Philips FW545C/22 User Manual page 26

TROUBLESHOOTING
Tape Deck Operation
Recording or playback cannot be
made or there is a decrease in audio
level.
• Dirty tape heads, capstans or pressure
rollers.
™ See section on tape deck maintenance.
• Magnetic build-up in the record/
playback head.
™ Use demagnetizing tape.
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.
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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, red/black wires to red/
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,
(PLAY, PREV/NEXT, 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.
Timer not working.
• Clock is not set.
™ Set the clock.
• Timer is not switched on.
™ Press CLOCK/TIMER to switch on the
timer.
• Dubbing/recording is in progress.
™ Stop dubbing/recording.
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 only)
for 5 seconds to switch off the
demonstration.
A howling sound at external source.
• You hear feedback when you are
listening and recording from the same
source simultaneously.
™ Press AUX to select CDR mode.
All lighted buttons are not lit.
• Equalizer Display is switched on in NITE
mode.
™ Rotate JOG to other Equalizer Display.
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