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Streaks
in picture during
normal
playback
•
Pressone of the TRACKING buttons to move streaks up or down for the best
picture.
•
Check to make sure the tape is of good quality and not worn out.
Time counter
not working
or time counter
not working
in search modes
•
The time counter does not advance during unrecorded portions of tape. When an
unrecorded segment of tape is encountered, the time counter will hold its count
until recorded material is detected again.
•
A minus (-) will appear in front of the time if you rewind the tape farther back
than a counter reading of 0:00:00.
Will not record or play
Check to make sure there is a tape in the VCR.
Try ejecting
and reinserting the cassette.
Check to make sure the tape is not broken.
Check to make sure the VCR is not in pause mode. Press PAUSE or PLAY on the
remote (PLAYePAUSE on the VCR) to return to normal playback.
Check the ProTect Plus
TM
feature.
Will not record
•
Check to make sure the safety tab is intact.
•
Check to make sure the VCR is not in the line mode. Press INPUT on the remote.
Rewind
does not operate
•
Check to make sure the tape is not already rewound.
VCR plus+ or timer
recording
not made or wrong
program
recorded
•
Check to make sure the correct VCR PlusCode is entered.
•
Check to make sure the cable box was turned on when recording was to begin.
•
Check to make sure the program was entered correctly (wrong channel or times).
•
Power interruption.
Reset the clock.
•
Check to see if time and date are correct--including AM/PM.
•
Check to make sure the program did not exceed the tape's length or the tape was
not rewound beforehand.
•
Check to make sure the VCR was turned off at the time recording was to start.
•
Check to make sure there was a tape in the VCR and the cassette's safety tab was
intact.
•
VCR ejects cassette when the end of the tape is reached during a timer recording.
•
Check to make sure VCR plus+ channel setup was completed
correctly.
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