Philips HDRW 720/17 - Manual (Page 82)

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PROBLEM SOLUTION
Missing or wrong TV
channels
b Wrong cable connection selected
The cable box do not
always react to the IR
Blaster
b The Infrared (IR) Remote control signal interfere with the IR signal of the IR Blaster
Put the IR Blaster closer to the front of the cable box.
In the TV Guide On
Screen
™ ' LISTINGS'
screen, I see too many
or too less TV
Channels
b The number of TV channels depends on the setting in the TV Guide On Screen ™ sytem settings.
If you have a cable box installed (cable box 'YES'), then you should switch on the available channels
(Channels above 125).
b If you have no cable box installed (cable box 'NO'), then you should switch off the channels which are not
available.
My cable box does not
react on the remote
control from the cable
box or automatically
switches through the
channels
b If the DVD-Recorder is switched off ( STANDBY m button) the cable box will be used from the TV Guide
On Screen ™ system via the DVD-Recorder. If you want to watch TV-Channels from the cable box, you have to
switch the DVD-Recorder on.
Then you can select the TV Channels with the remote control from the DVD-Recorder or from the cable box.
There is picture or
sound interference on
TV reception:
b Before recording, select the recording mode as described in chapter 'Manual Recording', section 'Selecting the
recording mode (quality)'.
b Change the channel of the modulator. During standby hold on the remote the button 3 pressed to switch to
channel 3. With button 4 you switch to channel 4.
b Have your antenna checked.
Distorted sound
coming from a
connected hi fi
amplifier
b The DVD recorder is connected to the 'Phono-input' of your amplifier: This jack is provided only for a record
players without a preamplifier. Select a different audio input.
The picture is
distorted or
black and white during
playback
b The TV system of the discdoes not match that of your TV set (PAL/NTSC).
b The recording can be made in color only when the TV channels or the connected additional device send a
color signal. Black-and-white signals containing no color information (color subcarriers) cannot be recorded.
No sound signal at the
digital output
b Check whether the sound settings match the selected inputs and connected additional devices. For more
information, see section 'Sound setting' in chapter 'User preferences'.
There could be
difference in the
search speed ofa DVD
and DVD+RW
b Depending on the different structure of a DVD and a DVD+RW/+R this can lead to the different search
speeds. This is not a fault in your machine.
Before you call an engineer