Philips DVDR3545V manual Troubleshooting, Press OPEN/CLOSE a

TROUBLESHOOTING

DVD • VCR

DVD

Symptom	Remedy
Playback picture is distorted.	• Keep the device which may cause electrical disturbances, such as a
	cellular phone, away.
The channel cannot be changed from	• Set the TV’s input to “TV.”
the channel you are recording.
Nothing was recorded even though	• There was a power failure during recording.
you set the timer setting correctly.	• The unit’s internal clock stopped due to a power failure that lasted for
	more than 30 seconds. Reset the clock (pages 30-31).
	• The program contains copy protection signals that restricts copying.
	• The timer setting overlapped with another setting that has priority.
Timer recording is not complete or did	• The timer setting overlapped with another setting that has priority
not start from the beginning.	(page 45).
	• Disc space was not enough.
Timer recording is impossible.	• Make sure	appears on the front panel display of this unit. If not, press
	[TIMER SET].
There is no picture.	• If the main menu appears on the TV screen, press [BACK ] to exit.
	• Check if the progressive scan mode is set correctly according to your TV
	(page 99).
Picture noise appears.	• Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth.
There is no sound.	• If you are using DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT (COAXIAL) jack, check the setting
	in “Disc Audio” (page 94).
	• Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth.
Sound is noisy.	• Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth.
No DTS sound is output.	• This unit is not compatible with DTS sound.
The disc does not play back.	• No disc is inserted.
	• A blank disc is inserted.
	• The disc is upside down. Insert the disc with the labeled side facing up.
	• The disc is not correctly inserted.
	• The unit cannot play back certain discs (such as a CD-ROM) (page 59).
	• The region code on the DVD-video does not match the unit (page 59).
	• Moisture has condensed inside the unit. Remove the disc and leave the
	unit turned on for about 2 hours until the moisture evaporates (page 5).
	• If the disc was recorded on another recorder, the unit cannot play back
	the disc if it was not finalized.
Discs recorded on this unit cannot be	• If you are using DVD-RW/-R, please ensure you finalized the disc after
played back on other DVD players.	recording (pages 56-57).
The disc does not start playback from	• Resume playback was activated (page 67). Press [STOP C] twice.
the beginning.	• You have inserted a disc whose title menu or DVD menu automatically
	appears on the TV screen when it is first inserted.
The unit starts playing back the disc	• The DVD-video features an auto playback function.
automatically.
Some functions such as stop, search,	• Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do some of the
or slow-motion playback cannot be	operations. Refer to the instruction manual supplied with the disc.
performed.
The language for the sound track	• The title does not have the multilingual audio tracks.
cannot be changed.	• The DVD-video prohibits the changing of the language for the sound
	track.
The subtitle language cannot be	• Multilingual subtitle are not recorded on the DVD-video.
changed or turned off.
The angles cannot be changed.	• Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD-video being played back.
	• The angle-change operation is whenever possible as long as the disc
	contains a multi-angle portion. Actual change will be performed when
	the portion has come up.
	• The DVD-video prohibits changing angles.
	• Try changing the angle using the DVD-video’s menu.
Recording does not stop immediately	• It may take a few seconds for the unit to input disc data before
after you press [STOP C].	recording stops.
The disc tray does not open when you	• It may take a few seconds for the disc tray to open after you have
press [OPEN/CLOSE A].	recorded or edited a disc. This is because the unit is adding disc data to
	the disc.

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