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Has the
Pawer
cord been disconnected from the AC outlet?
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No power supplied to VCR.
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Is the DEW indicator ON?
If
sq refer to
the
"C0NDENSA;nON" on page 4.
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Is the PROG REC indicator (Q) illuminated?
If sq press the PROG REC button. The PROG REC i n d i i o r
(
Q
)
turns
off. Press the VCR POWER
button
to ON.
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The VCR POWER is ON but
unit does not operate
Poor TV picture.
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Has the cassette erasure prevention tab been removed?
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button does
not
Opeme
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If sq stick a piece of vinyl tape over the gap
(see
page 26).
Press the TIMER RESET button using a pencil or a ball point pen, and
then press the VCR POWER button to ON.
Adjust the fine tuning control on the TV (channel 3 or 4).
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Is the tape wound
to
the end?
No picture during recording.
No timer recording.
Has the TV been
s e t
to the
Vieo
Channel (channel 3 or 4)?
Has the connection cord become disconnected?
Is the VIDEO/lV button set to TV? If so, set to VIDEO.
Is the INPUT SELECT button
set
to
UCT?
If so,
sq
to TUNER
or
SIMUL.
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No recording of TV programs
Has the PROG REC button been switched ON?
Have the present time and recording time been
set
accurately?
Has the channel been
set
propew
Has a power failure occurred?
Has the power cord been disconnected?
Is the VCR' s channel selector
set
to an
active
channel?
Is the INPUT SELECT button set to EN?
If so,
set
to TUNER or SIMUL
PLAY button does
not
operate.
Is the DEW indicator ON? If so, refer
to
the "CONDENSCITION" on page 4 .
Is the PROG REC indicator
(
FJ
) illuminated?
If so, press the PROG REC button. The PROG REC indicator
(
FJ
)
turns
off. Press the VCR POWER button to ON.
Is the cassette tape at its end?
Rewind
andlor
Fast Forward
do
not
opetata
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TRACKING
mnMl
until the besl picture and HiiFi sound
can
be obtained.
(See page
5 9 . )
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No fast forwsrd:
Is the
tape
wound to the end?
No rewinding:
Is the
tape
wound to the beginning?
Noise (snow) in the
and distorted Hi-fi sound.
Has the DIGlT4L TRACKING switch
set
to MANUAL position?
If so,
set
to AUTO position.
If noise
appears
when the DIGITALTRACKING switch is
set
to
AUX)
posi-
tion. set the DlGrrAL TRACKING switch to MANUAL mition and rotate
No
sound
Or
sound
is interrupted.
Even when picture is clear with the automatic digital tracking adjustment.
noise and breaks in the H C R sound track sometimes occur when playing
back tapes recorded on other VCRs In such cases adjust the H i i track-
ing. (See page 59.)
The
tape
may be too old or too damaged for proper recording.
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