Philips DVDR 3570H - Recordings Sticking

[bobbyg]

I am now on my third Philips DVDR 3570H and I have had the same problem with all 3 and was wondering if anyone could assist me?

When I record things straight to the Hard Drive, and then playback the picture will occasionally freeze. What happens is the picture will freeze but sound carry on for a split second, then stop momentarily and then start again.

Also a couple of times I have set it up to record from the Virgin box but when I review it, the screen is blank. Recorder has came on, recorded the correct channel for the correct time, but just total blank screen almost as if no signal had came through?

I have updated it to the latest software. Problem is I like the Philips, I like the features but this is a real pain.

I have it connected to both my standard Virgin box (Explorer 4200DVB) by SCART and also to the Terrestial TV through RF.

This sticking happens on channels recorded via the SCART and also via the RF. I have tried unplugging one of these whilst I record from the other but that makes no difference. I have viewed the program live whilst it is recording and the picture has been fine but then when I replay the recording it keeps sticking.

Does this suggest that its the DVD Recorder that is faulty, have I really been so unlucky to have 3 different Recorders (albeit the same model) all faulty?

Has anyone else experienced this or any advice that can be offered?

[Mick Fisher]

There are some complaints about the same issue here. http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=676317
Might be a HDD issue. If you are stuck with it maybe try changingthe HDD if you have one knocking about, otherwise get it exchanged for a some other make.
I think a lot, if not all, Philips DVD players and recorders are just rebadged Liteon or LG products. You can draw your own conclusions from that.
I've had 2 Philips players and am currently using a Philips DVR3480. All performed well. None broke down just got retired as they became superceded. Just ones luck I suppose.??

Hope you get it sorted one way or another.

[bobbyg]

Thanks for your input.

I spent several hours today playing about with it, including reading the manual from cover to cover just in case I had missed something!

I tried recording from my cable box with nothing else attached - the same problem happened on playback. I then removed the cable scart and recorded terrestial tv from the RF and the same thing happened.

My first DVDR was a Daewoo and I took that back as the fan was so noisy you literally couldn't hear the TV over it! I then have had 3 of these Philips DVDR 3570H and every one of them has had the exact same picture freezing problem which is annoying cos every other aspect of it is really good!

There is either a known problem with these or there is something that is just not compatible with my set up. However this was is going back now as well and I will just get a cash refund.

My problem is what do I get as a replacement. Not surprisingly, my number one priority needs to be that I can return it if it doesn't work! Every model that I have seen, and then subsequently done a web search on it, seems to have problems! I will get £155 back for mine, am tempted to get a Panasonic as other Panasonic eqpt I have seems to be good but even some of them seem to get poor reviews! There are some good deals on the net from the likes of bigpockets, but I am not so keen on their refund policy (pay your own postage) etc.

Any suggestions, criteria being
min 80GB HDD
ilive input for DV cameras
record to DVD+RW
I don't have HD TV just now so not bothered about HDMI but I guess it may make sense to plan for the future and get one with HDMI?

Any suggestions?

[Mick Fisher]

There didn't seem to be a device that incorporated all the facilities I desired and so after due consideration I settled on Sky+ and a basic recorder purely for the very occasional time that a TV Broadcast is so memorable that I might want to archive it. Divx playback is necessary as anything I archive is converted to avi for space saving reasons.

So far this scheme has served me well. The only hiccup is the DVR3480 only has a analogue tuner, maybe my mistake but when I bought it I am sure both the Argos and Philips site had a Freeserve icon on it. I'm not gonna persue it as the device works well and my freeview reception is carp anyway.

The DVR5500 is the equivalent freeserve model featuring 1080i upscaling. I have yet to see a good word said about this model, apparently it is terribly slow in it's response to the remote and needs frequently rebooting...ETC.

[jav1664]

Hi, I have a new Philips DVDR 3570H, I tried to put some films in the HDD from USB flash but it take to much time, so I thought another way by opening the DVDR, getting the HDD and put it to my PC. But in that moment the HDD was not visible. I formated using Partition Magic (Fat32 file system) and when I tried to connect it back to the DVDR I have a message saying all time Starting. The D VDR start without pushing the Standby button.Did anyone knows what file system use this Philips DVDR 3570H for his HHD?Or what I shall do with the Starting Messege? Thanks

[Graham M]

Probably uses its own file system like the Sky+ box, records into a raw format on the hard drive

[jav1664]

Ok but how can I turn it again to the old format or to the factory reset?

[Graham M]

Plug it back into your PC and delete any partition information and then put it back into the DVR, that may clear it

[jav1664]

I have already deleted the partition of the disk, the same problem. I have on the screen the Starting messege and the buttons are disabled. Even whet I do not connect the HDD to the dvd player the problem persist. I think that the software of the DVD player was restored on the HDD, and when I formated the HDD all thinks were erased, so the Player search for the software.

---------- Post added at 17:59 ---------- Previous post was at 17:15 ----------

how we can covert from a NTFS to Raw sistem file for a HDD?

[the-cable-guy]

Originally Posted by bobbyg

I am now on my third Philips DVDR 3570H and I have had the same problem with all 3 and was wondering if anyone could assist me?

When I record things straight to the Hard Drive, and then playback the picture will occasionally freeze. What happens is the picture will freeze but sound carry on for a split second, then stop momentarily and then start again.

Also a couple of times I have set it up to record from the Virgin box but when I review it, the screen is blank. Recorder has came on, recorded the correct channel for the correct time, but just total blank screen almost as if no signal had came through?

I have updated it to the latest software. Problem is I like the Philips, I like the features but this is a real pain.

I have it connected to both my standard Virgin box (Explorer 4200DVB) by SCART and also to the Terrestial TV through RF.

This sticking happens on channels recorded via the SCART and also via the RF. I have tried unplugging one of these whilst I record from the other but that makes no difference. I have viewed the program live whilst it is recording and the picture has been fine but then when I replay the recording it keeps sticking.

Does this suggest that its the DVD Recorder that is faulty, have I really been so unlucky to have 3 different Recorders (albeit the same model) all faulty?

Has anyone else experienced this or any advice that can be offered?

seeings as your on your third one maybe its a fault with that model.

[homealone]

Originally Posted by jav1664

Ok but how can I turn it again to the old format or to the factory reset?

do you have a link to the manual for this dvd/HD recorder - a 'factory reset' sounds like a good idea, but how do ya do dat