Magnavox 537, 535, 533, 515, 513, 2160A, 2160, 2080 & Philips 3576, 3575 - Page 11

You should be able to set programs to be recorded from the satellite tuner, and the channels will change automatically. Then you will need to set the timers on the recorder to coincide independently.

I do it on my Dish tuner all the time, and I believe Direct's are the same.

Thanks everyone for the help, I played around with the sat box last night and saw where you preset a channel to watch or several channels at different times. So, now I can set the recorder to each of those different times and get several recordings in a day. Thanks again for the help, the rookie is starting to become a veteran in electronics.

It gets the time signal from analog PBS only.
I've been wondering if Philips will be ably to
fix that with a future firmware upgrade, so that
the 3575 will ba able to set the time using the
PBS Digital signal.
If not, no auto clock set after February 17, 2009...

Thanks wajo, when I originally set up the unit I'm pretty sure I manually set the clock, but I don't think I turned off the DST on it. Will have to check on that and make sure it is off.

Has anyone any success getting movies (AVI, MPEG2, VOBs, DIVx ... on a USB HDD) play with the USB connection?

AFAIK it cannot be done.

Has anyone tried formatting fat32 an external USB HDD drive and put MPEG2 movies on it and successfully play on the 3575 USB? Will 3575 recognise any USB HDD at all?

I believe they have purposely disabled the feature to play movies via the USB connector. The European version has this feature, but I believe fear of copyright holders made Philips disable the feature for the US market. If you figure out a way to do it, I'm sure many would be interested in how you did it, but again I think they purposely deleted this feature for US.

Yes, a FAT32-format USB HDD works on the 3575 USB port, as long as the drive's USB interface doesn't draw too much power. But:
- It will only see MP3 and JPG files on the HDD. It can't see AVI or MPG or DAT files at all (no, it doesn't work to rename your AVI files to MP3 or JPG - I tried it)
- The navigation interface is pretty limited. It can only list the first 999 files in all sub-directories.

Thanks amesdp.

Philips implementation of USB is pretty useless then.

Above SD output I need HDMI?Ok I'm hooking my new 3575 to my Infocus 4805 via component and the picture doesn't look any better on HD channels than the Lite-on (SD) I had before. I'm pressing the HDMI button expecting a higher res will also be spit out over component outputs. To no avail the projector does not re-scan and setup the source as expected. This indicates the output res over component (and probably s-video) doesn't go above SD. Am I correct that I have to run to the store and buy a (long) HDMI cable and DVI adapter(no HDMI on the projector)?

Yes but don't run to the store. Unless you live next to Monoprice.com. They will be a fraction of the cost of most local stores. Especially for longer lengths.

Don't expect much, if any improvement upscaled over HDMI. Chances are the InFocus is already doing a better job of upscaling than the Philips will do.

I snagged a 12 footer from WM just for the big game. It's not long enough so it will go back. Nobody stocks em' at 25'. Thanks for pointing me to Monoprice.com, I usually use pccables.com. I hope I see a difference.

I don't remember, but are you sure that the Philips can't upscale to 480p over component? The projector he's got is only 480p, you know.

I'm looking to throw QAM HD channells at it (the 4805) and am hoping for something a little better than SD. Yes it does an incredible job at SD. I've tried the MyHD 130 and even that was not transformational (before it freezes my computer after 1min.).

480p isn't considered upscaling, so the 3575 can output 480p (i.e., progressive scan) via component. This is a legal definition, not a technical one - it's whatever is permitted by the terms of the DVD licensing association.

I agree with Ramm, you might not see any difference with the upconverting. I used HDMI and actually had my 3575 set for 480p. I thought that looked best. Maybe you should try moving your 3575 closer to the TV to try the 12' cable you have, just to see if it will be worth it before you send off for a longer cable.
As far as tuning in HD channels on the 3575 and outputting them on your TV you should get a better PQ that tuning them direct with your SD tuner TV, but I don't think it will be anything like a true HD tuner, although since you only have a 480p TV I'm not positive what the difference will be. I know using my Panny DVDR w/digital tuner, outputting to my 24" Sony SD TV via component cables, it was only marginally better going through the DVDR tuned to a HD channel, vs the same SD channel tuned directly on the Sony. The only way you'd know for sure is to get a true standalone HD tuner and hook it up direct to your TV, and compare that to the downrezzed output of the 3575.

Turning Progressive scan on the 3575 actually makes the picture look worse on the Infocus 4805. The 3575 probably isn't the panacea I was looking for.

Yes I believe many people think DVDR's with the digital tuner will give them better PQ watching HDTV. I know I thought a DVDR w/digital tuner and upconverting would give me almost HD PQ, but I was sadly mistaken. It's not just the 3575, it's all DVDR's. Many people were hoping for HD passthru on the DVDR's, so we could at least watch HD using the DVDR's tuner, but not this year anyway.

Attention from the master, excellent. I shall do as you say. The 3575 will be staying no matter what. I eliminated three other components from my cabinet. Loosing those remotes gets me a gold star from the wife. And it's greener too.

I had the same experience on my 768p, 50" plasma, and I settled on 480i over s-video, which looked best.

You're right, of course - I wasn't really thinking.

My Walmart has a ton of both the Philips and the Maggie's, so it looks like there still are plenty out there.

Ditto. I just picked up my 3575 last weekend. They're going for around $300 now.