Philips DVDR980 manual Diagnosis programme, System limitations, Instructions

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Diagnosis programme

If the recorder is still faulty you can start the Diagnosis Programme in the recorder.

You can operate the Diagnosis Programme by following the instructions step by step.

Instructions

•Unplug the power cord of the recorder.

•Press the 2 PLAY key and keep them pressed while you plug the recorder.

‰On the display the message ‘BUSY’ appears together with a counter. This counter indicates the termination of the test when zero is reached.

‰After a few minutes the message on the local display changes over from ‘BUSY’ to ‘FAIL’ or to ‘PASS’.

‰If the message ‘FAIL’ appears on the display, there is apparently a failure in your recorder and your recorder should be repaired.

•Consult your dealer or the Philips Customer Care Centre for the nearest Service Repair Shop in your country. The phone number is given in your warranty booklet.

•If the message ‘PASS’ appears on the display, there is apparently no failure in your recorder, in this case the failure can be caused by incorrect interpretation of the operating instructions or a wrong disc is used or your recorder is not correctly connected. In this case you should consult your dealer or the Philips Customer Care Centre for further assistance in solving the problem.

•If the problem remains, then consult your Philips Customer Care Centre.

System limitations

DVD+RW and DVD+R discs may not play on certain DVD Video players.

A DVD+RW video disc that has been recorded on a different type or brand of recorder can be played, but may not provide all features commonly available to DVD+RW discs, such as the on-screen disc bar, the disc settings menu, the title settings menu, and editing.

Refer to ‘Adapt disc format’. If the disc is write- protected, the status cannot be changed.

When using manual recording, the DVD recorder will warn before adapting the format of the disc or removing non-video data. When using timer recording however, the DVD recorder will always start to record, unless the disc is write-protected. Menus, edits and other data recorded on a different device (e.g. a PC) may be lost.

Because of the Variable Bit Rate, a title map take up less or more space than the overwritten title, even though the duration is the same. As a result, a part of the original title may remain, or a part of the next title may be lost. The maximum deviation is five minutes.

After a power interruption during recording, the Index Picture Screen will may not match with the actual video content on the disc. The last recorded title may be lost.

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