Dvdr3455/37 stopped working

Feb 03, 2008

-   I have the same problem and called the Phillips help desk. After trying several reboots they finally said to 'throw the unit in the trash' because nothing could be done to fix it.
I still have the unit and am hoping someone comes up with a fix because the Help Desk was of no 'Help'.-   GPOP

Jan 11, 2008

-   Hi there,
I had the exact same problem. I've had the unit just over a year and watching a movie from my lap top on my TV through the DVDR3455 when my sound stopped. I've had this issue before and it is usually cause by the DVDR3455 locking up (like it seems to do every 3 to 4 times a month). So I go and unplug the unit and plug it back in and it never completely comes back up. I take a closer look at what it is doing and it seems to be coming part way up and then resetting itself. The sequence is I plug it in and get the time on the front, I use the remote or power button to power it on and the front displays "PHILIPS" and I can here it accessing the hard drive. But then after about 20-30 seconds the blue had drive light goes out and the unit reboots. The unit is unresponsive to the remove or power button when it gets into this mode.
I thought maybe the hard drive got damaged, so I took it out and did a thorough test of the hard drive and there wasn't anything physically wrong with the hard drive. I tried poweing it up without the hard drive connected and it seems to do the same thing.

My best guess is that some diagnostic test is failing on boot up and the unit is restarting on this failure.

Any ideas from anyone whould be greatly appreciated.
-   bmckinlay