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Problem with my Panasonic DMR - ES10 DVD Recorder
cmorris
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Hi
I have a problem with my Panasonic DMR - ES10 DVD Recorder. I have connected it to my TV and SKY+ Box as I would like to record stuff off my planner to a DVD.
I have connected it like so:
TV
AV1 ---- TV Scart (SKY+ Box)
AV2 ---- AV 1 (TV) (DVD Recorder)
SKY+ Box
VCR Scart ---- AV2 (EXT) (DVD Recorder)
TV Scart ---- AV1 (Main TV)
DVD Recorder
AV1 (TV) ---- AV2 (Main TV)
AV2 (EXT) ---- VCR Scart (SKY+ Box)
(Can someone check these to see if they are correct)
The problems are:
- When I press record or Pause using the DVD Remote control no box comes up in the top right hand screen with an icon corresponding to the button I have pressed comes up (It used to.) It happens when I press the other blue buttons such as Skip, Slow/Search or Play.
- When I press stop on the DVD Remote control no graphic with a progress bar appears on the screen saying "Writing to disc"
These used to come up before? What's changed? Its nothing to do with the connections as I have checked those with the book and did a few test records which were successful.
Please help as if I have no notification I don't know what I am doing plus the one about Writing to disc is very important as I need to know that its worked.
Craig
I have a problem with my Panasonic DMR - ES10 DVD Recorder. I have connected it to my TV and SKY+ Box as I would like to record stuff off my planner to a DVD.
I have connected it like so:
TV
AV1 ---- TV Scart (SKY+ Box)
AV2 ---- AV 1 (TV) (DVD Recorder)
SKY+ Box
VCR Scart ---- AV2 (EXT) (DVD Recorder)
TV Scart ---- AV1 (Main TV)
DVD Recorder
AV1 (TV) ---- AV2 (Main TV)
AV2 (EXT) ---- VCR Scart (SKY+ Box)
(Can someone check these to see if they are correct)
The problems are:
- When I press record or Pause using the DVD Remote control no box comes up in the top right hand screen with an icon corresponding to the button I have pressed comes up (It used to.) It happens when I press the other blue buttons such as Skip, Slow/Search or Play.
- When I press stop on the DVD Remote control no graphic with a progress bar appears on the screen saying "Writing to disc"
These used to come up before? What's changed? Its nothing to do with the connections as I have checked those with the book and did a few test records which were successful.
Please help as if I have no notification I don't know what I am doing plus the one about Writing to disc is very important as I need to know that its worked.
Craig
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The VCR scart from the Sky box does not output the superior RGB signal for best quality .
So take the tv scart from the sky box to the INPUT on the dvdr , then the output of the dvdr up to the tv.
This daisy chain ensures you can record and view in RGB .
Make sure the input setting on the dvdr is set to RGB and the output should be too.
Make sure the Sky box is set to output RGB and not PAL.
You never know - altering the connections might correct the other problem too as the onscreen graphics are likely only output via one scart and you might be incorrectly connected
1. VCR Scart (Top)
2. TV Scart (Bottom)
On the back of the DVD Reorder I have
1. AV1 (TV)
2. AV2 (Ext)
Can you tell me from here what needs connecting
I will not touch the TV Scart to TV as that is working perfectly. I have actually recorded using this method and it worked.
So I also need to set both the Sky + ad DVD to RGB?
TV Scart (SKY+) ---- AV1 (Tv) (DVD Recorder)
AV2 (EXT) (DVD --- AV2 (Main TV)
I will then have to move the AV1 (Main TV) to VCR ScRT (SKY+) which when I did that stopped the fuctionality of the DVD Reorder.
Is this the conections problem again as this is how its set up now
TV
AV1 ---- TV Scart (SKY+ Box)
AV2 ---- AV 2 (EXT) (DVD Recorder)
SKY+ Box
VCR Scart ---- AV1 (TV) (DVD Recorder)
TV Scart ---- AV1 (Main TV)
DVD Recorder
AV1 (TV) ---- VCR Scart (SKY+ Box)
AV2 (EXT) ---- AV2 (Main TV)
Can someone help me. Recording is fine no problems with that
Look at my above post, I have made a few changes, the main problem was the on screen menus but since the change they have come back but I am still getting black and white when I press the Function button on the remote and iusing the on screen menu.
It goes back to colour when I exit the menu on the DVD Recorder.
EDIT: I've just read your post about you setup, I'll come back again shortly.
Sky+ TV SCART ----> DVDR AV2 SCART
DVDR AV1 SCART ---> TV AV1 SCART (RGB)
Make sure everything is set to RGB. This will give the best recording and playback quality, try this and come back if you have any problems with it.
Setup\Connections\AV1 output and AV2 Settings.
If you plug AV1 into the Sky VCR SCART (as I suspect you've done) then it will work okay but it will not record in RGB so you will have much lower picture quality - playback will be fine. In this mode you don't need to connect anything to AV2.
When you get Blu-ray you should use HDMI straight to the TV or via an amp (that I doubt you have).
Sky+ TV SCART ----> DVDR AV2 SCART
DVDR AV1 SCART ---> TV AV1 SCART (RGB)
Therefore I should recieve a good recording signal from SKY+
I'm sure that's how I connected up my Sky+ to my ES10 recorder and it allowed the best quality (RGB) from Sky+ to be recorded to DVD.
All was fine until my ES10 packed up after recording litterally a dozen or so DVDs and played back probably 30 to 40 discs over it's little used 18 month life. It was a real dud one that....
Yes. (I have to put some extra junk here as the forum won't let me post a short message).
Are you sure your friend wasn't talking about the other way round, ie playing a Blu-Ray disk on a DVD player which most definitely will not work.
But I play Blu Ray, DVD and audio CD disks perfectly happily on my Sony BDP S350
SKY+HD Scart to AV2 (EXT) (DVD R)
AV1 (TV) (DVDR) to AV1 TV
I have set the SKY+HD and DVD to read RGB but no picture