Philips FW-P88 Manual page 31

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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
(page 30).
• 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.
Recorded material sounds strange.
• Tape was recorded in one of the Dolby
Pro Logic modes.
™ Switch off Dolby Pro Logic mode when
recording.
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Remote control has no effect on the
General
system.
System does not react when any
• Wrong source is selected.
button is pressed.
™ Select the source (CD, TUNER, etc.)
• Electrostatic discharge.
before pressing the function button
™ Press STANDBY ON to switch the
( É , í , ë , etc.).
system off. Remove the AC power plug
• The distance to the system is too large.
from the wall outlet, then reconnect the
™ Reduce the distance.
power plug and switch on the system
• Batteries are inserted incorrectly.
again.
™ Insert the batteries with their polarities
(+/– signs) as indicated.
No or poor sound.
• Batteries are exhausted.
• Volume is not turned up.
™ Replace the batteries.
™ Adjust VOLUME.
• The headphones are connected.
Timer is not working.
™ Disconnect the headphones.
• Clock is not set.
• Speakers are not connected or are
™ Set the clock.
connected wrongly.
• Timer is not switched on.
™ Check that the speakers are connected
™ Press TIMER ON/OFF to switch on the
correctly.
timer.
™ Make sure the stripped speaker wire is
• Recording is in progress.
clamped.
™ Stop recording.
Reversed left and right sound.
Clock setting is erased.
• Speakers are connected wrongly.
• There was a power failure.
™ Check the speaker connections and
™ Reset the clock.
location.
System displays features
Lack of bass sound or apparently
automatically; buttons flash
imprecise physical location of musical
continuously.
instruments.
• Demonstration mode is switched on.
• Speakers are connected wrongly.
™ Press and hold Ç (on the system) for 5
™ Check the speaker connection for
seconds to switch off the
proper phasing, colored/black wires to
demonstration.
colored/black terminals.
TROUBLESHOOTING
There is a howling sound at the
external source.
• You hear feedback when you are
listening in AUX mode.
™ Press AUX to select CDR/DVD 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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