Philips VR388/55 Instructions For Use Manual page 20

Before Requesting Service
Check the following points once again if you are having some difficulties with your VCR.
IMPORTANT_
Periodic maintenance is required in order to maintain the VCR's continuous excellent performance. After a period of time
the video heads will require replacement. If cleaning or replacement of the video heads is required, tbfs sen ice should be
performed at an authorized video system service center.
Power -
No power.
Recording & Playback-
TV programme cannot be recorded.
Timer recording cannot be performed.
There is no playback picture, or the playback picture is
noisy or contains streaks.
During a still or slow motion picture, the picture
may contain some vertical jitter when using
a TV which has an automatic vertical hold control.
If the top of your playback picture waves
back and forth excessively.
Correction -
• Check that the AC power cord is correctly connected to
an AC outlet.
• Check that the VCR is turned on.
Correction -
• Check the connections between the VCR, the antenna,
and the TV.
• Make sure that the record tab on the back of the cassette
is not removed. (>>*?. 14)
• Set the timer on-time and timer off-time correctly.
(^P.17)
• Make sure that the VCR is turned off after setting is
made. (A-RIS)
• Timer recording may not be performed or stopped if a
power interruption occurs before or during timer record¬
ing. If the power resumes within one minute, timer
recording will also resume.
• Select your video channel correctly.
• Adjust the tracking slowly in either direction. () 7)
• Adjust the vertical hold control manually on the TV, if
available.
• Because the VCR playback signal is not as stable as an
off-the-air TV signal, the top of your TV screen may be
bent or unstable during playback. To solve this problem,
slowly turn the horizontal hold control on your TV to
correct the wavy picture. If your TV does not have the
horizontal hold control or adjusting the control does not
help, contact your local TV serv ice center.
Correction-
• Aim the remote control directly at the remote sensor on
the VCR.
• Avoid all obstacles which may interfere with the signal
path.
• Inspect or replace the batteries. (^P.5,7)
• Make sure batteries are inserted correctly. (►>-P.5,7)
Remote Control -
The remote control cannot work.