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Posted by GMAN on 07/11/07 16:44
In article <70b9d61b3117504a51a5787e06fef7ab@anon.mixmaster.mixmin.net>, Funtimes Over <nobody@mixmin.net> wrote:
>I have the same unit, been working for 2 years. The only thing it seems to
>do now, I don't know why, is it fails to power on for a scheduled timer
>recording. I've determined that it won't power on if it's pulling in
>content for the TV Guide, which happens in the early afternoon. If I
>manually turn it on during these times and it's scheduled to record
>something, it will immediately go into record mode. Very odd and bad
>behavior. I might as well keep it on all the time. Still, something ain't
>right with the machine and I flashed and reset it this morning. Only time
>will tell if this fixes its habit as of late to stay in a coma when it
>should be coming on.
>
>Have you tried re-initializing the hard drive, doing a deep reset, setting
>back to factory defaults, and flashing the unit to the latest and last
>firmware? You can get the firmware and instructions on how to flash from
>the Panasonic website. The file to look for is DMR-E85.EXE, which unpacks
>to Pana_dvd.frm
>
>According to the AVSForum, Philips and Polaroid are now the only
>manufacturers of DVD recorders with built-in hard drive sold in the US.
>Panasonic no longer makes a hard drive unit, at least for US markets. It
>has something to do with an FCC requirement to sell units with an ATSC
>tuner after March 1. The only thing I don't see with these units is a way
>to pull in schedule content. Some people say the TV Guide was buggy, but
>it was better than nothing, which is what these two units offer.
Any new device that includes a tuner such as a VCR or DVD recorder must now
include an ATSC tuner or no tuner at all.
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