SOURCE: my philips dvd recorder is
These methods have been shown to work
The electronic procedure:
Switch off the unit at the wall plug. On
the front panel, hold in the <RECORD> and <EJECT> buttons
at the same time, and keeping them held, switch on the power at the
wall again. Keep holding the buttons until the disc tray opens.
The manual procedure:
There
should be a small slot on the lower side of the unit near the front and
center of the disc assembly. By sliding a small plastic numb from one
side to the other unlocks the door so it can maually be opened the rest
of the way. You will need a strong, thin object to slide that release
nub. A small knife or nail would work. Of course you should follow all
safety precaution such as removing power and not damaging anything else.
SOURCE: how do i tune my philips 3590H philips dvd recorder into digital
The User Manual for your DVD Recorder is available here... http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/d/dvdr3380_05/dvdr3380_05_dfu_eng.pdf
Info related to your specific problem is as follows...
Setting your TV channel
programmes
Before the recorder can start recording
the TV channel programmes, you need to
search for the available TV channels and
store them in the recorder.
Note: Make sure you have successfully
made all the required connections to the
recorder, the TV and Satellite Receiver/
Cable Box (if any) and switched them on.
Tuner settings can only be changed
when there is no disc in the disc tray.
A Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote
control.
�� The system menu appears on the TV.
B Use ���� keys to highlight
{ System Menu - Channel Setup }
and press ��.
System Menu - Channel Setup
Modify Channel Information
Sort Channels
Channel Search
Edit
Sort
C Use ���� keys to highlight { Channel
Search } and press OK.
�� The automatic TV channel search
starts. This process may take several
minutes. Once complete, the total
number of channels found appears on the
TV.
Automatically scan all the receivable analogue local TV
channels and store these channels on the recorder.
�� Use ���� keys to highlight { Channel Search } and press OK.
�� The automatic TV channel search starts. This process may take
several minutes. Once complete, the total number of channels found
and stored appears on the TV.
Modify Channel Adjust a stored TV channel to your preference, improve the
Information reception and the sound quality of that TV channel.
1) Use ���� keys to highlight { Modify Channel Information } and
press OK.
�� The channel menu appears.
2) Use ���� keys to select one of the options.
{ Name } – You can use the numeric keypad 0-9 to select
the channel preset number which you wish to
change.
– Use ����keys to change alphabet/ number and
use ���� keys to select different entry fi elds, then
press OK to confi rm.
{ Scan Mode } – Select TV channel search mode based on
channel allocation or frequency.
– Use ���� keys to select { Frequency },
{ Channel } or { S-Channel } (Special Channel),
then press OK to confi rm.
{ Frequency } – Shows the frequency of the current TV
channel.
– If required, use ���� keys to start the automatic
frequency search and press OK to confi rm.
{ TV System } – Set the TV system that produces the least
distortion of picture and sound.
– Use ���� keys to select a suitable sound mode,
then press OK to confi rm. (See chapter “TV
System Guide” at the back of this manual for
more information).
{ NICAM } – Turn on or off the digital sound transmission
system which improves the sound quality of the
TV channel.
– Use ���� keys to select { On } or { Off }, then
press OK to confi rm.
SOURCE: DVD Menu selection not available from Setup Menu
I don't have movies from premium channels, but do have cable HD channels. When I got the message re not recording in +VR, I copied from DVR to HD in PhilipsDVD-R and then dubbed to DVD.
SOURCE: Cannot get freeview anymore
see the solution (which is basically power off, re-scan) at the bottom of this thread
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=911984&highlight=dmr+es20d
worked for me...apparantly a known bug with software 1.14
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