Symphonic SC1303 Owner's Manual - Page 26

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE If you have followed the instructions contained in this manual and have difficulty in operating your TV/VCR, locate the PROBLEM in the left column below. Check the corresponding CORRECTIVE ACTION column to remedy the problem. PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION No power. No picture and sound. • Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet. • Make sure the power is turned on. • Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet. • Check antenna connection. • Let the TV/VCR program its tuner memory. No picture or poor picture on TV/VCR. No sound or poor sound. • Adjust direction or replace antenna. • Adjust picture controls. • Adjust volume control on remote control or main unit. • Press the MUTE button to restore sound. Timer recording is not possible. • Make sure the timer recording is set correctly. • Make sure the power is off. • Make sure the TV/VCR clock is set correctly. Cannot go into Record mode. • Make sure the tape has an erase-prevention tab. If need, cover the • hole with plastic tape. Playback picture is partially noisy. No picture but the audio is OK in playback. • Adjust tracking control for a better picture using the CHANNEL K • or L button on the TV/VCR. • Head cleaning may be necessary. Refer to "AUTO HEAD • CLEANING" on page 25. No operation by infrared Remote • Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet. Control. • Check batteries in remote control. Video or color fades in and out • You can not copy a copyrighted video tape. You are experiencing when making a copy of a video tape. • copy guard protection. Different color marks on screen. • Magnetism from nearby appliances and geomagnetism might affect the color of the TV picture. Move the TV/VCR away from the appliances, the TV/VCR can repair itself automatically. If you want to repair immediately, unplug the TV/VCR power cord, then plug it in again 30 minutes or so later. CLOSED CAPTION PROBLEM My TV/VCR is showing captions that are misspelled. My TV/VCR will not show the text in its entirety or there is a delay of what is being said. My captions are scrambled with white boxes on the TV screen. My program guide listed a TV show as being closed captioned but none of the captions were displayed. My prerecorded video tape does not show any captions. The tape box mentions it being closed captioned. My TV screen shows a black box on certain channels. POSSIBLE REMEDY • You are watching a live broadcast and spelling errors made by the • closed captioning production company may pass through uncorrected. • A prerecorded program will not show any misspelled words because • of the normal time available for editing the captions. • Captions that are delayed a few seconds behind the actual dialogue • are common for live broadcast. Most captioning production companies • can display a dialogue to a maximum of 220 words per minute. If a • dialogue exceeds that rate, selective editing is used to insure that the • captions remain up-to-date with the current TV screen dialogue. • Interference caused by building, power lines, thunderstorms, etc. • may cause scrambled or incomplete captions to appear. • Broadcasters may at times use a time compression process to speed • up the actual program so that additional advertising time can be • given. Since the decoder cannot read the compressed information, • captions will be lost. • The video tape was either an illegal copy or the tape duplicating • company accidentally left out the captioning signals during the • copying process. • You are in the TEXT mode. Select CAPTION mode to CAPTION • [OFF]. - 26 - EN 9I03