Bought this-seems great, BUT when I SCH a program to record &amp; turn unit OFF, it doesn't Doesn't that defeat the purpose? Am I doing something wrong?
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The unit turns on when it starts to record a program. Right after you shedule a future program, you can turn off the machine with the relote. It should turn off, if it does not, either it is recording a previously recorded program or the unit is defective. The remote buttons are not very good. sometimes you have to press a few times.
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Hi again. Just tried mine out while recording a video and zooming in and out just as you asked, and it's silent. Sorry -- it does seem that you've got a lemon.
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When you hit record the first time, it goes into flashing pause mode. Then you hit record again and it records. After that it stays recording until you hit stop. That's not a defective, that just shows you certain settings on the screen before you hit record the second time. Mine has been working great.
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It has it's own software and it is pretty good. I don't think it will run using MS Media Center.I have trouble with scheduled recording but I think it's due to a difference between reg TV and HDTV???I have experienced trouble with the unit heating up. It seems to get hot and then the recording starts skipping and halting???
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Actually, this unit is similar to an earlier model that I have had for years, and you should be able to watch a program on the hard drive while it is recording another program. You would not be able to record a program and watch a different program that has not been prerecorded on your hard drive unless it had two tuners. But if you are watching a program that is on the hard drive and had been recorded earlier, it should not affect the ability of the unit to record using its tuner. Since I don't have this unit, I can't really say conclusively.
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John:I bought this unit for my husband for Christmas and I just checked with him. He said that you can record directly from the TV into this unit. If you want to save the program after you have watched it, you need to save it to a disc while recording or once you watch it, it automatically deletes
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I am not sure about the voice you are talking about. The units I have don't have the voice every two minutes. It only say "start recording" when turn on and "stop recording" when turn off. Can you try reseting it?
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I've never encountered your situation, but it seems to me that any signals that enter the recorder should record ... if you have a cable that goes from HDMI to RCA. Good luck!
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I"m watching a movie I recorded on a flash drive. So far so good! I wanted to cancel my cable as I only use it for the DVR function, I have been testing this on a tv not hoooked up to cable and so far it is doing what I want it to do. I believe the box has to be on to record though, but tv can be off.
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Another possibility is a reception problem during recording, so I'd suggesting waiting to see if it happens on more than one channel and that you have really soild reception when not recording. Although I've not had this problem, other strange things have rarely occured, and usually unplugging the power cord for a minute or so and plugging back in solves it.
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sorry, can't help you, it was a gift for someone, I didn't open the box. I think there was something on the box about overriding recording though
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I found the same thing as Angie to be true. If I started it recorded prior to plugging it in, it would record. If it was plugged in first, then it wouldn't record.
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I ordered this for my daughter and simply can't figure it out. Are there some better instructions out there. It seems to work for a bit but isn't the record button supposed to blink all the time while recording? I changed batteries twice but it seems to just stop? Any suggestions for a very technically challenged mom?
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According to the instructions, in the Menu there is an option for Audio Record - "On/Off". I have never used this option---I leave it in the default Audio mode (On).
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My GUESS would be to record/transfer to DVD or other device. I have never used mine. Owner's manual says "for future use"? meaning what I have NO idea-take off cover & see if connected to anything-or hook to something that records and see what happens while it's playing.
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Have you initialized the disk?I use this recorder at work with a thermographic camera. It allows the process engineers to see where heat is affecting the quality of parts being welded and more!They like to watch what is being recorded while I'm recording as well.To solve this, put a splitter on the recorders input and use that to "feed" a monitor/TV with a RCA input jack.You can not finalize what you are not recording!
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You have to go to setup and either turn on auto finalize or go to setup after you record and go to DVD record and select finalize. The unit has worked very well for me. Ron