Philips dvdr3400-37b User Manual

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 Problem 
(Playback) 
Solution
Troubleshooting 
(continued)
Disc does not play.
Distorted sound coming 
from a connected hi-fi  
system or amplifi er.
Unable to play DivX 
movies.
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.
–  Insert the disc with the label facing up.
–  Wrong region code. The DVD must be coded for ALL 
regions or Region 1 in order to play on this DVD recorder.
–  There is no recording on the disc or wrong disc type.  
 
 Read chapter “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.
–   Do not connect any cables from the recorder to the 
‘Phono’ input of your amplifi er. 
–   If you are playing a DTS CD, you have to connect the  
 
 COAXIAL  jack of this recorder to a Hi-Fi system or  
amplifi er.
–  Ensure that the DivX fi le is encoded according to the  
 
 ‘Home Theatre Profi le’ with the DivX encoder.
–  Check that the DivX movie downloaded is a complete fi le.
–   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.
–   Have your antenna or cable TV signal checked. 
–  Do not tie the cables of the connected equipments 
together.
–   Fine-tune your TV channel. Read chapter “Installation and 
Setup - Setting your TV channel programs” 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 fi nalizing or the disc has not been fi nalized.