Symphonic TVCR19G1 Owner's Manual - Page 28

CLOSED CAPTION PROBLEM POSSIBLE REMEDY My TVNCR is showing captions You are watching a live broadcast and spelling errors made by the closed that are misspelled. 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. My TVNCR will not show the text in its entirety or there is a delay of what is being said. Captions that are delayed a few seconds behind the actual dialogue are common for live broadcasts. 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. My captions are scrambled with Interference caused by building, power lines, thunderstorms, etc. may white boxes on the TV screen. cause scrambled or incomplete captions to appear. My program guide listed a TV Broadcasters may at times use a time compression process to speed up the show as being closed captioned actual program so that additional advertising time can be given. Since the but none of the captions were decoder cannot read the compressed information, captions will be lost. displayed. My prerecorded video tape does The video tape was either an illegal copy or the tape duplicating company not show any captions. The tape accidentally left out the captioning signals during the copying process. box mentions it being closed captioned. My TV screen shows a black box You are in the TEXT mode. Select CAPTION mode or CAPTION [OFF]. on certain channels. MAINTENANCE CABINET CLEANING SERVICING • Wipe the front panel and other exterior surfaces of the TVNCR with a soft cloth immersed in lukewarm water and wrung dry. • Never use a solvent or alcohol. Do not spray insecticide liquid near the TVNCR. Such chemicals may cause damage and discoloration to the exposed surfaces. • Should your TVNCR become inoperative, do not t to correct the problem by yourself. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Turn off, unplug the pow cord, and take the unit to the nearest Funai Author ized Service Center for servicing. HEAD CLEANING • Picture playback may become blurred or interrupted while the TV program reception is clear. This does not mean that the recorded program has been erased. Dirt accumulated on the video heads after long periods of tape playback, or the usage of rental or worn tapes can cause this problem. In this case, video head cleaning requires highly technical attention, therefore consult the nearest Funai Authorized Service Center. Clean heads only when problems occur. -28-