVD V DVD V 1 1 1 ENG 6 SUBTITLE T SET PLAY ENG FRE OFF English subtitles French subtitles no subtitles Each time you press the SUBTITLE T SET button subtitle languages change For example Subtitle...

Page 20: ...4 digit password AUDIO DRC ON DOWN SAMPLING ON DOLBY DIGITAL ON DISPLAY TV ASPECT 4 3 LETTER BOX STILL MODE AUTO ANGLE ICON ON AUTO POWER OFF ON LANGUAGE AUDIO ORIGINAL SUBTITLE OFF DISC MENU ENGLISH PLAYER MENU ENGLISH 2 2 Select the desired item 1 1 QUICK SETUP PLAYER MENU TV ASPECT DOLBY DIGITAL ENGLISH 4 3 LETTER BOX ON SETUP STOP QUICK SETUP PLAYER MENU TV ASPECT DOLBY DIGITAL ENGLISH 4 3 LET...

Page 21: ...ER BOX STILL MODE AUTO ANGLE ICON ON AUTO POWER OFF ON 4 3 LETTER BOX AUTO ON OFF TV ASPECT 4 3 LETTER BOX STILL MODE AUTO ANGLE ICON ON AUTO POWER OFF ON 4 3 LETTER BOX AUTO OFF ON Select the desired setting or ENTER ENTER ENTER STILL MODE Default AUTO See Tips to the right TV ASPECT 4 3 LETTER BOX STILL MODE AUTO ANGLE ICON ON AUTO POWER OFF ON STILL MODE AUTO FIELD FRAME Select the desired sett...

Page 22: ...l use and chil dren can be played back Level 1 Only DVD softwares intended for children can be played back with those intended for adult and general use pro hibited or Select PARENTAL LEVEL Enter your desired four digit password except for 4737 D PARENTAL menu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CHANGE PARENTAL LEVEL ALL 7 7 SETUP 6 6 ENTER ENTER ENTER or Select the desired levels PARENTAL LEVEL ALL 8 7 NC 17 6 R...

Page 23: ...eck if the green VCR OUTPUT light is lit Then set it to the TV position by pressing the VCR TV button Video or color fades in and out when You cannot copy a copyrighted video tape You are experiencing copy guard protection making a copy of a video tape Cannot remove the tape Check if the player is in the VCR mode If not press the VCR button on the remote control to switch the mode No picture Conne...

Page 24: ...a 6164 Oromo Afan 6159 Panjabi 6247 Pashto Pushto 6265 Persian 5247 Polish 6258 Portuguese POR 6266 Quechua 6367 Rhaeto Romance 6459 Romanian RUM 6461 Russian RUS 6467 S Samoan 6559 Sangho 6553 Sanskrit 6547 Scots Gaelic 5350 Serbian 6564 Serbo Croatian 6554 Sesotho 6566 Setswana 6660 Shona 6560 Sindhi 6550 Singhalese 6555 Siswat 6565 Slovak 6557 Slovenian 6558 Somali 6561 Spanish SPA 5165 Sundane...

Page 25: ...necting cables cassette tapes compact discs This warranty shall in addition not apply to damages due to handling transportation unpacking set up installation customer adjustments that are covered in the instruction book repair or replacement of parts supplied by other than the SYLVANIA authorized service depot any malfunction or failure caused by or resulting from abnormal environmental conditions...

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Page 27: ...e front panel DOES NOT switch the mode of the remote control You MUST select the correct mode on the remote control too Press the DVD button on the remote control Verify that the DVD OUTPUT light is lit DVD MODE 2 2 LANGUAGE SELECT B ENGLISH ON FRANCAIS ESPAÑOL 1 1 Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3 If channel 3 is already occupied for broadcasting see RF Output Channel section POWER 3 3 CH 01...

Page 28: ...earch track To search time CD To rapidly return to a location on the disc Search the markers CD To select the recording speed To select channel The 10 button has no effect in VCR mode To clear the markers To clear the markers CD To remove status No in program input To clear the numbers entered incorrectly To clear the numbers entered incorrectly To exit the VCR Menu To reset the tape counter To se...

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