Specifications

TAPE PLAYS BACK IN SLOW MOTION

• Press PLAY to return to normal playback.

CASSETTE WITH SAFETY TAB REMOVED DOES NOT START TO PLAY AUTOMATICALLY

• Check to make sure the Auto Play ON/OFF feature is set to ON.

TIMER OR TAPE INDICATOR FLASHES

• Check to make sure there is a cassette in the VCR when a timer recording is set.

TIME COUNTER DISAPPEARS DURING SEARCHING

• This is normal.

ON-SCREEN MENUS APPEAR IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

• Check LANGUAGE feature to choose the desired on-screen language.

NO STEREO SOUND DURING PLAYBACK

• Check to make sure the Tape Playback feature is set to HI-FI to hear stereo sound during

playback.

• Must use the AUDIO/VIDEO jacks on the back of the VCR to hear stereo sound.

STEREO AUDIO TOO NOISY

• Stereo signal is weak. Set Reception: STEREO/SAP/MONO feature to MONO.

• Press one of the TRACKING up or down buttons to minimize the noise.

INDEX AND ZERO SEARCH FEATURES DO NOT OPERATE

• Check to see if the MOVIE ADVANCE feature is activated.

CANNOT ACCESS THE MOVIE ADVANCE FEATURE

• The video cassette must have the safety tab removed and the recording must be in SP speed.

• Home recording was selected for the tape type in the on-screen display. Eject cassette and

reinsert.

VCR FORWARDS THROUGH COMMERCIALS OR MOMENTARILY DISPLAYS A BLUE

SCREEN DURING PLAYBACK

• The Commercial Advance feature is set to AUTO. Set it to MANUAL.

THE COMMERCIAL ADVANCE FEATURE DOES NOT MARK COMMERCIALS WHEN:

• The marking feature is set to OFF in the commercial advance menu. Set it to ON.

• A recording is less than 15 minutes or the commercial is longer than one minute.

• A single isolated commercial can not be marked.

• Recording started in the middle of a commercial segment.

• A commercial group within the first or last two minutes of a recording.

• Accuracy and effectiveness can vary depending on the program content and the characteristics

of the commercials.

• A commercial is between 30 and-45 seconds and 45 and-60 seconds,

• Effectiveness may vary when local television stations insert their own commercials.

COMMERCIALS RECORDED EVEN THOUGH THE COMMERCIAL ADVANCE FEATURE

WAS SET TO ON,

• Commercial advance is designed to record the commercials, mark them, and then skip over

them during playback.