General Issues: Power; General Issues: Displays - Panasonic Diga DMR-EZ17 Operating Instructions Manual

Troubleshooting Guide
Before requesting service, make the following checks. If you are in doubt about some of the check points, or if the
remedies indicated in the chart do not solve the problem, refer to "Customer Services Directory" on page 67.
The following does not indicate a problem with the unit:
• Regular disc rotating sound.
• Poor reception due to atmospheric conditions.
• Image disturbance during search.
• Periodic interruptions to the reception due to satellite broadcasting breaks.
• Operations not working due to a poor-quality disc. (Try again using a Panasonic disc.)
• The unit freezing due to the activation of one of its safety devices (➔ 55, To restore the unit if it freezes).
General Issues
No power.
The unit switches to standby
mode.
General Issues
The display is dim.
"12:00A" is flashing on the
unit's display.
The recording time display, and
the displayed recording times
of MP3s are different from the
actual time.
Compared to the actual
recorded time, the elapsed
time displayed is less.
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Power
• Insert the AC power supply cord securely into a known active AC
outlet.
• This is a power saving feature. Change "Off Timer" in the Setup menu
to "Off" to always keep the unit on.
One of the unit's safety devices is activated. Press [POWER 8] on
•
the main unit to turn the unit on.
Displays
• Change "Front Display" in the Setup menu.
• Set the clock.
• Times shown may disagree with actual times.
•
-R -R DL +R +R DL
if recordings are deleted.
• Available space on a DVD-RW (DVD-Video format) or +RW disc
increases when you delete the last recording (space may increase
slightly when you delete other recordings).
• If you record or edit about 200 times or more, the remaining capacity
of DVD-R, DVD-R DL, +R, and +R DL is reduced and then recording
or editing may be disabled (for the second layer on DVD-R DL and
+R DL, this happens after about 60 times).
• The time during searching may not be displayed accurately.
• The displayed recording/play time is converted from the number of
frames at 29.97 frames (equal to 0.999 seconds) to one second.
There will be a slight difference between the time displayed and the
actual elapsed time (e.g., actual one-hour elapsed time may display
as approximately 59 minutes 56 seconds). This does not affect the
recording.
The remaining capacity does not increase even
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