Symphonic CWF719 User Manual

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CLOSED CAPTION PROBLEM

POSSIBLE REMEDY

My TV/DVD/VCR is showing

• You are watching a live broadcast and spelling errors made by the

captions that are misspelled.

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closed captioning production company may pass through uncorrected.

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A prerecorded program will not show any misspelled words because

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of the normal time available for editing the captions.

My TV/DVD/VCR will not show

• Captions that are delayed a few seconds behind the actual

the text dialogue

are common for live broadcast. Most captioning production

in its entirety or there is a delay of

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companies can display a dialogue to a maximum of 220 words

what is being said.

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per minute. If a dialogue exceeds that rate, selective editing is used

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to insure that the captions remain up-to-date with the current

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TV screen dialogue.

My captions are scrambled with

• Interference caused by building, power lines, thunderstorms, etc.

white boxes on the TV screen.

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may cause scrambled or incomplete captions to appear.

My program guide listed a TV show • Broadcasters may at times use a time compression process to speed
as being closed captioned but none

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up the actual program so that additional advertising time can be

of the captions were displayed.

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given. Since the decoder cannot read the compressed information,

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captions will be lost.

My prerecorded video tape does not • The video tape was either an illegal copy or the tape duplicating
show any captions. The tape box

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company accidentally left out the captioning signals during the

mentions it being closed captioned.

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copying process.

My TV screen shows a black box

• You are in the TEXT mode. Select CAPTION mode to CAPTION

on certain channels.

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[OFF].

PROBLEM

CORRECTIVE ACTION

Picture OK, Sound Poor

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Try a new channel, if OK, then possible station trouble.

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Check for local interference.

Timer recording is not possible.

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Make sure the timer recording is set correctly.

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Make sure the power is off.

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Make sure the TV/DVD/VCR clock is set correctly.

Cannot go into Record mode.

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Make sure the tape has an erase-prevention tab. If need, cover the

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hole with plastic tape.

Playback picture is partially noisy.

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Adjust tracking control for a better picture using the CHANNEL

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button

K

or L on the TV/DVD/VCR.

No picture but the audio is OK in

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Head cleaning may be necessary. Refer to “AUTO HEAD

playback.

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CLEANING” on page 50.

No operation by infrared Remote

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Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet.

Control.

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Check batteries in remote control.

Video or color fades in and out

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You can not copy a copyrighted video tape. You are experiencing

when making a copy of a video tape.

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copy guard protection.

Different color marks on screen.

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Magnetism from nearby appliances and geomagnetism might affect
the color of the TV picture. Move the TV/DVD/VCR away from the

appliances, the TV/DVD/VCR can repair itself automatically. If you

want to repair immediately, unplug the power cord, then plug it in
again 30 minutes or so later.

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