Curtis DVDR5000 User Manual page 2

Check the following guide for a possible correction to a problem
Trouble shooting Guide
before contacting customer service.
SYMPTOMS AND CORRECTION
Symptom
No power Connect the power plug into the wall outlet securely.
No picture Verify the connection from the DVD video output to the TV video input. Then
Switch TV to appropriate mode(video 1)
Connect the video cable into the jacks securely. Refer to your television
owners manual.
No sound Connect the audio cables into the jacks securely.
Verify the connection from the DVD audio output to the TV or receiver audio
input. Then switch to the appropriate source on the receiver. Refer to your
Audio amplifier owners manual.
Black & White Damaged S connector (bent pin)
picture
The playback A small amount of picture distortion may appear because of a poor quality
picture Has video/sound transfer to disc. This is especially true of some discs
occasional distortion Manufactured between 1997-1998.
Scratched disc
Brightness is Connect the DVD player directly through the TV and not through any other
source. What you're viewing is the effect of the copy protection circuitry
unstable or noises
Required on all DVD players.
are produced on
If you don't have a video input on your TV, you must purchase an Therefore
playback pictures
Adapter from your dealer.
Place the disc with the graphics side up.
The DVD video
Place the disc on the disc tray correctly inside the guide.
player does not start
Make sure the disc is free from scratches & fingerprints.
playback
Press the SETUP button to turn off the menu screen.
Cancel the parental lock function or change the parental lock level. (The
Pre-set password is 3308.)
Turn the power off then disconnect the power plug and reinsert it back into
the wall. Retry again.
Use region 1 discs only.
MP3 won't read disc Return disc as the software edition used may not be compatible with the
or It skips player. Check web site for instruction.
Use new editions of software such as Voyetra Audio station 4, Adaptec's
"Easy CD Creator", NTI or Roxio's Toast Titanium.
Make sure MP3 file are not encoded with a variable bit rate such as
provided by Real Networks.
The remote control Replace the batteries with new ones.
does not work
Properly
The recorder cannot The type of the disc is wrong, it's not a DVD+RW or DVD+R disc.
record. The disc is recorded full.
The disc (DVD+R,DVD+RW) is locked, it should be unlocked.
The DVD+R has been finalized.
Some keys do not The type of the disc is wrong, it's not a DVD+RW or DVD+R disc.
work The unit is in record mode or it is recording.
The image is The setup of interlaced or Progressive is wrong.
distorted. Press the PS/IS button to switch from each other.
Correction
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