Trouble checks, References, Trouble here's what to try – RCA VR730HF User Manual

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¥ 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.

¥ Check position of

S-VHS AUTO

switch on VCR. See page 39.

¥ A tape with S-VHS must be used to make S-VHS recordings.
¥ Make sure the componentÕs

S-VIDEO

connectors are connected using an S-VHS

cable .

¥ Be sure to also connect the audio cables. The S-VHS cable carries only video.

¥ Check setting of

AUTO REPEAT ON/OFF

menu. See page 25.

¥ Press

JOG SHUTTLE

button to turn on jog shuttle buttons. Indicator will light.

¥ Indicator light off. Pressing any other button during jog shuttle operation will

turn off jog shuttle. Press

JOG SHUTTLE

to turn jog shuttle back on.

¥ Press

PLAY•PAUSE

on the VCR or

PLAY

on the remote to return to normal

playback.

¥ Press

3 or 4 to place VCR in pause mode.

¥ COMMERCIALAADVANCEª

CA PLAYBACK

feature set to AUTO.

See pages 29-30.

¥ Some tapes use special control track marking. Set the COMMERCIALA

ADVANCEª CA PLAYBACK feature, in the PREFERENCES menu to MANUAL.

The commercial advance feature does not mark commercials under the following
situations:
¥ CA Marking: ON/OFF feature set to OFF. See page 29.
¥ Recording is less than 15 minutes.
¥ A single isolated commercial cannot be marked.
¥ Recording started in the middle of a commercial segment.
¥ The commercial is longer than one minute.
¥ A commercial group within the first or last two minutes of a recording.
¥ It does not mark commercials between 30-and-45 seconds and 45-and-60

seconds.

¥ Accuracy and effectiveness can vary depending upon program content and

the characteristics of the commercials.

¥ Effectiveness may vary when local television stations insert their own

commercials.

¥ COMMERCIALAADVANCEª is designed to record the commercials, mark

them, and then skip over the marked commercials during playback.

References

Trouble Checks

Trouble

Here's what to try:

Stereo audio too noisy

S-VHS recording not made or no sound during
playback

Tape plays over and over

Jog shuttle arrow buttons will not function

Tape continues forward or reverse search during
jog shuttle operation

VCR forwards through commercials or
momentarily displays a blue screen during
playback

VCR forwards through a rental or pre-recorded tape
displaying a blue screen

COMMERCIALAADVANCEª feature does not
mark commercials

Commercials recorded even though
COMMERCIALAADVANCEª feature
was turned on.

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