Posted by Biz on 10/25/05 22:09

Many cable companies are indeed inserting the broadcast copy protect flag
into their transmissions. Chances are your older now dead unit ignored
it...

If you have searched user groups related to your Sony recorder and your Cox
DVR adn found nothing, chances are there is nothing you can do about it...


<bill_nielsen_99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130261073.330825.141240@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> I have a new Sony RDR-VX515 DVDR/VCR combo. When I record from my
> Cox/Magnavox DVR to the Sony DVDR, every minute or so, a message screen
> will come up saying that the recorder can't record copy protected
> material. When I play back the DVD, there are blank screen dropouts
> and/or frozen images that appear every minute or so.
>
> Since the DVR does not have copy protected information on it, does
> anyone know why I'm getting these messages and what the workaround
> might be. I did not have these problems going from the same DVR to an
> older Philips DVDR, which has since died.
>
> I had seen one posting on Usenet that said the Sony couldn't record
> from Tivo. I'm wondering if I have a similar situation here.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice you can provde.
>
> --Bill Nielsen
>

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