Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
Great machine with strange new problem
I've just encountered the same problem as described below.  I was just curious to see if anyone else had this problem and found it here on this board, how nice, I love amazon.com.  The unit will record a +RW disk just fine at this time but when I try to record with a +R disk, the unit stops and freezes up, then shuts off.  I have to agree, when the machine is working right, I love what it does, but not this problem.  I will try rebooting.<br />I've had this Dvd Recorder by Phillips #985 for 2 months so far & Have recorded over 300 dvds. The last 4 weeks the recorder has had on going problems & recording errors! It's been coming up with a DB?????### ERROR. I've had to reboot & program the unit again & again! Sometimes it'll just shut off in the middle of recording & won't continue with the same disc. When it runs good it runs very good! When it runs bad it's horrible!!! At the moment it will only record dvdrw+ I can't get it to record the regular dvd+r disc. Hopefully it'll fix it self like it has in the past. I ran the diagnostic test on it & it passed??!!<BR>So who knows? I was hoping for a little more dependability for what i paid for it. One question? Why doesn't Phillips have a list of the error codes in the manual??? It's too late to return so i'll just wait it out & see how it runs tommorow.<BR>S.Martinez<BR>Roseville CA