Troubleshooting - Philips DVDR3305/05B User Manual

Problem
No picture.
The picture is distorted or
black and white during
playback.
Recordings are not
occurring as scheduled.
New recordings cannot be
made.
No TV signal received from
the DVD recorder.
A DVD±R/±RW recorded on
this DVD recorder does not
play on a DVD player.
Picture is fuzzy and
brightness varies when
copying DVD Video discs or
pre-recorded video cassettes.
A TV channel installed during the
DVD recorder's automatic TV channel
search is fuzzy or distorted.
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Troubleshooting

Solution
– Switch on your TV and set to the correct Video In channel.
Change the TV channel until you see the DVD screen. Read
chapter "Getting Started - Finding the viewing channel" for
details.
– Check the video connection between the DVD recorder
and the TV.
– The disc does not match with the TV colour system
standard (PAL/ NTSC).
– The disc is dirty, clean the disc.
– Do not tie the cables of the connected equipment together.
– Sometimes a small amount of picture distortion may appear.
This is not a malfunction.
– For better video quality, select 1 hour or 2 hour recording
mode. Read chapter "Recording - Recording settings" for
details.
– The recording can be made in colour only when the TV
channels or the connected additional device sends a colour
signal. In some situations, programmes that are broadcast in
black and white cannot be recorded.
– The TV channel you want to record is not stored or you
selected the wrong programme number. Check TV channels
stored.
– If you adjust the clock after you set a timer recording, you
have to reset the timer recording.
– If the DVD recorder cannot read the disc, you cannot record.
– You cannot use the DVD recorder to duplicate copyrighted
materials (DVDs or videotapes) onto a DVD±R/±RW.
– A fi nalised DVD±R has been inserted. Change disc.
– Install the TV channel. Read chapter "Step 4 : TV channel
programming" for details.
– If a recording is too short, it is possible that a DVD player
cannot detect it. Please observe the following 'minimum
recording times'. Recording mode :
{1 hour} – 5 minutes, {2 hours} – 10 minutes,
{4 hours} – 20 minutes, {6 hours} – 30 minutes.
– You have to fi nalise the DVD±R. Refer to chapter "Playing
your recordings (DVD±R) on other DVD players" for
details.
– This happens if you try to copy DVDs or video cassettes
that have been copy-protected. Even though the picture on
the TV is fi ne, but the recording on a DVD±R/±RW is
faulty. This interference is unavoidable with copy-protected
DVDs or video cassettes.
– The DVD±R/±RW has recording lifetime, please change a
new disc for recording.
– Make sure you have selected the correct TV colour system
standard (PAL/NTSC)
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