ProScan PSVR85 User Manual page 76

TAPE PLAYS BACK IN SLOW MOTION
• Press PLAY to return to normal playback.
CASSETTE WITH SAFETY TAB REMOVED DOES NOT START TO PLAY AUTOMATICALLY
• Check to make sure the Auto Play ON/OFF feature is set to ON.
TIMER OR TAPE INDICATOR FLASHES
• Check to make sure there is a cassette in the VCR when a timer recording is set.
TIME COUNTER DISAPPEARS DURING SEARCHING
• This is normal.
ON-SCREEN MENUS APPEAR IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
• Check LANGUAGE feature to choose desired on-screen language.
NO STEREO SOUND DURING PLAYBACK
• Check to make sure the Tape Playback feature is set to HI-FI to hear stereo sound during
playback.
• Must use the AUDIO/VIDEO jacks on the back of the VCR to hear stereo sound.
STEREO AUDIO TOO NOISY
• Stereo signal is weak. Set Reception: STEREO/SAP/MONO feature to MONO.
• Press one of the TRACKING up or down buttons to minimize the noise.
INDEX AND ZERO SEARCH FEATURES DO NOT OPERATE
• Check to see if MOVIE ADVANCE feature is activated.
CANNOT ACCESS MOVIE ADVANCE FEATURE
• The video cassette must have the safety tab removed and the recording must be in SP speed.
• Home recording was selected for the tape type in the on-screen display. Eject cassette and
reinsert.
VCR FORWARDS THROUGH COMMERCIALS OR MOMENTARILY DISPLAYS A BLUE
SCREEN DURING PLAYBACK
• Commercial Advance feature is set to AUTO. Set it to MANUAL.
COMMERCIAL ADVANCE FEATURE DOES NOT MARK COMMERCIALS WHEN:
• The marking feature is set to OFF in the commercial advance menu. Set it to ON.
• A recording is less than 15 minutes or the commercial is longer than one minute.
• A single isolated commercial can not be marked.
• Recording started in the middle of a commercial segment.
• Acommercial group within the first or last two minutes of a recording.
• Accuracy and effectiveness can vary depending on the program content and the characteristics
of the commercials.
• A commercial is between 30-and 45 seconds and 4S-and 60 seconds.
• Effectiveness may vary when local television stations insert their own commercials.
COMMERCIALS RECORDED EVEN THOUGH COMMERCIAL ADVANCE FEATURE WAS
SET TO ON.
• Commercial advance is designed to record the commercials, mark them, and then skip over
them during playback.
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