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Appendices 87
IEEE 1394 Devices
Symptom Remarks
1. Excessivedigitalartifactsappearwhen
viewinganIEEE1394device.
• TheIEEE1394cableistoolong;15feetbetweendevicesis
themaximum.
• TheremaybeaslowdeviceinthemiddleoftheIEEE1394
network.Movetheslowdevicestotheendsothatconnec-
tionsforfasterdevicesdonotpassthroughthem.
2. D-VHSrecordingsfordigitalcablehave
drop-outs(lossofpictureorsound),orno
playback.
DigitalcablesignalsonIEEE1394canexceedthedataratestan-
dardssupportedbyDVCR.
3. TheIEEE1394Deviceisnolongerlistedin
theInputSelectionmenu.
• TheIEEE1394plugisdisconnectedorloose.
• TheIEEE1394devicehasnotbeenpoweredon.Turnon.
• Thedevicehasnotbeendiscovered.
• Thedeviceisnotanaudio/videodevice
4. MENUbuttondoesnotdisplayamenu. • TheIEEE1394devicedoesnotprovideamenu.
• TheTVcannotsupporttheIEEE1394menusfromthisdevice.
IEEE 1394 Recording
Symptom Remarks
1. Programtoberecordedwascorrectly
selectedfromChannelView,butincorrect
programwasrecorded.
• Thebroadcastersuppliedprograminformationthatwasincor-
rectand/orwaschangedafterarecordingwasaddedtothe
RecordList.
• TVClocknotset.
• DaylightSavingsTimeoptionisincorrect.
2. IncompleteChannelViewprogramrecorded.
Recordingdevicemaylacksufficientblankspacetomakeafull
recording.
3. ChannelViewprogramrecordingfailed. • ConnectionandcompatibilityissueswithIEEE1394
(FireWire
®
)digitaldevices.Thismayincludetoomany
Firewiredevicesinuseatonetime,ortherecordingdevice
notunderstandingtherecordcommand.
• Televisionlostpowerlongenoughtolosecurrentclocktime.
• TVenergyModewassettoLowPower.ChangeTVEnergy
modetoFastPowerOn.
4. CannotrecordtoorfromtheIEEE1394
device,includingdubbedrecordings.
• ToinitiatearecordingtoIEEE1394device,firstswitchthe
TVtothedesiredinput(recordableinputsareANT1,ANT2,
INPUT1–3).Pressthe
(RECORD)key.TheRecord>
Schedulemenuwilldisplaytoallowsetupoftherecording.
• Thesourcedevicefortherecordingisnotpoweredon.
• Whendubbing,thedestinationdevicefortherecordingisnot
poweredon.
• Theprogramiscopyprotected.
• Theprogramhasalreadybeenrecordedonceandthecopy
protectiononlyallowsonerecording.
• Unapprovedsourcedeviceforcopyprotectedmaterial.
• Therecordingdevicecannotdecodethecopyrightsignal
includedinthesignalsource(tryanotherdeviceifavailable).
• Theplayingdevice(fordubbing)doesnotsupportcopy-
rightedmaterial.
• Sourceforrecordingiscopyrighted
• ToomanyIEEE1394devicesinnetwork.Insufficientband-
widthavailable.Disconnectunuseddevices.
• IEEE1394sourcedevicehashighercommunicationspeed(S
400)thanrecorddevice.Ifpossible,reversedevices,playin
theslowerdeviceandrecordinthefasterdevice.