Philips DVDR75/021 - Manual (Page 85)

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PROBLEM SOLUTION
No playback on DVD
recorder:
b There is no recording on the disc: Change disc.
b 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
b You inserted the disc the wrong way: Insert the disc with the label facing upwards
b Disc is dirty: Clean the disc
b Wrong region code: The region code of the DVD and the DVD recorder must match.
b Parental control is on: Read chapter 'Access control (child lock)'
b 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.
b The cable connecting the TV set and the DVD recorder has come loose: check the cable.
I cannot playback
(Super) Video CDs
b It is possible that this (Super) Video CD contains a menu and the 'PBC' is switched off. You can
see this in status field 'PBC OFF'. To activate this function, proceed as follows:
1 Press SYSTEM-MENU while the (Super) Video-CD is inserted .
2 Select ' A ' using D or C .
3 Select line 'Features' using CH- B or CH+ A and confirm with C .
4 Select 'On' in line 'PBC' using CH- B or CH+ A .
5 Confirm with OK and end with SYSTEM-MENU .
Poor playback on DVD
recorder: (distorted
picture/distorted
sound)
b Your TV set is not properly adjusted.
b Disc is dirty: Clean the disc
b Sometimes the picture may be temporarily distorted. This is not a defect of your DVD recorder.
No recording possible:
b The TV channel you want to record is not stored or you selected the wrong programme number:
Check TV channels stored.
b Disc write-protected (recording protected): Remove write-protection or change the disc. For
more information, please see 'Preventing accidental erasing of discs' in chapter 'Manual Recording'.
b An already finalised DVD+R has been inserted: Change disc.
Programmed
recording does not
work:
b You have programmed the wrong time or date: Check time/date.
b You have not set the TIMER properly: Check the programmed recordings (TIMER block).
b Locked disc inserted: Remove disc lock.
b An already finalised DVD+R has been inserted: Change disc.
b 'VPS/PDC' switched on but 'VPS/PDCtime' wrong: 'Enter 'VPS/PDCtime exactly to the minute.
Check the aerial.
The wrong TV channel
was decoded (entered)
after you programmed
a recording using
ShowView System. 1 Enter the ShowView programming number of the TV channel you want.
2 Confirm with OK .
3 Check the programme number/channel name in the 'Prog.' input field.
4 If this does not correspond to the desired TV channel, select the input field and change the
programme number/channel name.
5 Confirm with OK .
There is picture or
sound interference on
TV reception:
b Switch to recording mode 'M1' with REC MODE during playback from the internal TV tuner
( MONITOR button). This will help achieve the best possible picture quality.
Before recording, select the recording mode as described in chapter 'Manual Recording', section
'Selecting the recording mode (quality)'.
b Have your aerial checked.
b You will find information on how to change the TV system in 'Manual TV channel search' in
'Installing your DVD recorder'.
ENGLISH
Before you call an engineer