Troubleshooting - Philips FW D5 User Manual

TROUBLESHOOTING

CD Player Operation
"NO DISC" is displayed.
• The disc is inserted upside down.
™ Place disc with printed side up.
• Moisture condensation at the lens.
™ Wait until lens has adjusted to normal
room temperature.
• There is no disc in the CD tray.
™ Insert a disc.
• The disc is dirty, badly scratched or
warped.
™ Clean or replace the disc.
• The disc lens is dirty or dusty.
™ See section under Maintenance (page
41).
"DISC NOT FINALIZED" is
displayed.
• The CD-RW or CD-R disc is not properly
recorded for use with a standard CD
player.
™ Read the instruction booklet of your CD-
Rewritable or CD-Recorder on how to
finalise a recording.
• The CD is badly scratched or dirty.
™ Replace or clean CD.
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Radio Reception
Poor radio reception.
• The signal is too weak.
™ Adjust the antenna.
™ Connect an external antenna for better
reception.
• The TV or VCR is too close to the stereo
system.
™ Separate the stereo system from the TV
or VCR.
"NO RDS TEXT" is displayed.
• RDS text message is not available.
™ Select another RDS station.
General
System does not react when any
button is pressed.
• Electrostatic discharge.
™ Press STANDBY ON to switch the
system off. Remove the AC power plug
from the wall outlet, then reconnect the
power plug and switch on the system
again.
No or poor sound.
• Volume is not turned up.
™ Adjust VOLUME.
• The headphones are connected.
™ Disconnect the headphones.
• Speakers are not connected or are
connected wrongly.
™ Check that the speakers are connected
correctly.
™ Make sure the stripped speaker wire is
clamped.
Reversed left and right sound.
• Speakers are connected wrongly.
™ Check the speaker connections and
location.
Lack of bass sound or apparently
imprecise physical location of musical
instruments.
• Speakers are connected wrongly.
™ Check the speaker connection for
proper phasing, coloured/black wires to
coloured/black terminals.
Remote control has no effect on the
system.
• Wrong source is selected.
™ Select the source (CD, TUNER, etc.)
before pressing the function button
( É , í , ë , etc.).
• The distance to the system is too large.
™ Reduce the distance.
• Batteries are inserted incorrectly.
™ Insert the batteries with their polarities
(+/– signs) as indicated.
• Batteries are exhausted.
™ Replace the batteries.
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Timer is not working.
• Clock is not set.
™ Set the clock.
• Timer is not switched on.
™ Press TIMER to switch on the timer.
Clock setting is erased.
• There was a power failure.
™ Reset the clock.
System displays features
automatically; buttons flash
continuously.
• Demonstration mode is switched on.
™ Press and hold Ç (on the system) for
five seconds to switch off the
demonstration.
There is a howling sound at the
external source.
• You hear feedback when you are
listening in AUX mode
™ Press AUX to select CDR mode.
All lighted buttons are not lit.
• Display is switch on in DIM 3 mode.
™ Press DIM until DIM OFF display mode
is shown.
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