References
52
Trouble
Here's what to try:
Trouble Checks
No stereo sound during playback
Stereo audio too noisy
VCR forwards through commercials or
momentarily displays a blue screen during
playback
VCR forwards through a rental or pre-recorded
tape, or an audio/video dubbed tape
COMMERCIAL
A
ADVANCEª
feature does
not mark commercials
Commercials recorded even though
COMMERCIAL
A
ADVANCEª
feature was
turned on.
Tape plays over and over
Jog shuttle arrow buttons will not function
Tape continues in forward or reverse search
during jog shuttle operation
¥
Tape Playback: HI-FI/LINEAR/MIX
feature must be set to
HI-FI
to hear stereo
sound during playback.
See pages 30 or 41.
¥
Must use advanced hookups for stereo playback
. See pages 3-7.
¥ Stereo signal is weak. Set
Reception: STEREO/MONO/SAP
feature to
MONO
.
¥ Press one of the
TRACKING
up or down buttons to minimize the noise.
¥ COMMERCIAL
A
ADVANCEª
CA Playback
feature set to
AUTO
.
See pages 31-32.
¥ Some tapes use special control track marking. Set the
CA Playback
feature, in the
PREFERENCES
menu to
MANUAL.
The commercial advance feature does not mark commercials under the following
situations:
¥
CA Marking: ON/OFF
feature set to
OFF
.
See page 31.
¥ Recording is 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 within the first or last two minutes of a recording.
¥ It does not mark commercials between 30-and-45 seconds and 45-and-60
seconds.
¥ 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.
¥ COMMERCIAL
A
ADVANCEª is designed to record the commercials, mark
them, and then skip over the marked commercials during playback.
¥ Check setting of AUTO REPEAT ON/OFF menu.
See page 25.
¥ Press JOG SHUTTLE to turn on jog shuttle arrow buttons. Indicator will light.
¥ Pressing any other button during jog shuttle operation will turn off jog
shuttle.
¥ Press PLAY to return to normal playback.
¥ Press jog shuttle up and down arrow buttons to place VCR in pause mode.