Posted by kaboom on 12/04/06 19:36

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 03:52:04 -0500, Stan Brown
<the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:01:50 -0500 from Jaime M. de Castellvi
><3cjmd@comcast.net>:
>> Talk about your built-in obsolence. Most VCR players used to last a
>> lot longer than three years.
>
>I paid almost $80 for a JVC unit in March, and last week the on-
>screen menu stopped working. I can no longer set timed recordings,
>and if there's ever a power failure I'll no longer even be able to
>renew the VCR's setup.
>
>Meanwhile my Hitachi unit from 1994 is still going strong.

**Hi Stan. I have a cheaper JVC, an HR-A592U. It also has the curious
habit of losing the on-screen menu for a variety of reasons. I usually
just get a blank blue screen. For me, at least, unplugging it has
brought the menu back. If the menu doesn't come back after a quick
unplugging, let it go overnight. Yes, it'll probably lose its settings
but it's worth a shot if you haven't done it already.

This is also an odd quirk: I stopped the recording one day but it
doesn't remove the timed recording from the menu. The next day, there
was the blue screen again. Now, I always make sure that if I cancel a
recording that I remove the times from the menu. It may or may not be
related, but that's just a bit of weirdness that I noticed and it
seems to have helped.

Meanwhile my Panasonic unit from 1997 is still going strong. :)

kaboomie

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