Philips DVDR3435H - Manual (Page 68)

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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} – 5 minutes, {Standard Play - SP} – 10 minutes,
{Standard Play Plus - SP+} – 1 minutes, {Long Play - LP} – 15
minutes, {Extended Play - EP} – 0 minutes, {Super Long Play -
SLP} – 0 minutes, {Super Extended Play - SEP} – 40 minutes.
– You have to finalize the DVD+R. 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.
Problem Solution
Troubleshooting
(continued)
Picture is fuzzy and
brightness varies when
copying DVD Video discs or
prerecorded video cassettes.
The message ‘This will clear
the time shift buffer’ appears.
There is a power failure
during the formatting of the
recorder’s HDD.
There is a power failure
during the copying of files to
a DVD±R disc.