Philips FW-C38/21 Service Manual page 16

Tape Deck Operation
"RECORDING ACTIVE" is displayed.
• A recording is in progress.
™ Stop the recording or wait until it is
finished.
"TAPE DUBBING ONLY" is
displayed.
• Tape dubbing is only possible in tape
mode.
™ Switch source to tape mode.
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
(page 23).
• Magnetic build-up in the record/
playback head.
™ Use demagnetizing tape.
Tape deck door cannot open.
• Power failure or AC power plug
disconnect from the wall outlet during
tape playback.
™ Reconnect the AC power plug and
switch on the system again.
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ADDITIONAL FEATURES FOR /22/34
Receiving RDS Radio Station
Ç
RDS (Radio Data System) is a broadcasting
service that allows FM stations to send
additional information along with the
regular FM radio signal. This additional
information can contain:
• STATION NAME: The radio station
name is displayed.
• PROGRAM TYPE: The following
program types exist and can be received
by your tuner: News, Affairs, Info, Sport,
Educate, Drama, Culture, Science,
Varied, Pop M, Rock M, M.O.R. (middle
of the road music), Light M, Classics,
Other M, No type.
• RADIO TEXT (RT): text messages
appear in the display.
When you have tuned to a RDS station, the
RDS logo (Ç ) and the radio station name
will appear on the display:
• The display normally shows the radio
station name if available.
By repeatedly pressing RDS button you
can change the type of display
information:
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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.
™ The display shows in turn:
STATION NAME ™ PROGRAM
TYPE ™ RADIO TEXT ™
TUNED FREQUENCY ™
STATION NAME ...
Note:
– When you press the RDS button and the
display shows " NO RDS ", it indicates
that either the tuned station is not
transmitting RDS signal or it is a non
RDS station.
RDS Clock
Some RDS station may be transmitting a
real clock time at an interval of every
minute.
Setting the time with RDS clock
1 Press CLOCK•TIMER.
™ "--: : : : : --" or current time appears on
the display.
2 Press CLOCK•TIMER once more to
enter clock setting mode.
™ "00: : : : : 00" or current time starts
flashing.
3 Press RDS.
™ The message "SEARCH RDS
TIME" will be displayed.
™ If the current station is not receiving
any RDS information, "NO RDS
TIME" will be displayed.
Lack of bass sound or apparently
imprecise physical location of musical
instruments.
• Speakers are connected wrongly.
™ Check the speaker connection for
proper phasing, colored/black wires to
colored/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.
™ When the RDS clock is read, "RDS
TIME" will be displayed. The
current clock time is displayed for 2
seconds and will be stored
automatically.
™ If within 90 seconds, the RDS time is
not detected, "NO RDS TIME" will
be displayed.
Note:
– Some RDS station may be transmitting a
real time clock at a minute interval. The
accuracy of the transmitted time
depends on the transmitting RDS
station.
News
(only available in Radio Station
with RDS)
You can activate NEWS function in Standby
or any source mode except Tuner mode.
Once the News PTY (program type) is
detected in a RDS station, it will switch to
TUNER mode automatically.
To start NEWS function
1 Press NEWS.
• The and "NEWS" will be displayed.
NEWS
• It will scan stations stored in the first 5
preset and wait for the News Program
Type data to be available in any of these
RDS stations. During the search :
™ The current source activity will
remain uninterrupted.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Timer is not working.
• Clock is not set.
™ Set the clock.
• Timer is not switched on.
™ Press CLOCK•TIMER to switch on the
timer.
• Recording is in progress.
™ Stop 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) for 5
seconds to switch off the
demonstration.
All lighted buttons are not lit.
• Display is switch on in DIM 3 mode.
™ Press DIM until DIM OFF display mode
is shown.
™ If no RDS station is found in the first
5 presets, the NEWS function will be
switched off. The display will show
"NO RDS NEWS" and
will
NEWS
disappear from the display.
• When NEWS transmission is detected,
the system will switch to Tuner mode.
™ The
starts flashing.
NEWS
To cancel NEWS function
• Press NEWS again.
™ The
disappears and "NEWS
NEWS
OFF" will be displayed.
Notes:
– If you are listening to a non RDS TUNER
radio station and should you decide to
hear NEWS, first select other source
(e.g. CD, TAPE or AUX), then press
NEWS.
– Before using the NEWS feature, ensure
that the first 5 presets are RDS stations.
– The NEWS works only once for each
activation.
– During News bulletin, you can press any
available source or Tuner function keys
to cancel NEWS function and execute
the relevant source mode.
– If set is switched to Tuner source, the
NEWS function will be cancelled,
" NEWS OFF " will be displayed
immediately after the " TUNER "
message.
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