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Philips dvp642 dvd and divX player
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mrchub
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31. March 2006 @ 19:14 |
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OK, you guys have stroked my ego enough. Now I just need to decide what to put on that sucker. Too bad none of the current TV series are finished for the year yet.
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AbeVigoda
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31. March 2006 @ 20:29 |
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Hi all. The remote for my dvp642 died and I need a new one. So I went to Best Buy and bought a Philips(since it is the same company) brand universal remote. So I program the tv and vcr into it and everything is fine until I use it on the dvd player. You cannot scroll through your videos and you cannot fast forward or rewind through them while they play. You would think since it is the same company the remotes would be programmed the same, but no. I even tried to reprogram it with all of the different Philips codes, but it still did not work properly.Does anyone know of a universal remote that will work with the dvp642 without a problem?
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zrdb
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31. March 2006 @ 20:54 |
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Yeah-try the one that comes with the LDA-511 player, and throw the 642 away.
If Life Is Wonderful-How Come Mine Sucks?
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kindlot
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1. April 2006 @ 05:38 |
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Abe: I know it sucks but if you need to you can order the remote for $20 from Philips go to the support page http://www.support.philips.com/productSelector.html put in the dvp642/37 and on the bottom right is an Optional Accessories link you will find it there
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1. April 2006 @ 07:05 |
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1. April 2006 @ 07:06 |
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kindlot..I just knew U would ask...AVI ReCompress...takes about 12hrs..very poor quality
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1. April 2006 @ 08:48 |
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@rick5446: Dont' feel too bad for me yet. I have a Plextor PX-712, but it doesn't do DL DVDs. Great burner otherwise.
@mrchub: How about all six episodes of Star Wars.
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1. April 2006 @ 10:16 |
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mhudson7...I'm just playin with U ..Just hope U got a sense of humor..I've been their done that...it all comes to those who wait
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AbeVigoda
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1. April 2006 @ 12:21 |
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kindlot, thanks for the message, but I just tried that and it said the remote won't be available until May. This sucks.
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mrchub
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1. April 2006 @ 16:50 |
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@mhudson7, sorry, man, but those films are backed up as dual-layer discs in all their glory. I don't have any movies as xvids or DivX, only TV shows. To my eye Star Wars/LOTR/The Matrix/etc. suffer a lot as .AVI files. Just my opinion.
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kindlot
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3. April 2006 @ 11:04 |
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Hey Abe - There is one more way although it isn't very honest. You could always pick another up from circuit city or somewhere, switched the remotes and return it. Just a thought.
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3. April 2006 @ 14:20 |
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@AbeVigoda: My OneForAll 5650 and 7801 both work with the 642.
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usinpa
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3. April 2006 @ 16:54 |
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not sure what i am doing wrong i burned XviD files to a DVD-R DVD+R DVD+RW and DVD-RW and sometimes it just keeps loading other times says no disc also have mixed playing of mpg files some do some dont any clue what i mite be doing wrong.
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kindlot
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4. April 2006 @ 06:34 |
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usinpa - Is the unit new? What burning program Nero?
Burn on an RW and check it with the pc and make sure the data is on the disc. When you burn the disc make sure it is finalized.
If this is a new unit I had to return mine because it would not read RW disc's. I wrote about it in this forum 24. March 2006 @ 11:36 a couple of pages back and it will explain what happened.
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4. April 2006 @ 08:08 |
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Hey guys, I've read through the post, and kinda got lost, lol.
I (obviuosly) own the dvp642 and I have some troubles playing some .AVI movie files. This whole thing is new to me and I was just wondering how u can put the proper, up-to-date codecs on it?.
Thx soo much for ur help ;-D
No sig for u!.
