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Troubleshooting (continued)

Problem

Solution

 

 

The picture is distorted or black and white during playback.

There is picture or sound interference with the TV reception.

Distorted sound coming from a connected hi-fi system or amplifier.

Recordings are not occurring as scheduled. New recordings cannot be made.

The recorded DVD cannot be played back on another DVD player.

The message ‘UNKNOWN DISC’ appears.

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.

Have your antenna or cable TV signal checked.

Fine-tune your TV channel. Read chapter “Installation and Setup - Setting your TV channel programs” for details.

Do not connect any cables from the recorder to the ‘Phono’ input of your amplifier.

If you are playing a DTS CD, you have to connect the COAXIAL jack of this recorder to a Hi-Fi system or amplifier.

The TV channel you want to record is not stored. Or, you may have selected the wrong program number. Check the TV channels stored.

You have to reset the timer recording after adjusting the clock setting.

You cannot use the recorder to duplicate copy-protected materials (DVDs or videotapes) onto a DVD recordable disc.

The hard disk could be full. Delete some titles to create space for new recordings.

If a recording is too short, it is possible that a DVD player/ recorder cannot detect it. Please observe the following ‘minimum recording times’. Mode of record quality: {High Quality - HQ} – 5 minutes, {Standard Play - SP} – 10 minutes, {Standard Play Plus - SP+} – 13 minutes, {Long Play - LP} – 15 minutes, {Extended Play - EP} – 20 minutes, {Super Long Play - SLP} – 30 minutes, {Super Extended Play - SEP} – 40 minutes.

You have to finalize the DVD+R. Refer to chapter “Playing your recordings on other DVD players” 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 finalizing or the disc has not been finalized.

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