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Problem
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Troubleshooting
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The picture is distorted or
black and white during
playback.
There is picture or sound
interference with the TV
reception.
Distorted sound coming from
a connected hi-fi system or
amplifi er.
Recordings are not occurring
as scheduled. New recordings
cannot be made.
The wrong TV channel was
decoded (recorded) after you
programmed a recording
using the VCR Plus+
®
system.
The recorded DVD cannot
be played back on another
DVD player.
The message ‘UNKNOWN
DISC’ appears.
– The disc does not match with the TV colour system standard
(PAL/NTSC).
– The disc is dirty, clean the disc.
– Sometimes a small amount of picture distortion may appear.
This is not a malfunction.
– Have your antenna or cable TV signal checked.
– Fine-tune your TV channel. Read chapter “Installation and Setup
- Setting your TV channel programs” for details.
– Do not connect any cables from the recorder to the ‘Phono’
input of your amplifi er.
– If you are playing a DTS CD, you have to connect the COAXIAL
jack of this recorder to a Hi-Fi system or amplifi er.
– The TV channel you want to record is not stored or you
selected the wrong program number. Check the TV channels
stored.
– You have to reset the timer recording after adjusting the clock
setting.
– You cannot use the recorder to duplicate copy-protected
materials (DVDs or videotapes) onto a DVD recordable disc.
– The hard disk could be full. Delete some titles to create space
for new recordings.
1) Enter the VCR Plus+
®
programming number of the desired TV
channel.
2) Press OK to confi rm.
3) Check the channel number in the {Program #} input fi eld. If this
does not correspond to the desired TV channel, select this
entry fi eld and change the channel number.
4) Press OK to confi rm.
– If a recording is too short, it is possible that a DVD player/
recorder cannot detect it. Please observe the following
‘minimum recording times’. Mode of record quality: {High
Quality - HQ} – 5 minutes, {Standard Play - SP} – 10 minutes,
{Standard Play Plus - SP+} – 13 minutes, {Long Play - LP} – 15
minutes, {Extended Play - EP} – 20 minutes, {Super Long Play -
SLP} – 30 minutes.
– This message may appear if you insert a disc that may have
encountered one of the following:
– Error during recording: The title may be missing.
– Error while changing the title/index picture: The original title/
index picture may be visible.
– Error while fi nalizing or the disc has not been fi nalized.