Magnavox 537, 535, 533, 515, 513, 2160A, 2160, 2080 & Philips 3576, 3575 - Page 410

wajo:
Rather than take any chances with STB causing elect problem with Mag1, let me try putting STB on 3rd power stripe leading to a separate AC plug/and circuit. I'll let you know results.

I've got attend to another personal matter for awhile this PM so I'll follow ASAP. Thanks

For my immediate problem, frankly that's an idea that hasn't occurred to me.

Dont know if I'd swap out a good one that 's working, but putting a different HDD in the one that isn't working right is certainly worth trying, especially if you have an extra small (500 or less) drive hanging around that you can reformat and dedicate, at least temporarily, to the science experiment...

I have two plugged into the same power strip with no problems that I can detect, so doubt that's it unless there's an underlying power supply issue.

I do have a WD250 installed on a Polaroid 2001g DVDR which is currently on the shelf pending use. The idea of checking the HDD is worthy of pursuit and I may followup when more time is available. This will require getting into equipment cabinet !!!
My other 2160A (I call Mag1) is still under warranty anyway so won't open case on it for awhile.

Hi all, I have a question about the 515H, I am cutting the cord and ordered this unit as a replacement for Dish. I have Cable Internet & Digital Voice so as a side benefit I get free basic digital cable, I have tested the cable and I receive all of my local plus a couple extras in hi-def so the signal is there. Here is what I want to do.
... I want to feed the cable signal to the 515H and from there to my Onkyo A/V receiver via HDMI to be passed to my 55" Samsung hanging right over it, that's no problem. The problem is I have 4 other TV's in the house on a cable system that I want to pass BOTH the cable and 515H output to.
... I can pass the cable to them via the RF passthrough back into the house system, but I am stumped as to getting the 515H output to them. I could feed the A/V out into a RF Modulator and then back into the house system but then that leaves the cable out. Is there any way to combine both the RF Mod output and the coax passthrough on the same cable? A diplexer maybe? would it carry both the CH 3/4 RF and the cable signal? Any thoughts would be helpful.

Followup.... I may have found a solution but need a pro to look at it and let me know if it might work, a programable RF Modulator that outputs on any CATV channel 64-94, 100-125. It says that you can just feed it into your house system on an unused CH and then just direct input it. What do you think??
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VA0P9K/...=5336653703-20

HDD is the one that came with 2160A. See link below:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...9#post18757979

Update: still on 24 hour time. No AM/PM indicator. Love it. Now I know it will revert to 12 time without reason soon, but it's just one more unknown in my life.

234, maybe you can ask engineer? USA is only country I know with 12 hour time.

Wish list: no clock display when power off option. My old, old Toshiba has it. Save energy, save trees, save the world. Ok, a little oversell. But I have enough clocks. It is ok to display when recording, just turn the thing off when not in use. It already has dimming, so one more step is all that is needed.

Folks...I'd just like to thank everyone here for their help over the past couple of months.

I have now completed the purchase of our fifth(!) 513. As you may remember, we are using these to record newscasts for documentary purposes for a governmental organization. These machines are saving us at a minimum 30 minutes a day over the DVD recorders that they replaced. Not only is the picture superior to the DVD decks, but we can search for clips MUCH faster and dub more quickly.

A big shout out to wajo especially, but to all of you indeed. These little boxes have made my job MUCH easier and removed one of those hassles that run all of us up the wall on a daily basis. Had it not been for you fine folks, we would never have known these existed.

Once again, thanks! We really appreciate it!

Since this only sends SD, do they have anything for sending HD wirelessly??

Dear Joe,

Sorry, but what is your question?

By the way, we use am/pm 12 hours time indication in Japan basically.
Only some people (like me) prefer 24 hours indication.

234

I wonder if you might have a ground loop.

Thanks for the fast reply, I was concerned more about adding the output of the Mag515 to the house cable system on an unused channel, I finally settled on a Channel Plus 5415 RF Modulator. I have an extra Universal RF20 remote to control the unit.

I think Joe is saying his machine has stopped doing am/pm 12 hour. It is now doing a 24 hour clock. It likely did this by itself. He is concerned that it will suddenly change back to an am/pm 12 hour clock.

My 2160A, when it was very new, suddenly changed to a 24 hour clock one day. I couldn't find anything in the menu to change it back.

I had to unplug the machine and leave it "dead" for a while, then plug it back in. It now had an am/pm 12 hour clock again.

Joe has had the same thing happen, it seems, but maybe his refuses to change back.

One of mine did that too. I thought it was due to the fact that we had a brief power outage and the auto clock got re-engaged, tho I didn't realize it at the time. I unplugged, fixed the clock, and it never happened again.

