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Chapter 5
Referenc e
You set an event
timer for a
program that
comes on each day
or each week, but
the timer is either
recording the
wrong program or
sometimes misses
programs.
• Maybe you set the timer with the
wrong frequency.
• M aybe the network changed the
program time.
Remember, a Once event timer works just one time for one program, at the
program’s actual time. A Mon-Fri event timer works Monday through
Friday on the same channel at the same time, not keyed to any program.
A Daily event timer does the same, Monday through Sunday.
A Weekly event timer works once a week on the same channel at the same
time, not keyed to any program.
You set an event
timer, but the
timer d oesn ’t work
at all.
Maybe the program time changed so the
event timer over lapped another event
timer.
If the receiver is on and finds an event t imer overlap, it displays the
Event Timer Scheduling Conflict menu. You must edit or delete
one of the overlapping event timers.
You set a Once
event timer, but
the timer doesn’t
work at the time
you expect.
The program time changed. A Once event timer always works at the program’s actual time.
Youstopan
event timer for one
showing of a
program that
comes on each day
or each week, but
the timer works
for the next
showing.
When you stop a repeated event timer,
this applies only to the timer’s action right
then.
To stop all actions of a repeated event timer , you must delete the event timer.
Note: The recei ver deletes a Once event timer ri ght after it works.
You test a VCR
code to see if the
receiver control s a
VCR. The VCR
doesn’t do the test.
• Maybe you didn’t turn on the VCR,
maybe you didn’t put a tape in, maybe
you didn’t rewind the tape, or maybe
you took the write-protect tab off the
tape.
• Maybe the code you’re testing doesn’t
work for the VCR.
• Make sure you turn on the VCR and put a rewound tape in. Make sure
the write-protect tab is on the tape so that recording is permitted.
• T ry another VCR code from the table.
EVENT TIMERS
What’s
Happening
What’s Wrong What You Can Do