Philips FW-V55 Manuel D’Utilisation

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System does not react when any
button is pressed.
• Electrostatic discharge.
™ Press STANDBY ON to switch the

system off. Remove the AC power plug
from the wall outlet, then reconnect the
power plug and switch on the system
again.

No or poor sound.
• Volume is not turned up.
™ Adjust VOLUME.
• The headphones are connected.
™ Disconnect the headphones.
• Speakers are not connected or are

connected wrongly.

™ Check that the speakers are connected

correctly.

™ Make sure the stripped speaker wire is

clamped.

• The MP3-CD bit rate below 32 kbps.
™ Make sure the MP3-CD was recorded

within 32-256 kbps bit rate with
sampling frequencies at 48 kHz,
44.1 kHz or 32 kHz.

Reversed left and right sound.
• Speakers are connected wrongly.
™ Check the speaker connections and

location.

Poor radio reception.
• The signal is too weak.
™ Adjust the antenna.
™ Connect an external antenna for better

reception.

• The TV or VCR is too close to the stereo

system.

™ Separate the stereo system from the TV

or VCR.

Cannot tune to station
• Wrong tuning grid.
™ Switch to the correct tuning grid.

Recording or playback cannot be
made or there is a decrease in audio
level.
• Dirty tape heads, capstans or pressure

rollers.

™ See section on tape deck maintenance

(page 27).

• Magnetic build-up in the record/

playback head.

™ Use demagnetizing tape.

Tape deck door cannot open.
• Power failure or AC power plug

disconnect from the wall outlet during
tape playback.

™ Reconnect the AC power plug and

switch on the system again.

Lack of bass sound or apparently
imprecise physical location of musical
instruments.
• Speakers are connected wrongly.
™ Check the speaker connection for

proper phasing, colored/black wires to
colored/black terminals.

Remote control has no effect on the
system.
• Wrong source is selected.
™ Select the source (VCD, TUNER, etc.)

before pressing the function button
(É, í, ë, etc.).

• The distance to the system is too large.
™ Reduce the distance.
• Batteries are inserted incorrectly.
™ Insert the batteries with their polarities

(+/– signs) as indicated.

• Batteries are exhausted.
™ Replace the batteries.

Timer is not working.
• Clock is not set.
™ Set the clock.
• Timer is not switched on.
™ Press CLOCK/TIMER to switch on the

timer.

• Recording is in progress.
™ Stop recording.

Clock setting is erased.
• There was a power failure.
™ Reset the clock.

System displays features
automatically; buttons flash
continuously.
• Demonstration mode is switched on.
™ Press and hold Ç (on the system only)

for 5 seconds to switch off the
demonstration.

There is a howling sound at the
external source.
• You hear feedback when you are

listening from AUX mode.

™ Press AUX to select CDR mode.

All lighted buttons are not lit.
• Equalizer Display is switched on in NITE

mode.

™ Adjust JOG to select other Equalizer

Display.

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