Top 20 LG RH177 DVD Recorder/HDD Recorder Questions & Answers

unplug the hard drive inside and see if it boots. if it does then the hard drive needs fixing or replacing.

Get in touch with where you bought it from. They should be able to sort it out. It sounds to me that it could be faulty.

X probably means that it can't read the card. Either the card is not compatible or faulty.

Try switching it off and on again. When switching on, press eject.

You are probably trying to use a CD in a DVD-RW machine. Go buy the correct discs for your machine.

de-power and press eject while you power on. do you want to know how to use the timer? here is the manual Product Support

Make sure there is not disc in it and try again, is it quicker?

check the button is not stuck down, use contact cleaner.

Use a disc cleaner to clean the laser head.

Make sure once your put movie on DVD that you FINALIZE the disc.

You will need to remove the cover and inspect the capaciters, look for the cap/s that have expanded on the cap.and replace, If your not too happy at soldering look on YouTube for guidence, Make sure the larger capacitor are discharged with mains supply unpluged.

Try unplugging the dvd player, wait a few moments then plug it back in and hit the eject button, sometimes that works. I’m happy to assist further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/keiffur_8e1bc404fbfd9eda

This link has the manual: http://www.lg.com/uk/support-product/lg-RH177#But I would look in menu for tools and look for set up and channels manual or auto.

Refer to its user manuals' specification sheet. You can see all details about the formats that this player can read.

Try to download it from here.

Possible that the mainboard is not working as there are errors within which it does not proceed to switch on.The processor needs to be checked and confirmed if this is working, check for heating of any particular IC's as this must be probed. also check the loading drive.

That sound is made by the platters of the disk rubbing on the reading heads - the hard disk is dead , it has destroyed itself. All the data is lost.
Sorry, there is absolutely nothing you or anyone can do about that.

There are some black highlighted buttons near the top of the remote control. These are your DEVICE SELECT buttons. Ensure you first push the button corresponding to the device you want to control, and then try to use the remote to control that device.

The fact that your remote can control the TV indicates that the remote itself is probably working fine. If you still cannot control your recorder after pressing the proper DEVICE SELECT button, then your recorder may have a fault in one of its control signal receiving circuit boards. If this is the case, it is unlike that it can be economically repaired. Since your recorder cannot function effectively without a working remote control capability, I recommend purchasing a whole new unit, preferably one of higher quality, such as a Sony product.

Good luck and take care.

Simple test: use a different system of connecting the player to the tv. If you have used the HDMI use the analogue ones (Composite video-yellow and audio -red and white) and the other way around. If your tv doesn't have HDMI then switch between the analogue outputs - Composite and S-video. Of course use another cables plugged in another sockets in the tv.
If it's the same then the defect is in the unit - the audio converter section from the main processor has failed. The only way of fixing that is by replacing the mainboard, which means that the unit is effectively dead, time for a new one.

You can find the answers to this and most other configuration questions in the manuals located at the link below:

http://www.lg.com/uk/support/product/support-product-profile.jsp?customerModelCode=RH177#