No problem. Just surprise. Clock is showing 23:26 and PM both.

Question is: what makes 24 hours time and what makes 12 hours time.

Thank you.

It's more of a curiosity. I'm not big on mysteries. I have a lot of stuff, so maybe one remote code from something else made this happened. It happened one month after my last power failure. UPS only lasted 4 hours. My curiosity says: it can do it, so why does it do it? It will, I'm sure, change back for an unknown reason. As long as it records right, I'm ok. I'll check that tomorrow. If it suddenly stops knowing AM & PM, will that affect recording? I'll check. Last night there was no PM when I came home at 23:55 and no AM when the time went to 00:00. (I work 11am to 11:30pm).

I still wish the front panel would go black when off.

Update: at midnight, the front panel went from 23:59 to 12:00. At 12:01:30 it went to 00:01. And it's recording just fine. I'm on page 11 of titles; it's going to be a nice winter.

Sure there is, but it is not cheap. Sending HD from a component or HDMI output via wireless, starts at around $200-$300 at the low end, and then goes into the $600-$800 range.

http://www.brite-view.com/air_synchd.php

http://www.brite-view.com/air_hd.php

http://www.smarthome.com.au/homethea...deo-sender.php

http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/d...&scy=us&slg=en

Told you. They are so predictable.

Thanks for the info.

Do you have any personal experience with the units at the $200 level as I'm quite cheap?

This post describes and illustrates procedure(s) for cleaning the laser lens and rubber hub in Funai manufactured DVD Drives.

Funai manufactured recorders seldom need to have the DVD Drive's rubber hub cleaned so the rubber hub cleaning SHOULD NOT be performed as a "routine" servicing procedure.

If there become frequent instances of read, write or finalizing failures or other disc related errors after extended use there is a possibility that the DVD Drive's rubber hub (atop the spindle/turntable) is soiled. Another concern is a dirty laser lens.

Keep in mind that opening the recorder's case will, or might, void the warranty.

THE DVD DRIVE LASER LENS AND RUBBER HUB CLEANING PROCEDURE(S) DO NOT REQUIRE REMOVAL OF THE DVD DRIVE FROM THE RECORDER.

Here is the DVD Drive cleaning procedure for most Funai manufactured DVD Drives:

Disconnect the AC power cord. Remove the recorder's top cover. Release the DVD Drive's rear cover clips, as seen in the first and fifth photos, and lift off the rear cover.

Rotate the DVD Drive's white gear toward the front of the recorder, as seen in the second photo. This causes the disc tray to extend and the rubber hub, spindle and laser assembly to descend in order to provide cleaning access for these parts, as seen in the second and third photos.

Here is a procedure variation for those Funai DVD Drives that do not have an exposed white gear: Extend the disc tray and then disconnect the AC power cord. Manually position the disc tray about half-way extended, as seen in the fourth photo. After cleaning, manually extend the disc tray to the fully open position before replacing the DVD Drive rear cover as well as the recorder's top cover before reconnecting the AC power cord.

A can of compressed air may be used to remove loose dust. In the third photo the red pointer indicates the rubber hub/spindle assembly. Use a clean cotton swab, dampened, not dripping, with 91% isopropyl alcohol and very gently roll the cotton swab over the laser lens one time only. Then use the dampened cotton swab to gently pick up dust and/or oily residue from the rubber hub, as seen in the fourth photo. The rubber hub is also accessible for cleaning from the front with the disc tray extended about half-way out, as seen in the fourth photo.

Drift the disc tray back into the DVD Drive, then rotate the white gear rearward until the hub/spindle and laser assemblies rise up to the parked position, refit the DVD Drive's rear cover--taking care to properly anchor the pointed part in the forward slot above the white guide wheel as seen in the first and fifth photos--then refit the recorder's case cover and reconnect the AC power cord.

Note: The first four photos depict a DVD Drive in a Funai manufactured Toshiba D-R410 from October 2008. Other Funai brands are similar. The fifth photo depicts a DVD Drive in a Funai manufactured PYE PY90DG from September 2006.

I have cox in phx, az and this is posted on thier web:
Effective November 16, 2010.
s Digital channel included with service level noted; Requires rental of digital receiver or CableCARD, except TV sets with Clear-QAM digital tuner will receive local broadcast channels without equipment rental.
Whis this said what channel would I tune to or how do I to get channel 199 on the Mag515 Because channel 199 has a Triangle saying it is a Clear-Qam channel that is not scrambled. Thanks

Nope, no personal experience with any of them. I suggest you read the reviews at amazon, as they sell both of the lower priced Brite View products, the BV-2322 & BV-2500.