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| Thread ID: 65834 | 2006-02-01 14:24:00 | Philips DVDR520h/75 Dvd Recorder/Harddrive | onelateknight (9729) | PC World Chat |
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| 426136 | 2006-02-02 04:32:00 | You've got a 1X CD player in these "modern days". That's the speed it plays audio at. 2X CD ROM players were very common. Panasonic CR563s had the Creative proprietary bus. They (and the other proprietary buses) still catch people. The connector is just the same as an IDE. It just doesn't work. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 426137 | 2006-02-02 11:38:00 | I bought the Philips DVD HD recorder 2 weeks ago and I've had no trouble with it at all. If yours isn't working right, take it back for a replacement while you still can, | Standing_Amazed (7841) | ||
| 426138 | 2006-02-02 17:46:00 | I see the $499 Special ends after the weekend. And if I do decide to buy, I'll need advice about choosing cables for this model - presumably TV/Recorder/Computer? (I'm guessing there are too many connection options for these to come standard in the box) My TV (an LG) is old enough for me to have buried its manual among papers somewhere & all I know about connecting the comp was worked out by trial & error in matching the pretty colours & the shapes, knowing that I did at least have the correct bits & pieces to start with. A combination of me & an unskilled salesperson could mean more than one trip to Noel Leeming, whose website is no help. So would someone please tell me what cables they needed, where they attached them & is there any software in the package? I need to decide whether to go for this or a multifunction printer instead ( Canon Photo MP760 Reduced To Clear at Dick Smith's for $399 ) Decisions, decisions... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 426139 | 2006-02-02 18:17:00 | Its manual is pretty comprehensive. With diagrams. What are you connecting it to? Just the TV or a TV and SKy? If your TV has an svideo connector then buy an svideo cable. You don't get one of those in the box. You still need to connect audio from recorder to TV and if TV only there is an aerial connector too. Thats it. Sky, well you just hook whatever cables you already have on Sky to the recorder, then do your TV to recorder as I already said. Except you won't need to bother with aerial stuff. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 426140 | 2006-02-03 11:32:00 | Thanks pctek Well, I got carried away & bit the bullet. Both of them, in fact. Tonight I collected a Canon Multifunction MP760. Sadly the box is too heavy for me, so it's still in the boot. Next I have to clear a space to set it up. And then I'll probably be back with questions about bits that don't fit together the way the manual says they should. (Had no practice with this sort of thing as yet) As for the Philips- Noel Leeming have sold out here, but 10 more are expected. I'm on the waiting list. I don't have Sky, so the connection will be to TV only. The delay will give me time to work out what an svideo connector is & whether I've got one. And hopefully I'll be copying old photos & slides I took years ago while I wait... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 426141 | 2006-02-03 19:07:00 | If you don't know what an svideo cable is, you haven't got one. It won't come with it. Go into DSE and ask for one. Easy enough to plug everything in - check the manual first, it has diagrams, if you can't follow it, ask away. Don't read the whole thing at once, do the setup first, then read the tuning part and when its all happy you can then read about recording etc. You will have to tune it, which is one step I didn't have to do. But same as any VCR or whatever, it has auto-scan etc. And everythings nice big menus. Almost like an O/S. I like it, much nicer to operate than my previous recording gadgets. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 426142 | 2006-02-03 20:07:00 | Well, I got carried away & bit the bullet. Both of them, in fact. Tonight I collected a Canon Multifunction MP760. Sadly the box is too heavy for me, so it's still in the boot. Next I have to clear a space to set it up. And hopefully I'll be copying old photos & slides I took years ago while I wait...[/QUOTE] It's a good machine, Laura. But my wife wasn't impressed by the size of it!!She is happy to use it now, though. And I've done all my old slides.At last! |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 426143 | 2006-02-04 01:12:00 | It's a good machine, Laura. But my wife wasn't impressed by the size of it!!She is happy to use it now, though. And I've done all my old slides.At last! Hi Neil, Could I possibly get a reply from you in this thread (www.pressf1.co.nz) please? :) And Laura as well, when she has had a chance to play with her new toys. ;) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 426144 | 2006-02-04 02:33:00 | Could it not be overheating? Those problems sound pretty similar to that of overheating (well related to computers anyway), you could try point a fan at the thing and see if that makes a difference. | DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 426145 | 2006-02-04 23:45:00 | Could it not be overheating? Those problems sound pretty similar to that of overheating (well related to computers anyway), you could try point a fan at the thing and see if that makes a difference . Those machines don't even raise a sweat, there is no real temperature-generating stuff inside them . Unless you put it out in full sun, sat it over a heater or wrapped it in a blanket, overheating would not be an issue . Most likely the unit has a fault . Don't sweat it, if you haven't already done so, just take it back as you intended and ask for a replacement . Tell us the outcome . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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