Symphonic TR-WF13 Owners Manual - Page 28

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE If you have followed the instructions contained in this manual and have difficulty in operating your TVNCR, locate the PROBLEM in the left column below. Check the corresponding CORRECTIVE ACTION column to remedy the problem. PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION No power. • • Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet. • Make sure the power is turned on. No picture and sound. • Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet. • Check antenna connection. • Let the TVNCR program its' tuner memory. No picture or poor picture on TV/VCR. i • Adjust direction or replace antenna. . • Adjust picture controls. No sound or poor sound. i • Adjust volume control on remote control or main unit. • Press the. MUTE button to restore sound. Timer recording is not possible. i • Make sure the timer recording is set correctly. • Make sure the power is off. l* Make sure the TV/VCR clock is set correctly. Cannot go into Record mode. Playback picture is partially noisy. :• Make sure the tape has an erase-prevention tab. If need. cover the i hole with plastic tape. Iii • Adjust tracking control for a better picture using the CHANNEL A or V button on the TVNCR. No picture but the audio is OK in playback. • Head cleaning may be necessary. consult nearest Authorized Service I Center. No operation by infrared Remote Control. • • Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet. I • Check batteries in remote control. Video or color fades in and out when i t None. (You are copying a copyrighted video tape and are making a copy of a video tape. experiencing copy guard protection.) CLOSED CAPTION PROBLEM i POSSIBLE REMEDY My TV/VCR is showing captions that are misspelled. I • 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. 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 i 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 white boxes on the TV screen. • Interference caused by building. power lines, thunderstorms. etc. may . cause scrambled or incomplete captions to appear. My program guide listed a TV show i • Broadcasters may at times use a time compression process to speed as being closed captioned but none up the actual program so that additional advertising time can be of the captions were displayed. given. Since the decoder cannot read the compressed information. I captions will he lost. My prerecorded video tape does not • The video tape was either an illegal copy or the tape duplicating show any captions. The tape box i company accidentally left out the captioning signals during the mentions it beine, closed captioned copying process. My TV screen shows a black box on , • You are in the TEXT mode. Select CAPTION mode to CAPTION certain channels. [OFF]. EN 7K03