Posted by Adrian A on 03/26/07 10:33

john@starmarkassociates.co.uk wrote:
> My otherwise excellent HDD/DVD recorder (DMR-EH50) has a front-panel
> display that should show when the "Ext Link" feature is enabled (which
> works a treat with Panasonic digibox to give very easy programming).
> It was never particularly easy to read this part of the display, but
> now, after a couple of years, the LED (this bit should be in red) has
> become so faint that it is now unreadable without a darkened room and
> a magnifying glass - which makes it incredibly hard to know which mode
> it is in.
>
> Has anybody else had this experience on this or a similar model?
>
> Has anyone managed to get Panasonic to do anything about it after
> expiry of warranty period (on the grounds that it should be of
> "Merchantable Quality" and to last "a reasonable period of time)?
>
> John Geddes
> Derbyshire

Mine's the same, I know the Ext Link is enabled when the diplay just shows
HDD and the time, if it's in standby it just shows the time.

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