Philips DVDR3588H/93 - Manual (Page 69)

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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 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 may
have 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.
– 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} – 13 minutes, {Standard Play - SP} – 25 minutes,
{Standard Play Plus - SP+} – 31 minutes, {Long Play - LP} – 38
minutes, {Extended Play - EP} – 50 minutes, {Super Long Play -
SLP} – 76 minutes.
– You have to finalize the DVD±R,-RW&+R DL. Refer to chapter
“Playing your recordings on other DVD players” for details.
– 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.