Philips DVDR 725H/05 manual Inserting a disc, Playing a DVD video disc

Playback from an optical disc

Switch over to the actual TV channel during playback

As soon as you turn on the DVD recorder, the currently selected TV channel on the DVD-Recorder is recorded in a temporary storage (Time Shift Buffer).

Recordings in the Time Shift Buffer will be automatically deleted e.g. after 3 hours if the period of the Time Shift Buffer is set to 3 hours (factory setting).

You can play back a disc, while the current TV show is still being recorded.

1To interrupt playback from a disc, press TUNER 0

P You will see the TV-show from the selected TV channel on the DVD-recorder

O To continue playback, from the disc press DISC MENU B .

Inserting a disc

1Press the OPEN/CLOSE J 3 button on the front.

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PThe disc tray will open. While the disc tray is opening, the display shows '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿' and then '￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿' when the tray is fully open.

2Carefully place the disc in the tray with the label facing up and press PLAY G R or OPEN/CLOSE J 3 .

P '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿' and then '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿' will appear in the display. The information on the disc will be read.

How do I insert a double-sided DVD?

Double-sided discs do not have labelling over the whole surface. The labelling for each side is in the centre of the disc. To play a side its label must be facing up.

Opening/closing the tray using the remote control

You can open and close the disc tray using the remote control.

Press and hold the STOP h N button on the remote control until the dialog box shows '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿' or '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿'.

Playing a DVD video disc

A menu may appear when a DVD is played back. If the titles and chapters are numbered, press a number button on the remote control.

OYou can also use the D K , C M , A I , B O buttons or number buttons 0..9 to select a menu item and confirm with OK L .

OYou can also access the menu using DISC MENU B on the remote control.

1If playback does not start automatically, press PLAY G R . P title/chapter number, elapsed time will appear on the display.

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2To stop playback, press STOP h N on the remote control or h A on the DVD recorder.

3To remove the disc, press OPEN/CLOSE J 3 on the front of the DVD recorder.

Regional code

DVDs must be marked 'ALL' for all regions or '2' for region 2 to work in this device. If the DVD is marked with a different region, it cannot be played in this DVD recorder.

The number within the globe represents the region. Regional code 2 includes:

Europe, Japan, South Africa, Middle East (incl. Egypt).

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