Sony MDP-1000 Operating Instructions - Page 39

Troubleshooting Check the following before requesting service SyMptinit No powe► Playback C> button does not produce playback. D. Indicator lights, but there is no picture or sound. Poor picture or sound quality No sound No TV programs Remote Commander does not opera Picture distorted during scan. Unk does not operate and LD/CD Indication in display window flashes. Point to check • Power cord properly plugged into AC outlet? • Unit correctly plugged in? • Disc inserted? • Disc properly seated? • Recorded side facing upward? • TV or monitor switched out? • TV properly connected to player? • Input selector of TV, TV tuner, or monitor set to required position? TV without audlo/video inputs • Channel selectors on RFU adaptor and TV set to the same number? • TV channel properly adjusted? • TV/DISC Sector on the remote commander set to DISC? (Is the DISC indicator it?) • TV properly connected? • Any source of noise nearby? • Disc dirty or scratched? • Any condensation on player objective lens? TV without audio/video inputs • Channel selectors on RFU adaptor and TV set to the same number? • TV properly connected to player? • Volume control on TV, monitor, TV tuner or amplifier high enough? • Playback at normal speed? (The videodisc player p►oduces sound only during normal playback and speed play at normal speed in the forward direction.) • TV properly connected RFU adaptor? • TV/DISC selector on the remote commander set to TV? (Is the DISC indication out?) • Player switched on? • Batteries correctly inserted? • Batteries exhausted? • Any obstacles between the Remote Commander and the player sensor? • The remote commander is pointed at the player sensor? • Some distortion in the lower part of the picture is normal - even for CAV discs. • Turn power off and then on again.