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Trouble
Checks
Sometimes problems can be easily solved by checking a few basic things. Check
below before you call for help or take your TV/VCR to an Authorized RCA VCR
Service Center.
Trouble
No power
TV/VCR
does not respond
to remote
Poor or no picture
for normal
TV viewing
No sound
Snow or streaks
in picture
or no picture
during
tape playback
Will not record or play
Cannot
insert or eject tape
Time counter
not working
Rewind
does
not operate
Here's
what
to try:
•
Plug TV/VCR into an operating outlet.
•
If using AC cord, make sure the square end of cord is securely attached to the
back of the TV/VCR and the other end is plugged into an operating outlet.
•
If using DC cord, make sure the square end of cord is securely attached to the
back of the TV/VCR and the other end is plugged into the cigarette lighter
socket. Seepage 5.
•
If using DC cord, check fuse. Seepage 33.
•
Check connections.
•
Aim remote at TV/VCR's remote sensor with no objects between them.
•
Change batteries.
•
Make sure that program guard is turned off. Seepage 14.
•
Switch to an active channel.
•
Check antenna connections. If using supplied dipole, adjust rods.
•
Check video adjustments. See page 11.
•
Make sure the line input is not selected.
•
Turn up the volume
to increase sound.
•
Sound has been muted. Press MUTE on remote or VOL up.
•
Check tape -- it may be worn out or of poor quality. Try another tape.
•
Some snow/streaks
are normal during search, pause, frame advance, and slow
motion playback.
•
Press one of the TRACKINGbuttons on the remote or CH up or down on the
TV/VCR to move the streaks up or down and out of the picture.
•
No cassette inTV/VCR.
•
Eject and re-insert cassette.
•
Broken tape--
try another cassette.
•
Safety tab removed from cassette -- TV/VCR will not record.
•
Make sure that program guard is turned off. Seepage 14.
•
Insert cassette with window facing up and safety tab facing out.
•
To remove cassette, TV/VCR must be connected to working outlet.
•
Turn POWER off and then on before trying to insert or remove cassette.
•
Make sure there is a tape in the TV/VCR.
•
Press DISPLAYon remote to display time counter on screen. Seepage 18.
•
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.
•
Tape already rewound.
•
Make sure that program guard is turned off. Seepage 14.
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