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PROBLEM
SOLUTION
No playback on DVD
recorder:
b
There is no recording on the disc: Change disc.
b
You inserted the wrong disc type: Your recorder can play back the following disc types: DVD Video,
(Super)Video CD, DVD+R(W), Audio CD, , MP3-CD's
b
You inserted the disc the wrong way: Insert the disc with the label facing upwards
b
Disc is dirty: Clean the disc
b
Wrong region code: The region code of the DVD and the DVD recorder must match.
b
Parental control is on: Read chapter 'Access control (child lock)'
b
You have selected the wrong programme number for the DVD recorder on the TV: on the TV, select the
correct programme number for the DVD recorder.
b
The cable connecting the TV set and the DVD recorder has come loose: check the cable.
I cannot playback
(Super) Video CDs
b
It is possible that this (Super) Video CD contains a menu and the 'PBC' is switched off. You can see this in
status field '
PBC OFF
'. To activate this function, proceed as follows:
1
Press
SYSTEM MENU
while the (Super) Video-CD is inserted .
2
Select '
A
' using
D
or
C
.
3
Select line '
Features
' using
B
or
A
and confirm with
C
.
4
Select '
On
' in line '
PBC
' using
B
or
A
.
5
Confirm with
OK
and end with
SYSTEM MENU
.
b
Check the format of self recorded (s)VCD's (1.0, 1.1, 2.0). Play back of (S)VCD's in a different format can be
distorted.
Poor playback on DVD
recorder: (distorted
picture/distorted
sound)
b
Your TV set is not properly adjusted.
b
Disc is dirty: Clean the disc
b
Sometimes the picture may be temporarily distorted. This is not a defect of your DVD recorder.
Digital distortions
b
The low quality of some digital picture material may be the cause of digital image distortion. In this case
change the setting of the sharpness or the picture settings.
If your TV is equipped with a 'Smart picture' function, select the 'Soft' setting, without changing the picture
settings manually.
Artifacts can be
displayed on the TV
screen if the 'Video
output' is switched to
'Progressive Scan'
b
THIS PRODUCT IS EQUIPPED WITH COPY PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED BY MANY MOTION
PICTURE COMPANIES THAT PRODUCE HIGH DEFINITION MOVIES. CONSUMERS SHOULD NOTE
THAT NOT ALL HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION SETS ARE FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE APPLIED
PROTECTION AND THEREFORE MAY CAUSE ARTIFACTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE PICTURE. IN CASE
OF 525 OR 625 PROGRESSIVE SCAN PICTURE PROBLEMS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE USER
SWITCH THE CONNECTION TO THE 'STANDARD DEFINITION' OUTPUT.
Switch therefore the 'Video output' to 'Interlaced' (see chapter 'Additional user preferences'/'Picture
settings'/'Video output')
No recording possible:
b
The TV channel you want to record is not stored or you selected the wrong programme number: Check TV
channels stored.
No recording on the a
DVD+RW/+R possible:
b
Disc write-protected (recording protected): Remove write-protection or change the disc. For more information,
please see 'Preventing accidental erasing of discs' in chapter 'Manual Recording'.
b
An already finalised DVD+R has been inserted: Change disc.
Programmed
recording does not
work:
b
You have programmed the wrong time or date: Check time/date.
b
If the time and date are wrong despite setting them by hand, you can switch 'SMART CLOCK' (
Clock
preset
) off. See 'Setting the time/date' in 'Installing your DVD recorder'.
b
You have not set the TIMER properly: Check the programmed recordings (TIMER block).
b
Locked disc inserted: Remove disc lock.
b
An already finalised DVD+R has been inserted: Change disc.
b
'VPS/PDC' switched on but 'VPS/PDCtime' wrong: 'Enter 'VPS/PDCtime exactly to the minute. Check the
aerial.
b
Data in the GUIDE Plus+
®
System not correct due to 'short term' changes.
Before you call an engineer
