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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 10/10/05 23:16
"MaryL" <carstan101@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in
news:vLJ1f.2662$xE1.2302@okepread07:
> I used VCR player/recorders for many years without any problems.
> One of them was a GoVideo dual deck recorder that I used to edit
> some tapes to play in class and others that were camcorder tapes
> that I had recorded. Several months ago, I decided to convert to
> DVD, both for the type of uses I just mentioned and also so I
> could play movies on the equipment. I bought a Panasonic DVD video
> player/recorder, model #DMR-E55P9-S to attach to one TV and a
> Panasonic DVD/VHS dual deck player recorder, model #DMR-E75V for
> another TV (this one to permit editing as I did with the dual deck
> VCR and also to copy my old VCR tapes to DVD). I had no problems
> using VCRs in the past, but I am useless when it comes to setting
> up hardware, so I hired a technician from Circuit City (where I
> bought the players) to do my setups. Even they had some problems
> because I have cable, and there were some complications. I have
> the type of cable where I do not need a separate cable box, but I
> think there may be a splitter of some sort for the DVD attachment.
> However, they eventually got everything set up so I could use it.
> Ironically, I did not make much use of it for awhile and have now
> forgotten much of what they told me.
>
> Here's the big problem: Now I cannot even get either machine even
> to *play* a DVD, let alone start learning how to edit! I'm not
> even sure if *I* am the problem or if the cause was the power
> outage that I just went through. I live in the area hit by
> Hurricane Rita, and I was without power for 7 days. I know the
> equipment was not destroyed because the TVs works fine. When I try
> to power on the attached DVD players, the light comes on and the
> "read" message is clear. If I press "play," the DVD button lights
> up, and the DVD shows numbers counting up as if it is reading a
> track. However, only the TV channel continues to play (and I did
> set the TV channel to 3, which is used when playing the DVD).
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion before I have hire another
> technician? Is there something obvious that I am forgetting to do,
> or would the power outage have reset something? I will even have
> some difficulty finding a technician because the Circuit City
> where I bought the equipment has closed down and the nearest one
> is 75 miles away. Incidentally, the equipment remained plugged
> into the wall outlet throughout this time. If unplugging and
> replugging is a likely solution, I will do it - but I don't want
> to have to do that if it is not reasonable for this problem
> because I would have to move *very* heavy equipment to do so (and
> have no one to help).
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me. As you can see, I'm virtually
> helpless with this - and reading the manual is like reading it in
> a foreign language (largely incomprehensible).
>
> MaryL
Your description makes me think that a cable between units is loose
or unplugged.
I hope that doesn't meean you have to move the two-ton equipment :-)
Gino
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