Philips DVDR3400 User Manual page 68

Troubleshooting
Problem (Playback)
Disc does not play.
Distorted sound coming
from a connected hi-fi
system or amplifi er.
Unable to play DivX
movies.
The picture is distorted or
black and white during
playback.
There is picture or sound
interference with the TV
reception.
The message 'UNKNOWN
DISC' appears.
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– Insert the disc with the label facing up.
– Wrong region code. The DVD must be coded for ALL
regions or Region 1 in order to play on this DVD recorder.
– There is no recording on the disc or wrong disc type.
Read chapter "Playback - Playable discs" for details.
– Make sure the disc is not scratched or warped. Clean the
disc or replace a new one.
– Check if the disc is defective by trying another disc.
– Do not connect any cables from the recorder to the
'Phono' input of your amplifi er.
– If you are playing a DTS CD, you have to connect the
COAXIAL jack of this recorder to a Hi-Fi system or
amplifi er.
– Ensure that the DivX fi le is encoded according to the
'Home Theatre Profi le' with the DivX encoder.
– Check that the DivX movie downloaded is a complete fi le.
– The disc does not match with the TV colour system
standard (PAL/NTSC.) Change the { Video Output format }
in { Setup Menu – General }.
– 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.
– Do not tie the cables of the connected equipments
together.
– Fine-tune your TV channel. Read chapter "Installation and
Setup - Setting your TV channel programs" 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 fi nalizing or the disc has not been fi nalized.
Solution