Posted by Dave {��} on 03/26/07 17:23

"Adrian A" <anca@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
>
I have a Panasonic, but not this model, and the timer light is red and very
faint and has been since purchasing it. Its so faint its sometimes hard to
see whether the timer is on or off :-(

Dave

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