Philips HDR3500 User Manual page 67

Problem (General/Playback)
No TV signal received
from the recorder.
A TV channel installed
during the DVD
recorder's automatic TV
channel search is fuzzy or
distorted.
Unable to eject tray.
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.
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Troubleshooting
– Have your antenna or cable TV signal checked.
– Install the TV channel. Read the chapter "Setup Menu
Options – { Tuner } Settings" for details.
– Check the video connection between the DVD recorder
and the TV.
– You can further fi ne-tune the signal of the TV channel. Read
the chapter "Setup Menu Options – { Tuner } Settings".
– Press CH +/- to search for the same TV channel which
may have a clearer picture.
– Exit from any on-screen menu.
– Press STOP to stop any playback or recording, then press
OPEN/CLOSE on the set.
– Insert the disc with the label facing up.
– Wrong region code. The DVD must be coded for ALL
regions or Region 2 to be played back on this DVD
recorder.
– There is no recording on the disc or wrong disc type.
Read the chapter "Playback from Disc - Playable discs".
– 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 socket of this recorder to a Hi-Fi system or
amplifi er.
– Check that the DivX fi le is encoded according to the
'Home Theatre Profi le' mode with 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).
– The disc is dirty, clean the disc.
– Sometimes a small amount of picture distortion may
appear. This is not a malfunction.
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Solution
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