Philips RTH718 Manuel D’Utilisation

English

Problem

Solution

Troubleshooting

(continued)

No TV signal received from
the recorder.

Disc will not play.

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
amplifi er.

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

The wrong TV channel was
decoded (recorded) after you
programmed a recording
using the G-CODE

system.

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

– Have your antenna or cable TV signal checked.
– Install the TV channel. Read chapter “Installation and Setup -

Setting your TV channel programs” for details.

– Insert the disc with the label facing up.
– Wrong region code. The DVD must be coded for ALL regions

or Region 3 in order to play on this recorder.

– There is no recording on the disc or it is not a supported type

of disc. Read chapter “Playback from Disc - 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.

– 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 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.

– The TV channel you want to record is not stored or you

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.

1) Enter the G-CODE

programming number of the desired TV

channel.

2) Press OK to confi rm.
3) Check the channel number in the {Program #} input fi eld. If this

does not correspond to the desired TV channel, select this
entry fi eld and change the channel number.

4) Press OK to confi rm.

– 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 - SPP} – 13 minutes, {Long Play - LP} – 15
minutes, {Extended Play - EP} – 20 minutes, {Super Long Play -
SLP} – 30 minutes, {Super Extended Play - SEP} – 30 minutes.

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