Sharp DV-RW340U Operation Manual - Page 98

Others Troubleshooting (cont'd) Symptom There is no picture. Remedy • The Setup Display appears. Press RETURN button to turn off the display. • Check if the INTERLACE/PROGRESSIVE mode is set correctly according to your TV. See page 14. Picture noise appears. • The disc is dirty or flawed. • If the picture output signal from the unit passes through your VCR to get to your TV, or if you are connected to a combination TV/VIDEO player, the copy-protection signal applied to some DVD programs could affect picture quality. If you still experience this problem even when you connect the unit directly to your TV, try connecting the unit to your TV's S-VIDEO input. There is no sound. • If the audio signal does not come through the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack, check the Audio Setup settings (pages 90-91). • The disc is dirty or flawed. Sound is noisy. • The disc is dirty or flawed. The disc does not play. D Playback image freezes for a second. V D • No disc is inserted. • A blank disc is inserted. • The disc is upside down. Insert the disc with the labeled side facing up. • The disc is not correctly inserted. • The unit cannot play certain discs (such as a CD-ROM) (page 43). • The region code on the DVD VIDEO does not match the unit (page 43). • Moisture has condensed inside the unit. Remove the disc and leave the unit turned on for about two hours until the moisture evaporates (page 4). • If the disc was recorded on another recorder, the unit cannot play the disc if it was not finalized (page 41). • During the playback of two layered disc, picture may freeze for a moment when the 1st layer switches to the 2nd layer.This is not a malfunction. The disc does not start playback from the beginning. • Resume play was activated (page 48). Press STOP C button twice. • You have inserted a disc whose Title menu or DVD menu automatically appears on the TV screen when it is first insert. The unit starts playing from the disc automatically. Some functions such as Stop, Search, or Slow-motion Play cannot be performed. The language for the sound track cannot be changed. • The DVD VIDEO features an auto playback function. • Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do some of the operations above. See the instruction manual supplied with the disc. • Multilingual tracks are not recorded on the DVD VIDEO, DVD-R or DVD-RW being played. • The DVD VIDEO prohibits the changing of the language for the sound track. • Try changing the language using the DVD VIDEO's menu. The subtitle language cannot be changed or turned off. • Multilingual subtitle are not recorded on the DVD VIDEO. • The DVD VIDEO prohibits changing of the subtitles. • Try changing the subtitle using the DVD VIDEO's menu. The angles cannot be changed. • Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD VIDEO being played. • You are trying to change the angles when icon does not appear on the TV screen (page 58). • The DVD VIDEO prohibits changing angles. • Try changing the angle using the DVD VIDEO's menu. Recording does not stop immediately after you press STOP C button. Recording does not start immediately after you press REC/OTR button. The disc tray does not open when you press OPEN/CLOSE A button. • It will take a few seconds for the unit to input disc data before recording can stop. • An unused DVD-R or DVD-RW was inserted. It takes a while for the unit to automatically format a DVD-RW. • It may take a few seconds for the disc tray to open after you have recorded or edited a disc. • This is because the unit is adding disc data to the disc. 98