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The remote is not bad, easy to use once you take the time to think about what you're trying to do before you start mashing buttons. Also the DVD player will, on occasion, pause the video and stop spinning the disk at a random place in the movie, then pixilated the video while making sputtering attempts to spin the disk again (I can only remedy this by ejecting the disk and then find my place in the movie again). I bought this player about 2 years ago and have found it to be a great machine. But just recently I have been experiencing problems with the VCR damaging video tape during rewinding. In the end still a great player (4 stars for the past two years, 2 for the last few weeks).
By the time I decifer the confusing instructions, locate my magnifying glass, rifle past the directions written in Spanish, French, and Italian, and finally find English, I've forgotten what I wanted to do.To view a DVD you must push several different buttons on the remote, none of which are the "DVD" button. You'll be lost if you misplace the instructions or have a bad memory.It isn't possible to record a DVD onto a blank VHS either.
If you forget that the remote was previously used to view a VHS, you can push all the buttons you want, but nothing will happen UNTIL you push "DVD". None of the button combinations make sense.
The small print on the remote is very difficult to see, especially the dark blue print (on a black remote). Whether this is typical of all combos I don't know, but I think it stinks.Picture quality is fine, as is the sound.
The print on the combo player is even worse. I seldom record anything anymore.
I've never had a VHS unravel inside the player.
Adjusting the tracking did not work, cleaning and adjusting the heads didn't work. my guess is that the playback heads are shot (how & why, Idon't know). I purchase the Philips DVD740VR DVD-VCR Combo as a gift for agirlfriend. Since then, the VCR is actually getting worse. The DVD works fine, but I paid for a combo.BEWARE: DO NOT BUY THIS MACHINE. It worked correctly for a few months (when it wasactually being used), but the VCR no longer works (unless youcall a Blue screen with audio/noise working. It may work OK for some people, but the amount of negative reviews I have read onlyleads me to ponder making LEMON-ade.
Guess which one I'm going to be buying again so I can get rid of the other. That was about 9 months ago. I bought this model a year ago and love it. It's easy to use, easy to see and beautiful, and have had zero problems with it.I bought a different brand for another room and have only used it 3 times since. ;-)
Terrible manual. Terrible piece of kit. Never recorded videos. So disappointed, I doubt I will ever buy a Phillips again.
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