Troubleshooting - Zenith TVSC2040F Operating Manual & Warranty

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
PROBLEM
No power.
No picture and sound.
No picture or poor picture on
TV/VCR,
No sound or poor sound.
Timer recording is not possible,
CORRECTIVE ACTION
• Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet.
• Make sure the power is turnedon.
• Make sure the AC cord is connectedto an AC outlet.
• Check antennaconnection.
I • Performchannel set-up again.
I • Adjust direction or replace antenna.
• Adjust picturecontrols.
• Adjust volumecontrolon remote controlor main unit.
• Press the MUTE button to restoresound.
• Make sure the timer recordingis set correctly.
• Make sure the power is off,
• Make sure the TWVCR clock is set correctly.
Cannot go into Record mode. • Make sure the tape has an erase-prevention tab. If necessary,
cover the hole with plastictape.
Playback picture has some video • Adjust tracking contrel for a better picture using the CHANNEL
noise lines. UP or DOWN button on the TV/VCR.
No picture but the audio is OK in • Head cleaning may be necessary.
playback. Refer to "HEAD CLEANING" on page 31.
No operation by infrared Remote • Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet.
Control. • Check batteries in remote control.
Video or color fades in and out • You can not copy a copyrighted video tape. You are
whenmakinga copyof a videotape. experiencing copy guard protection.
CLOSED-CAPTION PROBLEM POSSIBLE REMEDY
TVNCR is showingcaptions • You are watchinga live broadcast and spetlingerrors made by
that are misspelled, the closod-captioniog production company may pass through
uncorrected. A prerecorded program will not show any
misspelled words because of the normal time available for
editing the captions.
TVNCR will not show the text in • Captions that are delayed a few seconds behind the actual
its entirety or there is a delay of dialogue are common for live broadcasts. Most captioning
what is being said. production companies can display dialogue to a maximum of
220 words per minute. If a dialogue exceeds that rate, selective
editing is used to insure that the captions remain up-to-date
with the current TV screen dialogue.
Captions are scrambledwith • Interference caused by building, power lines, thunderstorms,
white boxes on the TV screen, etc. may cause scrambled or incomplete captions to appear.
Programguide listed a "IV show as • Broadcasters may at times use a time compression process to
being closed-captioned but none speed up the actual program so that additional advertising time
of the captions were displayed, can be given. Since the decoder cannot read the compressed
information, captions will be lost.
Prerecorded video tape does not • The video tape was either an illegal copy or the tape duplicatinc
show any captions. The tape box company accidentally left out the captioning signals during the
mentions it being closed-captioned.' copying process.
TV screen shows a black box • You are in the TEXT mode. Select CAPTION mode to
on certain channels, CAPTION [OFF].
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