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Troubleshooting (continued)

Problem (Playback)

 

Solution

Disc does not play.

Insert the disc with the label facing up.

 

Wrong region code. The DVD must be coded for ALL

 

 

regions or Region 2 in order to play on this DVD

 

 

recorder.

 

There is no recording on the disc or wrong disc type.

 

 

Read chapter “DVD 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.

Distorted sound coming

Do not connect any cables from the recorder to the

from a connected hi-fi

 

‘Phono’ input of your amplifier.

system or amplifier.

If you are playing a DTS CD, you have to connect the

 

 

COAXIAL socket of this recorder to a Hi-Fi system or

 

 

amplifier.

Unable to play DivX

Ensure that the DivX file is encoded according to the

movies.

 

‘Home Theatre Profile’ with the DivX encoder.

 

Check that the DivX movie downloaded is a complete

 

 

file.

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.

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.

For VCR, clean the video heads. If the condition persists, the video heads may have to be replaced.

Check if the VHS tape is defective by playing other VHS tapes.

Have your antenna or cable TV signal checked.

Do not tie the cables of the connected devices together.

Fine-tune your TV channel. Read chapter “Step 3: Installation and Setup - Setting the TV channel programmes” 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 finalising or the disc has not been finalised.

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