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RE: PANASONIC DVD Video Recorder DMR-

Stu and Mike, thank you for your response.

Mike that site took me on to some great info and Leslie Rushforth`s instructions will be a great help when I get a more savvy friend to do the necessary when I buy the part.

On reading all the posts I guess I was lucky in that so many others got much less use from their recorders than I did. Panasonic don`t come out of things too well with regards to this machine which had great reviews but it would seem had a design fault.

So glad I posted here.

PANASONIC DVD Video Recorder DMR-

The PANASONIC DVD Video Recorder DMR-E85H

Can anyone familiar with this machine give any advice to this not verytechnical punter who bought this recorder after reading a great review (among others) in the Sep. 2004 issue of What Hi-Fi; so I guess it is about four and a half years old.

The mahine has given me great service in many ways e.g. recording off-air on hard drive or disc, transferring old VHS holiday tapes etc but lately it has been losing power when you switch off after use (no display) but sometimes after an increasingly long time off - many hours or overnight- it will come to life allowing you to use the normal functions until you try switching off again (leaving it on it will go to `sleep` but you can`t always start things up again from that point).

I`ve tried all the usual things leads, plugs, etc to no avail. I`m very fond of this recorder partly because I am familiar with its operations. By my simple reckoning it seems to be losing or has lost power. Any suggestions?

RE: Adding music to VHS/DVD transfers

Thanks Sue. I think I can just about cope with this and I wouldn`t need to buy software that I might not use again. Will give it a go, anyway.

sliceshot.

RE: Adding music to VHS/DVD transfers

Thanks folks, but it seems too complicated for what I intended. The VHS tapes had been edited anyway (SVHS from the camera tapes to other SVHS tapes) so they are already edited, its just that I had thought of adding music as I transfer them to DVD. The few I have already transferred to DVD could easily be done again and this time I could leave them un-finalized if that made it possible to add music (and then finalize?).

RE: Adding music to VHS/DVD transfers

bb

Thanks for your response but I`m not clear about using Nero, my VHS tapes have been already transferred to DVD on my existing equipment; do I have to start over again if I buy Nero or can Nero just simply add music to the DVDs I have already made?

Thank you.

Adding music to VHS/DVD transfers

Can anyone tell this non-technical person of a way to add music when I transfer old family/holiday tapes from SVHS to DVD? I`m just able able to cope with putting the VHS tapes on to my Panny hard drive recorder (or directly on to DVD-R) but as I sort them out I realize that some of them would benefit from a little music to fill in some gaps. It is not vitally important so I don`t want to get bogged down in anything technical.

I have an up-to-date computer, but again with limited knowledge. I also know that the finished DVD has to be finalized for play on other machines; will this restrict me in my endeavors?

Thanks for any advice.
bahia

RE: SVHS/DVD

A belated thank you guys for your response - I had been away. Cassius, your response is well detailed but given my lack of technical ability I will pass it on to some one else who has more savvy than I and who will follow it up.

Thanks.

SVHS/DVD

Any advice for this not too knowledgeable punter on transferring SVHS tapes to DVD? I have a Panasonic DVD VIDEO recorder E85H and the SVHS tapes were made on an SVHS domestic camcorder (I have a Panasonic SVHS video recorder). The tapes are intended for family in the USA but I am wary of doing the transfers simply because when making some good copies of a couple of off-air tv progs I found they would not play in the US because of the PAL/NTSC disparity. Anyone see any problems?

RE: PAL/NTSC AND DVD`s

Thanks for that Rassilon. It is disappointing, but at least I know now not to waste my time attempting family videos.

Sliceshot.

PAL/NTSC AND DVD`s

Can anyone give me some information or hints about the following (my technical knowledge is limited)? I had an off-air VHS tape of a BBC musical programme which I copied to DVD on my Panasonic E85 (making sure it was `finalized`) in order to send it to a friend in America. I tested my copy on another player before sending it to the US; however my friend has been unable to play it. His player is Region 1 so he took it to where he could use a multi-region player, but without success: he was told it might be because the original was a PAL broadcast.

Of course I knew about NTSC and PAL (my VHS and DVD players could always handle both) but in my naivete I thought this kind of DVD would play anywhere. Any suggestions?