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<blockquote data-quote="Wynne" data-source="post: 42260" data-attributes="member: 179258">In January this year I bought a Philips DTR 1500 free view receiver. I returned the first unit to the supplier after the digital audio output failed (it initially worked). The replacement unit worked for a while but then the digital audio output failed again. It failed after being left in standby or low power mode (after being in standby for 5 minutes it briefly drops into low power mode). The output did not reappear if the unit was switched off and back on again. I found it was possible to recover the digital output by going into the aerial alignment set up and switching the sound bleeper on. I emailed Philips to alert them to the problem but in the three months since they have contacted me just once to ask for the software version (which is 0032).Another, and for me more irritating fault, is the channel status bar that is permanently displayed if you select a channel twice – i.e. if you are viewing BBC 1 and then select it again it leaves the channel ident bar up permanently. For most people it’s not a problem (pressing the menu button twice clears it). In my case it is controlled by a Philips DVDR80 DVD recorder which uses Guide plus. Recording two separate programmes on the same channel results in the second recording having a large blue bar permanently on it. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wynne, post: 42260, member: 179258"] [size=2]In January this year I bought a Philips DTR 1500 free view receiver. I returned the first unit to the supplier after the digital audio output failed (it initially worked). The replacement unit worked for a while but then the digital audio output failed again. It failed after being left in standby or low power mode (after being in standby for 5 minutes it briefly drops into low power mode). The output did not reappear if the unit was switched off and back on again. I found it was possible to recover the digital output by going into the aerial alignment set up and switching the sound bleeper on. I emailed Philips to alert them to the problem but in the three months since they have contacted me just once to ask for the software version (which is 0032). Another, and for me more irritating fault, is the channel status bar that is permanently displayed if you select a channel twice – i.e. if you are viewing BBC 1 and then select it again it leaves the channel ident bar up permanently. For most people it’s not a problem (pressing the menu button twice clears it). In my case it is controlled by a Philips DVDR80 DVD recorder which uses Guide plus. Recording two separate programmes on the same channel results in the second recording having a large blue bar permanently on it. [/size] [/QUOTE]

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