this is my 2nd unit and the problems remain unsolved. i assume, therefore, that these problems are endemic within the units. i upgraded the firmware to 3.2 however, the unit intermittantly freezes up on playback, my channel 11 frequency is grainy although fine when tuned directly from tv tuner. timed recording will not always stop when program completed... unit remains "on" although not recording except in time buffer. the NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IS pHILIPS TECh SUPPORT" which is so shallow, that unless i'm asking how to plug the unit into the wall socket, they cannot even begin to offer an answer... much less fixes to my myriad of problems with this model. i'm afraid i have bought myself a high tech paperweight.
if anyone has any suggestions or some means to resolve any of these problems, i would certainly be appreciative. expecially if anyone knows a Philps contact where i could speak to an engineer with knowledge of this unit and its shortcommings and any fixes, if avaliable.
thanks to this forum and all who may be able to help resove my dilema with this quasi-functional technnological yugo.