Philips DVDR3570 I have a problem with a philips hdd/dvd recorder dvdr3570h. it doesnt booth up properly. 'starting' appears up on the display and a philips logo appears on the tv then it goes blank. It seems to me a boot problem with the hard drive,as I have another dvdr3570,and when I put that hard drive into the one with the problem it works so the hard drive is at fault,is there any way to fix the hard drive that is giving this problem. Thanks

read the instruc. manual since they have information about this matter, if you can or NOT. go to the section troubleshooting for to see and fix it.
God bless you

You may download a copy of the manual from here.

Pull out the hdd and format it in a computer in one single partition NTFS. Put the hdd back and upgrade with the last file disponible on Philips and enjoy again your device. Success.

I had this problem, it was solved by reformatting the hard-drive.

NOTE: if you do this, all settings and all that is saved on the harddrive is lost. But seeing that you can't start it anyway, that is acceptable, right? :)

Anyway, here's how you do it, according to Philips support:

1. Pull out the power cord from the socket.
2. Press and hold PREV and STOP (i.e. left and down) on the front panel.
3. Plug the power cord into the socket again.
4. Wait until the front panel says "FMT KEY" to let go of the buttons. Wait for it to finish formatting, upon which you will get "-- --" on the panel.

Restart the box and you should now end up at a screen asking you to set the language for the box, as if being started for the first time ever.

Also of note: if you want to restore the firmware to factory settings, Philips support told me to pull the cord, press and hold the STANDBY button, and plug it back in again. For the looping problem though, I didn't need that.

double check the firmware from philips website, but most likely that hard drive has an internal problem

I have the same problem with a DVDR3570H.

The DVDR3570H will only find analogue channels if you have a TV aerial connected to it.

If you only have a satellite or cable box, then you can still use the recorder, but you will have to use the AV inputs on the recorder. In this case you will only be able to record the satellite or cable channel you are watching.

I had this problem, it was solved by reformatting the hard-drive.

NOTE: if you do this, all settings and all that is saved on the harddrive is lost. But seeing that you can't start it anyway, that is acceptable, right? :)

Anyway, here's how you do it, according to Philips support:

1. Pull out the power cord from the socket.
2. Press and hold PREV and STOP (i.e. left and down) on the front panel.
3. Plug the power cord into the socket again.
4. Wait until the front panel says "FMT KEY" to let go of the buttons. Wait for it to finish formatting, upon which you will get "-- --" on the panel.

Restart the box and you should now end up at a screen asking you to set the language for the box, as if being started for the first time ever.

Also of note: if you want to restore the firmware to factory settings, Philips support told me to pull the cord, press and hold the STANDBY button, and plug it back in again. For the looping problem though, I didn't need that.

Hi,

I had a few problems with my philips 3450 - I downloaded the latest software upgrade at www.philips.com/support , and my issues were resolved. Worth a shot...

Only other thing I can think of is you may have a faulty batch of DVD-Rs?

Best of luck!

Put the DVD back into the drive...Then open the DVD menu by selecting the first tittle on the disc....Hold down the up arrow on the remote to make the "Editing menu" appear....Then select "Finalize Disc".

These instructions can be found on page 54 of the instruction book.