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Additional Information
Troubleshooting
If you have any questions or problems not eovered below, please eonsult your nearest
Sony serviee faeility.
Symptom Remedy
The 1/1 (on/standby)
switeh does not funetion.
• Connect the mains lead to the mains securely.
The power is turned on
but the VCR does not
operate.
• Moisture condensation has occurred. Turn the power off,
unplug the mains lead and leave the VCR to dry for over
three hours.
The VCR is plugged in
but the display window
remains dark.
• Set VEILLE ECO in the RÉGLAGES UTILISATEUR
menu to NON (see page 65).
The eloek has stopped
and “—:—” appears in
the display window.
• The clock stops if the VCR is disconnected from the mains.
Reset the clock (and timer).
The playbaek pieture
does not appear on the
TV sereen.
Make sure the TV is set to the video channel. If you are
using a monitor, set it to video input.
If the VCR is connected to the TV with the PERITEL
cable, make sure the MAGN or VIDEO indicator is lit in
the display window. Use the t TV/MAGN button on the
remote commander to light up the MAGN or VIDEO
indicator.
The pieture is not elear.
Adjust the tracking with the CHAINE +/- buttons on the
VCR.
The video heads are dirty (see the last page of
Troubleshooting). Clean the video heads using the Sony
T-25CLD, E-25CLDR, or T-25CLW video head cleaning
cassette. If these cleaning cassettes are not available in
your area, have the heads cleaned at your nearest Sony
service facility (a standard service charge will be required).
Do not use a commercially available liquid type cleaning
cassette other than Sony’s, as it may damage the video
heads.
The video heads may have to be replaced. Consult your
local Sony service facility for more information.
The pieture has no
eolour.
• The SYST. COULEUR option in the RÉGLAGES
UTILISATEUR menu is set to the wrong position. Set the
option to conform to the system that the tape was recorded
in.
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