SEARCH. Emerson EC313D

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

If you have followed the instructions contained in this manual and have difficulty in operating your TV/VCR, locate the PROBLEM in the left column below. Check the corresponding CORRECTIVE ACTION column to remedy the problem.

No power.

PROBLEM

No picture and sound.

No picture or poor picture on

TV/VCR.

No sound or poor sound.

Timer recording is not possible.

Cannot go into Record mode.

Playback picture is partially noisy.

No picture but the audio is OK in playback.

No operation by infrared Remote

Control.

Video or color fades in and out when making a copy of a video tape.

Can not set the auto clock to ON.

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CORRECTIVE ACTION

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

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Make sure the car battery cord is connected to vehicle’s cigarette lighter socket and to DC 13.2V jack on back of the TV/VCR.

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Check the fuse (5A, 250V) in car battery cord.

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Make sure the power is turned on.

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

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Check antenna connection.

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Let the TV/VCR program its’ tuner memory.

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Adjust direction or replace antenna.

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Adjust picture controls.

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Adjust volume control on remote control or main unit.

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Press the MUTE button to restore sound.

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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/VCR clock is set correctly.

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

• hole with plastic tape.

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Adjust tracking control for a better picture using the CHANNEL K

• or L button on the TV/VCR.

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Head cleaning may be necessary. Refer to “AUTO HEAD

•

CLEANING” on page 29.

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

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Check batteries in remote control.

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

• copy guard protection.

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

CLOSED CAPTION PROBLEM POSSIBLE REMEDY

My TV/VCR is showing captions • You are watching a live broadcast and spelling errors made by the that are misspelled.

• closed captioning production company may pass through uncorrected.

• A prerecorded program will not show any misspelled words because

• of the normal time available for editing the captions.

My TV/VCR will not show the text • Captions that are delayed a few seconds behind the actual dialogue in its entirety or there is a delay of • are common for live broadcast. Most captioning production companies what is being said.

• can display a dialogue to a maximum of 220 words per minute. If a

• dialogue exceeds that rate, selective editing is used to insure that the

• captions remain up-to-date with the current TV screen dialogue.

My captions are scrambled with white boxes on the TV screen.

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

• 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 • up the actual program so that additional advertising time can be of the captions were displayed.

• given. Since the decoder cannot read the compressed information,

• 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 • company accidentally left out the captioning signals during the mentions it being closed captioned.

• copying process.

My TV screen shows a black box • You are in the TEXT mode. Select CAPTION mode to CAPTION on certain channels.

• [OFF].

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