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Have you formatted the disc? It will be under the disc menu screen the format a disc option. Does it also play a DVD disc? If it doesn't it might need a clean of the lens.
You can not format your hard drive while using the system on it.
Formating DVDs and CDs are not necessary to record and use them.
Windows Recorder is for voice recording to wav files not for formating discs.
Take
the disk out, power off, and on again. If it still says "unknown disc
type" instead of "no disc," the internal disk drive is the problem. You
can try to clean the sensor, but there is a good chance the drive needs
to be replaced. I have a Philips DVDR3400 that did the same thing. I
bought a regular computer internal drive, connected the power supply and
IDE cable, and it now works.
This situation will sometimes occur if the laser device is dirty. You can purchase a CD drive cleaner at most discount retailers inexpensively, and give that a try.
If that does not solve the problem, then it's probably time for a new disc drive.
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the response.
I've solved the problem.
I was trying to download a programme that was too big from the hard drive to the disc.Once I inserted a divide in the progeamme everything worked Ok,
Cheers,
The dvd player is not actually recording to the disc. It first records to a "hard drive" on the DVR. when the recording is complete, the user must request that the DVR downloads the recording to the disc. Since I do not know your brand and model # I cannot really instruct you further.
I have a similar problem in that it will not record at all or not record very well. It has a drive inside like a PC DVD drive called the DVD RAM drive. The horrible clunking (grinding) sound is the disc slipping in the spindle. Unfortunately here in Australia the fix is to replace the whole drive (AU$350)!!
I have opened it up and tried to adjust the force of the spindle and it works for a while.
Hope somebody has a better solution.
Take the disk out, power off, and on again. If it still says "unknown disc type" instead of "no disc," the internal disk drive is the problem. You can try to clean the sensor, but there is a good chance the drive needs to be replaced. I have a Philips DVDR3400 that did the same thing. I bought a regular computer internal drive, connected the power supply and IDE cable, and it now works.
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