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mrchub
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4. April 2006 @ 11:55 |
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@cbrooks, you don't put codecs "on" the player. All you can do is make sure the firmware is up to date (and it hasn't been updated in awhile, so it's likely you have the latest if you purchased the player recently). If you have file which won't play, it's likely either the encoding (if the DivX file was encoded using QPEL you're screwed) or maybe the media (I get lots of red question marks next to file names when I burn .avis onto crappy DVD-RW discs, for example). Another common problem is a weird "I've just dropped acid and those colors are bleeding all over the place." This can be fixed by hitting the system menu button during playback, then hitting it again. Why this fixes the problem is anyone's guess. Other than that you'll need to be more specific about the problems you're having, what the files are, etc. Good luck.
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4. April 2006 @ 12:17 |
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Quote:
Another common problem is a weird "I've just dropped acid and those colors are bleeding all over the place."
Yeppers, the only problem I "HAD" w/ this.
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This can be fixed by hitting the system menu button during playback, then hitting it again.
That worked like a charm!!. I tried all my troublesome video files, and that cleared up all of them. Thx soo much mrchub for ur quick/easy reply , I relly appreciate it ;-D
No sig for u!.
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4. April 2006 @ 13:51 |
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Hi all-- Somewhere way back in this thread I had asked about the PAL compatibility--was told that it would play PAL type disks--and it would not. Read the info at their website and sure enough--some were labeled with the big #1 and the rest were "Region Free"--well, his was an American sold Phillips and only would play disks from this big #1 format. I know I could change them via computer--but did not--
Whitfield
Pete's-http://www.dvdplusvideo.com/tutorial007.html
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usinpa
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4. April 2006 @ 14:40 |
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Hi kindlot yes the unit is new just got it but am lost everything i burn with Nero plays fine on pc i am using memorex and maxell dvd's i tried all flavors DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, and DVD-rw's, i have XviD, DivX files here i have mpg files here so i tried with all dif file types i have on pc even converting some of my mpg files to DivX, steps i took to burn is i opened Nero selected dvd and dvd-rom (iso) burned my files to it and it wont play then i tried making video_ts file on disc and burned files inside that folder still same issue will play on pc but not on phillips player. I appreciate any help you could give feel free to even message me via yahoo if it mite be easier my yahoo is usinpa1@yahoo.com thank you very much
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zrdb
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4. April 2006 @ 15:59 |
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Here's what I do-take the files that I've downloaded (xvid/divx-no Ogg Vorbis, Matstroka, h.264 or other wierd types), burn them to either a dvd + or - rw using Sonic My DVD in the data disc creation mode, pop it in my LDA-511, watch and enjoy!
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4. April 2006 @ 17:56 |
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usinpa..Sounds like u got one of the lemons..Exchange it !!That happened to me got another player everything is fine now..just hope U bought it at COMP USA or someplace near..I do not recomend buying this unit on the internet
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usinpa
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4. April 2006 @ 19:25 |
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i got it from local walmart so i will swap out for another tomorrow and post back as soon as i got new info thank you much for all your assistance here im glad i joined and will participate more with things i mite be able to help with
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5. April 2006 @ 07:56 |
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usinpa...Take it back to Walmart,get your money back.Buy it from Comp USA or Circuit city..They have the Extended Warranty for about 20bucks..This is an extremely good deal with the problems of a decent life span on this unit..The bright side is for 2 or 3 yrs you'll have a good unit
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nyc_sud
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5. April 2006 @ 18:40 |
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Three attempts in burning XviD episodes of 24 to DVD+R using Nero (ISO data DVD)resulted in three coasters.
I used MPEG4modifier to check:
-square pixels
-non QPel
I also did not burn with multi-session.
Somebody please tell me what I'm doing wrong.
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Noob T
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yromashin
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6. April 2006 @ 07:05 |
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Hello nyc_sud,
Why don't you take a screen shot of your GSpot and post it here?
Before I do any final burn, I write it on DVD-RW (as data file using NERO) or on CD-RW (data file using NERO) and see if everything is working. If not, I remake it with VirtualDubMod or Virtual Dub. In 99.99% cases everything works.
Roma
WinXP Pro, AMD Athlon XP 2500+, 1 GB DDR, 120 GB HD - main, 160 GB HD – second, LG CD-RW GCE-8481B, Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-108
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