Is an accutune tuner descibed for this product (see Circuit City) and ATSC tuner?
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Originally Posted by jjeff /forum/post/12398468
I'm curious if anyone else has taken my test and seen the same bug? I can repeat it at will on my DVDR, and also noted the same thing on 2 other EZ-17's and 2 other ES-27's.
I'm sure it is happening on all of the Panny's with the digital tuner, but I cant say from experience on any of the model's w/vhs since I've never used one. Note I have also tried the most recent "firmware" update for the EZ-17 "U7-390" which did nothing about this bug.
I'm just trying to help someone else from missing an important event. I know before I figured it out I had missed several very important(to me) events. I hated recording events on this panny before I figured out the bug. I had to hold my breath that it would record every time I programmed an event. I've been programming VCR events since 1982, and NEVER had problems like this before. I really think the testers at Panasonic should have caught this before they released it to the public. And to make to make worse, Panasonic doesnt even have a good way for the public to notify them about issues. There most recent response is, "hopefully we will release a update disc soon"........Pitiful!
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Originally Posted by jjeff /forum/post/12498565
Mine is a June 07 build date, and according to Panasonic, who doesnt even admit this IS a problem, there is no way to read the firmware rev. in the machine. Unlike my Panny LCD TV.
I tried as you did to update the machine with the newest firmware, and it failed. After several calls to Pansonic, we deduced the reason it failed was because my machine already had the new firmware. And I'm with you. It's a pain in the A** to have to baby sit the machine. I suppose if I had to go out of town, or say if I had a recording scheuled for 3am, before I would get up to turn/off the machine, I could use SINGLE EVENT, not weekly or daily schedules. Single events never seem to have this problem.
By the way, as I might have posted, I recently bought a Philips 3575 DVDR W/HDD, and am loving it. No bugs, so far.....As a previous poster said, "Panasonic, you're embarasing yourself, get this fixed"
[I do not know whether the problems being discussed here are isolated cases or not./QUOTE]
I dont think they are isolated, I've noticed the same timer bug on 3 EZ-17's and 1 EZ-27.
Other problems associated with these machines are probably more isolated, but I personally have had 2 of my EZ machines die with u99 errors. Luckly they were less than a few months old, so I was able to exchange them for new ones. Note 2nd exchange was a little over a month, and I had to convince UE to exchange it, vs send in for service, since they normally only exchange for new within the first month, and send out for repair after a month.
I think it's somewhat a crap shoot weather your's will last. I hope it does, my current EZ-17 is past the month point, and all's well(except timer bug). Just in case, I bought the 3yr extended warrenty(which they were nice enough to sell to me long after I originally bought the unit). I'm normally not a extended warrenty guy, but with these I'd strongly suggest it.
For people reading about the problems with this unit, I dont want them to not buy it, but rather be aware of possible problems, and work arounds for the problems, if known.
That said, if you live in Canada, 200 miles from a store, I'm not sure I would buy one. For me, 2 miles from most stores, it's not a big deal to unplug everything, and haul it down to the store for an exchange, repair.
And as I've noted, when the machine is working, it can make fantastic recordings.
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Originally Posted by jjeff /forum/post/12532111
There is defiantly a bug in the way this machine handles midnight. I think everyone's problems would be eliminated if they would turn on and then back off, the machine at least once after the first midnight.
I know to some they will think this is ridiculous, and I suppose it is. But until Panasonic gets this fixed, it's a relatively easy workaround. At least in my opinion. Note I'm not defending this procedure to be anything but ridiculous and (should be) unneeded. I'm just stating, for me, since doing this procedure, I have not missed a scheduled program, which is worth the hassle of doing said procedure.
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Originally Posted by hpwong /forum/post/12609177
I have an EZ27 (June 2007, refurb? from 2ndTurn on eBay) and wanted to see if my unit would miss the weekly recordings since I would use it that way. I did two tests, and both recorded as scheduled.
Test 1: Weekly Tues PM and weekly Wed AM (2 hrs ea, different times, SP mode). Tues night after recorded event I swapped a blank formatted disc AND checked the schedule before midnight (I think Wed still showed a !), then turned off. Wed morn, it recorded per the schedule.
Test 2: Weekly Wed, weekly Thurs (1 hr ea, 8-9PM on both, XP mode). Tues after recorded event (before midnight), I powered on, deleted the show, then powered off. Thurs I did not touch the machine, but I watched the LCD as it turned on maybe a minute before the scheduled recording and then started to record as scheduled.
I use DVD-RAM only, VSS off, DST off, manual clock, dim display, OTA.
So the only difference I can tell may be my model (EZ27 and using RAM discs). I haven't tried updating the firmware... because it's working for now, but also don't know what firmware I have.
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Originally Posted by TechFive /forum/post/12614276
Have you tried a Mon-Fri event of "30 min. programs" leaving the EZ27 unattended till Friday which would require using a blank disc for the last event?
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In your test the fact you are powering and replacing the disc may be the reason for your success. Although I hope your unit is working properly mine is not.