OK, got the manual and you can't DELETE a scene like on the 3575, only HIDE, and I haven't found any "secret" button for deleting a letter, EXCEPT step 2 below, which says use the up/dn arrows to change the character/number... maybe you can "change" a letter to nothing or something that deletes the entire space... far out if it does, tho... prob. can't. Guess you'll have to spell-check before exiting!?
1. Move to { Title name } in the menu and
press .
2. Use keys to change the character/
number or make an entry by using the
alphanumeric keypad 0-9.
3. Use keys to move to the
previous or next fi eld.
4. To switch between upper and lower case
characters, press SELECT.
5. To clear the title name, press the Red
button for { Clear }.
Press OK to confi rm the changes.
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I sussed it, thanks!
What you do is put in all the letter as either capital or lowercase, and then you go back with the cursor keys to the letter(s) whose case you want to change, hit SELECT and if it's a cap it changes to l/c and so forth. Very handy, once you have it worked out: saves all that tedious mucking about changing cases as you go!
Still haven't sussed anything about deleting characters yet, though, but you can overwrite them by just changing each letter individually, so if it's a much longer title I now clear it completely and start again, if it's a short enough one with less letters than I intend it to have I change the letters one by one till it's right.
Also found out that the HIDE facility translates across to at least my other El Cheapo DVD player, so that's good.
Oh, and have I said I love the "Pause Live TV" function?"I've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another, until you just wish Flanders was dead!" --- Homer J. Simpson -
OK, here is the update, for those interested:
Originally Posted by Trollheart"I've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another, until you just wish Flanders was dead!" --- Homer J. Simpson -
And now, a sad postscript:
The bloody machine is failing already!!!
Recordings are freezing, jumping, sound is coming and going and fast forward sometimes doesn't even work!
Oh, I spoke too quickly!
Wajxbo, I have the option of swapping it for a 3575, but this experience has really soured me on Philips. Do you think I should go ahead and do this, or look at another model? The only other one they have (assuming they just exchange/give store credit) is the Sony RDR HX750..."I've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another, until you just wish Flanders was dead!" --- Homer J. Simpson -
Trollheart, not sure what to advize but I love all three of my U.S. 3575's. The only recurring problem here is the QAM tuner on an analog caqble feed can lose tuning in ~38-40% of the units. OTA, Sat and digital cable users have virtually no tuning problems.
Not sure if your EU units are built in same place, but the 3575 seems to be one of Philips better units.
Have no experience with Sony but many people do write about Sony's penchant for copy protection.
I guess it might be worth the effort to try the 3575... at least there's lots of setup and op info in my thread here and on AVS Forum!? -
The only problem I see is that the 3575 is the US model and would therefor have a NTSC and ATSC tuner. Probably not work for you? Here in the US the 3575 is being replaced with the 3576, but from what I have read the only difference is the black color, and hopefully the 3576 may have firmware updates that the 3575 did not?
Really from what I have read 95% of the 3575 problems are tuner related(mainly related to QAM cable). 4% are related to splitting titles and such and the rest are odds and ends problems. Too bad it sounds like you got a lemon. I'd say to try and get it fixed under warranty, but it sounds like you're ready to scrap the whole thing. I agree with Waxjbo, at least in the US Sony is known for false CP warnings, among other things.
Being in Europe I believe you should have access to Panasonic's w/hdd's. I've seen postings from UK where they have some nice looking EZ series Panny's w/hdd's. Maybe they would be more to your liking, assuming they are available at your shop?
Note I had a bout with 5! bad Panasonic EZ-17's here in the US. They all died within 2 months of purchase. Finally by the end the shop keeper gave me my money back and basically said to try and find another shop.
I would never suggest a Panasonic EZ-x7 series DVDR anymore. I currently have a EZ-28 Panasonic which seems.............to be working fine. It's only a couple weeks old so I can't give any long term reliability findings, but I actually started having issues with my EZ-17's right away. It only took them a while longer to totally die!
