Brand:
LG
Category: TV
Document Type: Manual
Language: EN
Manual for DR389
Uploaded: Nov. 21, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Warranty Information
None
- Before You Start: Covers disc compatibility (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW) and playable disc formats (DVD, Audio CD, Data discs). Includes notes on disc handling and copy restrictions.
- Connections: Detailed instructions for connecting the unit to your TV and other external devices like antennas, SCART devices, component systems, digital audio equipment, PAY-TV decoders, VCRs, camcorders, and USB flash drives.
- Basic Operations: Explains how to set up the unit using the Auto Setup wizard, navigate the Home Menu, and adjust various SETUP settings such as language, audio, recording, and disc settings.
- Playback: Guides users on playing discs, including navigating menus, selecting audio and subtitle languages, fast forwarding/reversing, slow motion playback, and using special features like chapter search. It also covers playing DivX movie files, listening to music, and viewing photos.
- Recording: Provides instructions for both instant timer recording and setting up scheduled recordings, including troubleshooting common recording issues.
- Editing: Details how to edit video content, including naming titles, adding chapter markers, protecting titles, combining chapters, and deleting parts of titles.
- Displaying Information: Shows how to view disc information and playback status.
Troubleshooting and error codes
| Symptom | Possible Cause & Solution |
|---|---|
| General | |
| The power does not turned on. | • Plug the power cord into the wall outlet securely. |
| There is no picture. | • Select the appropriate video input mode on the TV so the picture from the unit appears on the TV screen. • Connect the video connection securely. • Check the [Video Output Format] in SETUP menu is set to the appropriate item that conforms to your video connection. |
| Picture noise appears. | • You are playing a disc recorded in a color system that is different from your TV. • The video signal from the external component is copy-protected. • Set the resolution that your TV can accept. |
| The channel is not found or stored. | • Check your antenna connection. |
| There is no sound. | • Connect the audio connection securely. • The input source setting on the amplifier or the connection to the amplifier is incorrect. • The unit is in scan, slow motion, or pause mode. |
| The remote control does not work properly. | • The remote control is not pointed at the remote sensor of the unit. • The remote control is too far from the unit. • There is an obstacle in the path of the remote control and the unit. • The batteries in the remote control are exhausted. |
| Playback | |
| The unit does not start playback. | • Insert a playable disc. (Check the disc type, color system, and regional code.) • Place the disc with the playback side down. • Place the disc on the disc tray correctly inside the guide. • Clean the disc. |
| Cannot play a disc recorded using this unit on other player. | • Finalize the disc. • Check the disc compatibility of the player. • Discs recorded with copy-once material cannot be played on other players. |
| The angle cannot be changed. | • Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD Video being played. • The angle cannot be changed for the titles recorded on this unit. |
| The subtitle language cannot be changed or turned off. | • Subtitles are not recorded on the DVD Video being played. • The subtitle cannot be changed for the titles recorded on this unit. |
| Cannot play MP3/WMA/JPEG/DivX files. | • The files are not recorded in a format that the unit can play. • The unit does not support the codec of the DivX movie file. • The resolution is higher than the unit can support. |
| Recording | |
| Cannot record or does not record successfully. | • Check the remaining space on the disc. • Check that the source you are trying to record in not copy protected. • The power may have failed during recording. • Use a VR mode formatted disc for copy-once material. |
| Timer record does not record successfully. | • Clock is not set to correct time. • The start time of the timer recording is past. • Two timer recordings may have overlapped, in which case only the earlier one will record completely. • When setting the recording channel, make sure you set the unit's built-in tuner, not the TV's built-in tuner. |
| Stereo Audio Record and/or Playback is not present. | • TV is not Stereo-compatible. • Broadcast program is not in stereo format. • The A/V Output jacks on the unit are not connected to TV A/V In jacks. |