JVC HR-S3500U Instructions Manual page 55

Before requesting service for a problem, use this chart and see if you can repair the trouble yourself. Small problems are often easily
corrected, and this can save you the trouble of sending your VCR off for repair.
1. Time power won't come on.
2. Time clock works, but the VCR's
power won't come on.
3. Time remote colmtro[ wolm't fulmctiolm.
1. Timecassette gets stuck partway
during loading, and is ejected.
1. Time tape is running but the picture
won't appear.
2. Noise appears during visual search.
3. Breaks are noticeable in Hi-Fi
soundtrack.
4. Time playback picture is blurred or
interrupted, even though TV
broadcasts are clear.
5. TimeHi-Fi soundtrack cannot be
heard.
1. Recording won't start.
2. TV broadcasts won't record
properly.
3. Tape-to-tape editing won't work.
• Timepower cord is disconnected.
e TimeTIMER mode is engaged with
Auto Timer set to "OFF" (_' pg. 45).
• The Child Lock mode is engaged.
e Timebatteries are discharged.
e Time cassette was inserted incorrectly.
e If you're using the RF OUT connec-
tion (_' pg. 6), the channel selector
on the TV is set incorrectly.
• If you're using the AV connection
(_' pg. 6), timeTV receiver is set to
the wrong mode.
• This is normal.
• Automatic tracking is engaged.
e Time video heads may be dirty.
e Time AUDIO MONITOR option was
set incorrectly.
e There's no cassette loaded.
e Timeloaded cassette has had its
record safety tab removed.
• Time VCR has been set to its AUX
mode by mistake.
e Time VCRs or the camcorder and the
VCR have been incorrectly con-
nected.
e Time power to one or more of time
units has not been turned on.
e Time recorder's input mode has been
set incorrectly.
Connect the power cord.
Press TIMER to disengage.
Press and hold POWER on the remote
to disengage the mode (r_' pg. 54).
Replace the dead batteries with new
oi'les,
Make sure the cassette's window is
facing up, timerear label side is facing
you and the arrow on timefront of the
cassette is pointing towards the VCR.
Then insert the cassette.
Set the channel selector to channel 3
or 4.
Set the TV receiver to its AV mode.
Disengage Auto Tracking and adjust
the tracking manually (_' pg. 25).
Timeheads must be cleaned. Consult
your JVC dealer.
Set AUDIO MONITOR to "HI-FI"
(_' pg. 29).
hmsert a cassette.
Remove the cassette and cover time
hole with adhesive tape, or load a
cassette on which the record safety
tab is intact.
Set the VCR to the appropriate
channel.
Refer to the directions and the
illustration under "Edit To Or From
Another VCR" (r_' pg. 48) or "Edit
From A Camcorder" (_' pg. 49) and
properly connect the units.
Make sure the power to all units is on.
Select the recorder's appropriate
input mode.
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