Philips DVDR3350H User manual - Page 70

Problem, Solution - troubleshooting

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English Troubleshooting (continued) Problem Solution The picture is distorted or black and white during playback. - The disc does not match with the TV colour system standard (PAL/NTSC). - The disc is dirty, clean the disc. - Sometimes a small amount of picture distortion may appear. This is not a malfunction. There is picture or sound interference with the TV reception. - Have your antenna or cable TV signal checked. - Fine-tune your TV channel. Read chapter "Installation and Setup - Setting your TV channel programs" for details. Distorted sound coming from a connected hi-fi system or amplifier. - Do not connect any cables from the recorder to the 'Phono' input of your amplifier. - If you are playing a DTS CD, you have to connect the COAXIAL jack of this recorder to a Hi-Fi system or amplifier. Recordings are not occurring as scheduled. New recordings cannot be made. - The TV channel you want to record is not stored or you selected the wrong program number. Check the TV channels stored. - You have to reset the timer recording after adjusting the clock setting. - You cannot use the recorder to duplicate copy-protected materials (DVDs or videotapes) onto a DVD recordable disc. - The hard disk could be full. Delete some titles to create space for new recordings. The wrong TV channel was decoded (recorded) after you programmed a recording using the VCR Plus+® system. 1) Enter the VCR Plus+® programming number of the desired TV channel. 2) Press OK to confirm. 3) Check the channel number in the {Program #} input field. If this does not correspond to the desired TV channel, select this entry field and change the channel number. 4) Press OK to confirm. The recorded DVD cannot be played back on another DVD player. - If a recording is too short, it is possible that a DVD player/ recorder cannot detect it. Please observe the following 'minimum recording times'. Mode of record quality: {High Quality - HQ} - 5 minutes, {Standard Play - SP} - 10 minutes, {Standard Play Plus - SP+} - 13 minutes, {Long Play - LP} - 15 minutes, {Extended Play - EP} - 20 minutes, {Super Long Play SLP} - 30 minutes. The message 'UNKNOWN DISC' appears. - This message may appear if you insert a disc that may have encountered one of the following: - Error during recording: The title may be missing. - Error while changing the title/index picture: The original title/ index picture may be visible. - Error while finalizing or the disc has not been finalized. 70

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Problem
Solution
Troubleshooting
(continued)
The picture is distorted or
black and white during
playback.
There is picture or sound
interference with the TV
reception.
Distorted sound coming from
a connected hi-fi
system or
amplifier.
Recordings are not occurring
as scheduled. New recordings
cannot be made.
The wrong TV channel was
decoded (recorded) after you
programmed a recording
using the VCR Plus+
®
system.
The recorded DVD cannot
be played back on another
DVD player.
The message ‘UNKNOWN
DISC’ appears.
The disc does not match with the TV colour system standard
(PAL/NTSC).
The disc is dirty, clean the disc.
Sometimes a small amount of picture distortion may appear.
This is not a malfunction.
Have your antenna or cable TV signal checked.
Fine-tune your TV channel. Read chapter “Installation and Setup
- Setting your TV channel programs” for details.
Do not connect any cables from the recorder to the ‘Phono’
input of your amplifier.
If you are playing a DTS CD, you have to connect the COAXIAL
jack of this recorder to a Hi-Fi system or amplifier.
The TV channel you want to record is not stored or you
selected the wrong program number. Check the TV channels
stored.
You have to reset the timer recording after adjusting the clock
setting.
You cannot use the recorder to duplicate copy-protected
materials (DVDs or videotapes) onto a DVD recordable disc.
The hard disk could be full. Delete some titles to create space
for new recordings.
1) Enter the VCR Plus+
®
programming number of the desired TV
channel.
2) Press OK to confirm.
3) Check the channel number in the {Program #} input field. If this
does not correspond to the desired TV channel, select this
entry field and change the channel number.
4) Press OK to confirm.
If a recording is too short, it is possible that a DVD player/
recorder cannot detect it. Please observe the following
‘minimum recording times’. Mode of record quality: {High
Quality - HQ} – 5 minutes, {Standard Play - SP} – 10 minutes,
{Standard Play Plus - SP+} – 13 minutes, {Long Play - LP} – 15
minutes, {Extended Play - EP} – 20 minutes, {Super Long Play -
SLP} – 30 minutes.
This message may appear if you insert a disc that may have
encountered one of the following:
Error during recording: The title may be missing.
Error while changing the title/index picture: The original title/
index picture may be visible.
Error while finalizing or the disc has not been finalized.