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Before you call an engineer
PROBLEM
Your recorder does not respond to any
button being pressed and the display shows
"IS TV ON?":
The device does not react when you press a
button, although the remote control
works:
Your DVD recorder does not respond to
any button being pressed:
Resetting the machine to the default
factory settings:
Remote control does not work:
No playback on DVD recorder:
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If you have any problems using this DVD recorder, the reason may be one of the follow-
ing. You can also call the customer service centre in your country.
If the problem is not listed below, or if the instructions fail to help, turn off the power
to the unit, disconnect the power cable, and contact the nearest authorized YAMAHA
dealer or service center.
SOLUTION
✓ Recorder in initial installation mode: Switch on the TV, switch over to the DVD
recorder jack. Now the menu for language selection should appear. Please read
paragraph "Initial Installation" in the chapter "Installing your DVD Recorder".
✓ "Dealer-Mode" is switched on: All buttons on the front of the set are locked.
Switch off the function:
1 Pull out the mains plug from the wall outlet.
2 Press and hold down A and F (Open/Close) and put back the mains plug into
the wall outlet.
3 As soon as the time or "--:--" appears in the display (ca. 6 - 10 seconds), release
A and F (Open/Close).
✓ There is no power supply: check the power supply
✓ A programmed recording (Timer) is currently being made: If desired, cancel the
programmed recording (Timer) with B/I.
✓ There is a technical problem: disconnect from the mains power supply for 30 sec-
onds, then connect again.
If this doesn't help, you can reset your DVD recorder to the default factory set-
tings.
✓ Important:
All the information stored (TV channels, time and date, TIMER) will be lost.
1 Disconnect from the mains power supply.
2 Press and hold down the B/I button on the device and reconnect to the mains
power supply.
3 Release the B/I button when "IS TV ON?" appears on the display. All the infor-
mation stored (TV channels, time and date, TIMER) will be lost.
Please read paragraph "Initial Installation" in the chapter "Installing your DVD
Recorder".
✓ Remote control not pointed toward the DVD recorder: Point the remote control
at the machine.
See if the "o(((" appears on the display briefly each time you press a remote control
button. If it does, the Recorder is receiving information from the remote correctly.
✓ There is a technical problem: Take out the batteries, wait for 10 seconds and put
them in again.
✓ Batteries are flat: Change the batteries.
✓ There is no recording on the disc: Change disc.
✓ You inserted the wrong disc type: Your recorder can play back the following disc
types: DVD Video, (Super) Video CD, DVD+R(W), Audio CD, MP3-CD's
✓ You inserted the disc the wrong way: Insert the disc with the label facing upwards
✓ Disc is dirty: Clean the disc
✓ Wrong region code: The region code of the DVD and the DVD recorder must
match.
✓ Parental control is on: Read chapter "Access control (child lock)"
✓ You have selected the wrong programme number for the DVD recorder on the TV:
on the TV, select the correct programme number for the DVD recorder.
✓ The cable connecting the TV set and the DVD recorder has come loose: check the
cable.
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