Reference
Trouble Shooting
Guide
(continued)
Trouble
Here's what to try:
Segment of tape plays over and over
Stereo or SAP sound not recorded
=
No stereo sound during playback
Stereo audio too noisy
VCR forwards through commercials
or
momentarily
displays a blue screen during
playback
COMMERCIAL_ADVANCE
TM
feature does
not mark commercials
Commercials were recorded even though
COMMERCIAL_ADVANCE
TM
feature was
turned on.
• Auto Repeat feature turned on. Details are on page 27.
• Reception: STEREO/MONO/SAP
fea_re
must be set to STEREO to
record broadcast
stereo. See page 42.
• Reception: STEREO/MONO/SAP
feature must be set to SAP to record
SAP. See page 42.
• S T E R E 0 indicator not on. Station not broadcasting
stereo.
[] Tape Playback: HI-FI/LINEAR/MIX
feature must be set to HI-FI to
hear stereo sound during playback. See page 29.
• Stereo signal is weak. Set Reception: STEREO/MONO/SAP
fea_re to
MONO.
• Press one of the TRACKING up or down buttons to minimize the noise.
• COMMERCIAL_ADVANCE
TM
CF Playback feature set to AUTO. See
page 33.
• CF Marking:
ON/OFF feature set to OFF. See page 32.
• Recording was less than 15 minutes.
• A single isolated commercial cannot be marked.
• Recording started in the middle of a commercial segment.
• The commercial is longer than one minute.
[] A commercial group starting within the first or last two minutes of a
recording.
• Accuracy and effectiveness can vary depending upon program content
and the characteristics of the commercials.
[] Effectiveness may vary when local television stations insert their own
commercials.
[] It does not mark commercialS between 30-and-45 seconds and 45-and-
60 seconds.
• COMMERCIAL_'ADVANCE
TM
is designed to record the commercials,
mark them, and then skip over the marked commercials during
playback.
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