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Use the Troubleshooting Tables
You set a VCR
Event Timer,but
the VCR doesn’t
record the
program you want.
• Maybe you didn’t turn on the VCR,
or put a rewound tape in, or maybe
you took the write-protect tab off the
tape.
• If you use the recei ver back panel T V
Set Out ports in the wiring setup,
maybe you didn’t set the recei ver
channel 3/4 setting and both the VCR
modulator output and viewing
channel to either
3or4.
• M aybe somethi ng blocks the signal
path bet ween the receiver and the
VCR.
•IfyousettheVCR Event Timer with
the Create an Event Timer menu,
maybe you sel ected an Auto-Tune,
Reminder,orDishDVR timer instead
of a VCR timer.
• If you did select a VCR timer, maybe
you selected the wrong timer
frequency.
•IfyousettheVCR Event Timer with
Quick R ecord, the timer was one-time
only, and missed another showing of
the program.
• Make sure you tur n on the VCR and put a rewound tape in. Make sure
the write-protect tab is on the tape.
• If you use the TV Set Out connections, you must set the receiver channel
3/4 setting and both the VCR modulator output and viewing channel
to either 3 or 4.
• Remove anything that blocks the signal path between the receiver
and the VCR.
• When you set a VCR Event Timer, make sure to select the VCR option
in the Timer Type list on the Create an E vent Timer menu.
Also, make sure to select the right option in the Timer Frequency list
on this menu.
• Remember, with Quick Record you can set only a Once (one-time only)
timer.
You edit an
automatic event
timer. The timer
doesn’t start or
doesn’t end with a
program’s start
and stop times.
When you edit an automatic event timer,
you change it to a manual event timer.
A manual timer starts and stops at the
times you set, not
the start and stop times
of
any program.
If you want an automat ic event timer to start and stop with a program’s start
and stop times, don’t edit the event timer.
You try to set a
manual event
timer. The
receiver displays
an Error message.
Maybe you tried to set a manual event
timerforapayperviewprogramorwith
start or stop times that don’t work.
Remember, you can’t set a manual event timer for a pay per view program.
Also, you must set the end time after the start time, and at least one minut e
later than the start time.
The receiver
doesn’t displaythe
program name for
a manual event
timer.
Maybe the receiver can’t display a
program name for a manual event timer.
Use the Program Guide or a print ed list to find the program name.
You set an event
timer. The event
timer misses the
beginning or the
end of a program.
Maybe the program started a little earlier
than it was supposed to, or maybe it ran
over the time it was supposed to end.
•UsetheStart 1 min. early option to start any event timer ( except for a
pay per view event) one minute early.
•Useam anual event timer to start any event timer (except for a pay
per view event) at the times you set.
EVENT TIMERS
What’s
Happening
What’s Wrong What You Can Do