Troubleshooting - Pioneer CLD-900 Operating Instructions Manual

TROUBLESHOOTING
Before concluding that the player is out of order, please refer to this troubleshooting guide to make sure that there is not a simple
remedy for the problem. The vast majority of performance problems have their source in set up errors, bad connections to other
equipment, or malfunctions of other equipment (TV, stereo system). Find the trouble symptom on the chart below, and try the sug-
gested remedies.
Disc table does not open © Power cord is not properly plugged into AC wall ¢ Plug in power cord.
when ETECT button is socket.
pressed. ® Power switch is not turned on. ¢ Turn on power switch.
Disc does not rotate. © Power is not on. ¢ Plug in power cord. Turn on power switch.
® Disc table hasn't been pushed securely into © Push in disc table slowly until it locks with a
player. click.
© Moisture has condensed on the player. © Turn off the power switch, and leave it as it is
for about 1 hour. Use it after the condensation
disappears.
Player does not work when | ° Disc is not loaded. © Load disc correctly.
the function buttons are ¢ Transit screws have not been loosened. e Loosen transit screws.
pressed.
VDP indicator flashes and @ Turn the power switch off and then on again.
player does not operate. '
Remote control does not ¢ Remote control! unit batteries are weak. ¢ Replace batteries.
work. ¢ An obstacle between the player and the remote e Remove the obstacle or shift the remote control
control unit. positon.
* Remote control unit is not located in a good ¢ Locate the remote control unit in front of the
direction for transmission. player.
[During video disc playback]
e Turn on TV.
e Make correct connections.
© Set TV to the channel (3 or 4) that is not used
for TV broadcasting in your area.
© Set selector to same channel as the TV's empty
channel.
¢ Press PLAY button.
© Press the TV SELECT button and turn out the
indicator.
® TV is not turned on..
® Wrong connections from player to TV.
¢ TV set is not turned to channel 3 or 4.
Disc rotates but there is no
picture.
© Player VHF CHANNEL SELECTOR is at the
wrong setting.
© Player is in the PAUSE mode.
¢ TV SELECT indicator lights up.
© Check all connections, particularly F-type plugs.
© Both TV and player must be set to the same
channel (3 or 4) which is not used for TV broad-
casting in your area.
¢ Adjust TV fine tuning knob for optimum picture
quality.
e Try playing a different disc. If other discs give
good quality, the problem is with that particular
disc.
¢ Turn off the power switch, and leave it as it is
for about 1 hour. Use it after the condensation
disappears.
¢ Bad connections between player and TV set.
e Player VHF out channel is different from TV
channel.
Picture quality is bad.
© TV fine tuning has not been adjusted.
© Poor disc.
© Moisture has condensed on the player.
© Connect VHF antenna cable to antenna terminal
on the player.
e Press the TV SELECT button to make the in-
dicator light, or turn off the player's power
switch.
TV no longer receives other | ¢ Antenna cable has not been connected.
channels after it has been
connected to the player.
¢ TV SELECT indicator is not lit.
Special effects play cannot
be performed.
¢ Playing back an extended play disc. e With extended play discs, special effects
playback, such as STILL/STEP, MULTI-SPEED,
and FAST cannot be performed.
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