My DVR suddenly keeps rebooting by itself endlessly. Please help. Just bought this On February 26th was working fine. And now constantly rebooting
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In the manual there is a way to do a factory reset. Try that. If it doesn't work you should use your warranty.
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David, WOW! I am having the exact same problem with this unit. I want to update the firmware because of HDCP issues and it simply isn't possible as of yet. I've followed the SIMPLE instructions at least 10 times on 4 different flash drives to no avail. I called LG but they are clueless. This isn't an issue with the hundreds of HDMI cables that I own as they suggested, its the television itself. Please let me know if you figure anything out, I will do the same for you. I'm planning on calling again tomorrow, but I doubt very much anything useful will come out of it.
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Mine arrived on Tuesday (11/27) and I'm having mixed results. I mainly want it as a portable DVR (I bought it with the docking station) and sometimes it works and other times I can't even see the recording tab to select it. It was great watching Monday night's Heros while I was riding the train yesterday (it was saved to my Comcast DVR on Monday and I transferred it to the 705 on Tuesday evening), and I was able to hook up a card reader to transfer photos from my camera flash cards (after updating the firmware), so I've had some success. The overall problem is poor documentation, and I'm hoping to resolve my problems by playing with it this weekend. Mine arrived on Tuesday (11/27) and I'm having mixed results. I mainly want it as a portable DVR (I bought it with the docking station) and sometimes it works and other times I can't even see the recording tab to select it. It was great watching Monday night's Heros while I was riding the train yesterday (it was saved to my Comcast DVR on Monday and I transferred it to the 705 on Tuesday evening), and I was able to hook up a card reader to transfer photos from my camera flash cards (after updating the firmware), so I've had some success. The overall problem is poor documentation, and I'm... » Read More Mine arrived on Tuesday (11/27) and I'm having mixed results. I mainly want it as a portable DVR (I bought it with the docking station) and sometimes it works and other times I can't even see the recording tab to select it. It was great watching Monday night's Heros while I was riding the train yesterday (it was saved to my Comcast DVR on Monday and I transferred it to the 705 on Tuesday evening), and I was able to hook up a card reader to transfer photos from my camera flash cards (after updating the firmware), so I've had some success. The overall problem is poor documentation, and I'm hoping to resolve my problems by playing with it this weekend. « Show Less
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Try unplug and plug the unit back into your machine , Try using a different USB cable, the OS this supports are windows me/2000/xp/2003/vista, Mac OS 10.4. You may need to install the driver for this DVR.
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Possibly. My hard drive on my first unit crapped out on me & I had to return it for a warranty replacement. Before it completely died, it was making a noticeable clicking noise & I was having some skipping issues. The skipping issue in your case could be a loss of television signal during the recording though. If the entire unit freezes, unplug the unit, wait 10-20 seconds, plug it back in, & see if that remedies the problem. If it is a hard drive issue, you can replace it with another hard drive fairly easily I believe. Check out the AVS Forum for compatible hard drive. Hope this helps! Possibly. My hard drive on my first unit crapped out on me & I had to return it for a warranty replacement. Before it completely died, it was making a noticeable clicking noise & I was having some skipping issues. The skipping issue in your case could be a loss of television signal during the recording though. If the entire unit freezes, unplug the unit, wait 10-20 seconds, plug it back in, & see if that remedies the problem. If it is a hard drive issue, you can replace it with another hard drive fairly easily I believe. Check out the AVS Forum for compatible hard drive. Hope this helps!
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I have the LN46B750 and experience an occaisonal blackout for a second when my HVAC kicks on. I also am not sure if this could possibly be my 4 year old D*TV dvr. Would like to hear what you have running at the time when this happens, if it coincides with a power surge, etc. It's driving me crazy.
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Hi LindaAfter suffering for 6 months I have given up. Nothing I have done works. I do have the vcr/dvd hooked up so I can view tapes/dvds; however no recording. And what is real weird; on occasion, my tape recording blacks out and says no signal. If this is just a tape, why is that? The TV does not black out. UGH
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it is not a bad unit, it just your tv resolution is not match to the dvr's display resolution. you need to connect the dvr to a VGA monitor then change the display resolution of the dvr that is match to your tv.
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i guess I was dreraming-- I purchased this with the intent of replacing their DVR-and saving the monthly charge.. Thanks again for the input.
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I have had prior TiVo's Series 2, Series 3 and now Series 4. They start to have hard drive failures after every 2-3 years. I got lifetime subscription at first but decided not worth it if want latest features on each upgrade and the fact hard drives tend to only last 2-3 years. On Series 4 now have the clue is unexpected reboots at first and now some programs (3 today) only recorded the fist 1 minute and then ended. From all I've read most likely sign of hard drive going again. Yes can be replaced but more of a cost and hassle vs starting over with latest version like now Series 5.
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No issues here, been using for 7 months now. However, I noticed one day my HD was horrible quality, and it started freezing and jitters. I tried to troubleshoot it all around on the TV settings and no luck, then I did a reset on the HD cable box and it was fixed!
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To be honest, I am not really sure. I put a WD 1TB Green Drive, which other people had issues with in other DVR's & I did not have any problems.
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My DVR unit lasted just over a year, before I replaced it with an Samsung model. I would not recommend this Panasonic, which surprises me because I've never had problems with the brand before. I'm sorry I don't know the answer to your question, b ut if your unit is new, I would recommend that you return it and get a different model.
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These cameras have very little intelligence and do pretty much what they are told. So if it is turning itself off at night then the DVR is telling it to do that. You will need to check you DVR settings and specifically the operation time. The camera is incapable of doing this on it's own.
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It looks like they just added the ability to only record new episodes.http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/30/channel-master-dvrplus-gets-youtube/
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What did you plug the HD into? It does not plug into the PC so I'm not sure why you referenced your PC. The Zmodo DVR works independent of a PC and the HD is installed into the DVR itself.
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While it doesn't require any drivers to run, the "drive" itself may require formatting. Check if your DVR allows to you point at a storage device other than the onboard default drive, and if it requires any additional formatting like FAT32, Linux, NTFS, etc.