So while I do have sympathy for you, you can see the boat I was in, and I'm glad to be off it, for now..........
IMO current DVDR's are quite problematic, which is why you may have been steered into the 3575. At least in the US it's the most reliable if a product that's not really that reliable.
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Originally Posted by jjeff
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OK guys, well the tuner problem will not be a problem for me (NTSC or PAL), as I dont use an inbuilt tuner, and to be honest I don't think the 3595 came with one over here! Most people are hooked up to SKY or NTL, whose standalone boxes recieve the digital signal from a minidish on your house, so we don't need them. Freeview is not really used over here (I don't know anyone who uses/has access to it).
I've heard wabjxo say that whereas the 3595 editing features only allow you to hide ad breaks etc, the 3575 will let you delete them? That would be good. Does the 3575 have pause live TV? I quite liked that on the devil-spawned unit I bought (one of the few things I did like, really --- TSB was pretty cool too.
I know the hdd is smaller, but really, 160 gigs should be enough for anyone.
I'm certainy leaning towards this, since a lot of you seem to have had positive experience with it, and I've never owned a Sony machine (my last was a Panasonic DMR HS2, which was great till it started showing signs of senility and had to be permanently relocated in the living room, doomed to record endless hours of Jerry Springer and Most Haunted!), so your warnings about that are taken onboard. The one thing I did like about the Sony machine was that it would play DVD-RAM, which as I mentioned before was something of an issue for me, having quite a lot of stuff recorded already on that format.
I dont think there'll be a problem swapping the one for the other Philips. I'm definitely not letting them repair it. That I might consider after a few months, but two weeks? No way. Plus, what would I use while they took their time examining and maybe repairing it? And how do I even know that it would be repaired when I got it back? Might start showing up the samd defect.
No, I think I'll try the 3575. With all the good things said about it, it seems the wiser choice. Even though at the moment the word Philips makes me want to punch the wall!"I've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another, until you just wish Flanders was dead!" --- Homer J. Simpson -
Originally Posted by Trollheart
Despite sharing technology with Pioneer, the Sony DVRs currently have a less-than-stellar reputation in the USA, so stateside I would be more likely to gamble on the Phillips 3575. Every manufacturer has dog years and good years, the brand name doesn't always signify anything: i.e. Pioneers were usually great, then they really dropped the ball with their atrocious, poorly-engineered 2005 models, then they came roaring back in 2006 with the incredibly reliable 640 and later models. Phillips did the reverse: their DVRs usually had major issues that made them a poor choice, then out of nowhere last year they came up with the really decent 3575, and now they're back to selling junk again. The 3575 is a good bet and comparable in quality to most better-grade recorders. -
Thanx man, that's a really interesting point. I just sort of always assumed manufacturer X was crap, while manufacturer Y was the biz, but as you say, they have "on" and "off" years. Sure does make it hard to stick with a manufacturer though, doesn't it?
I've reviewed the stats for the Philips 3575 and yes, it does have Pause Live TV, it has the TSB and you can delete scenes, not just hide them. It's slightlly cheaper than the model I paid for, so I can't really see there being any problem in my exchanging it for the dodgy one, and since I'm now familiar with the operations of a Phiilips DVR it makes sense (assuming I can grab the diamond in the rough!) to stick with them if I can.
So that's the plan. I'll let you know what happens.
Still is a pity about DVD RAM though --- guess I'll have to buy a DVD RAM burner/reader if I want to watch those programmes!
Thx again
TH, scourge of the DVD recorder retail stores!"I've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another, until you just wish Flanders was dead!" --- Homer J. Simpson -
Here's the best yet! Now the bloody thing isn't receiving (or thinks it isn't receving) a signal from the TV! hen I try to record anything, it goes through its startup routine, then flashes a message "NO TV" and shuts off!
God, I hate this damned machine!"I've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another, until you just wish Flanders was dead!" --- Homer J. Simpson
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