Magnavox 537, 535, 533, 515, 513, 2160A, 2160, 2080 & Philips 3576, 3575 - Page 442

Originally Posted by gale1965

I have the magnavox 515. I was going to add it to my signature but the signature edit page says not to put equipment in my signature so I guess I have to remember to mention it every post.

Originally Posted by offgrid

I live in a solar powered home, totally off-grid and so am pretty sensitive to power consumption when things are not in use. One of the nice things about the 515 is that while it uses about 33 watts when on it only uses about 4 watts when off.

While this may not seem like a big difference, in 24 hrs. it equals about 700 watts which is the same as running a small microwave oven for 1 hour.

My Sony LCD TV uses 60 watts when on but only 1 watt when off which is a big improvement over CRT sets which used less when on but almost the same amount when off. My Directv receiver uses 26 watts when on, and 25 when off so it gets the plug pulled every night.

Originally Posted by gale1965

So anyway I will need to edit out any extraneous stuff at the beginning and possibly end (I will not cut out commercials though) before I put it on the dvd. Is it easiest to just split it into 2 or 3 parts (2 or 3 depending on if we're home to stop recording right at the end of the show) and delete the parts before the show starts and after it ends? Or is another way better?

Originally Posted by wajo

Yes, that's what I'd do. Splitting only requires you to find one edit point whereas Scene Delete requires both end points (Start/End). Then it's an easy Delete of those end sections that you split off.

Originally Posted by wajo

Yes, that sounds good, except 3) using Composite and 4) using S-Vid will require you to install 3) in back w/o any menu changes (just select L1 as source when viewing/recording from VCR), but 4) will have to go in front so you can separately change L2 Video Input option to S-Video. You CAN plug both Composite and S-Vid in back or in front, but then you'd have an extra step to differentiate the inputs via the Video >Video Input menu, i.e., can't see both on back or in front individually w/o a menu change.

One advantage to connecting both in back (or front) is you only need one set of R/W cables for audio for either type.

Check out Monoprice.com for excellent cables, one of AVS's sponsors, small add at top of each page. They are the only source I've found for HDMI with ferrite core on each end to reduce interference.

Originally Posted by descant

Wajo,

I'm probably not replying in right place for this, but now that I've looked at things a little more closely, is there any reason why I couldn't connect my dvd player and VCR via composite cables to the Magnavox 515 DVDR (VCR in back; DVD in front), since I have mutliple composite cables on hand? I don't mind the cables being visible as long as I don't have to plug/unplug them. We're used to changing sources on various remotes, etc.

I originally thought, "oh, we need to try S-Video since that allows for better video" while not FULLY processing that I still need the L/R audio cables that are included in the composite cable "package." I was thinking that I'd have too many composite cables than I had inputs for (still thinking about the TV). But if the Magnavox DVDR is going to "communicate" with the TV via HDMI, than wouldn't I only need an HDMI from monoprice (with maybe a port saver or two)?

Clearly, we are not "home theater" people.

Oh, we decided on the un46c6300 'cause we found it at a great sale price. We could argue that it's not QUITE big enough, but it's great so far.

Originally Posted by amkfken

On my second 515 from Wal Mart (first one was not a 515,was a 513), reordered and got correct one in 6 days!
Spent 8 hours hooking up with manual instructions for satellite box using r/w/y from box to 515, r/w/y from 515 to tv,coax from box to in on 515, coax out of 515 to TV.
Cannot finish install--no menu, every thing powers up, same hookup as my vcr, sat box set to channel 3, tv set to channel 3, 515 on channel 3----nothing!! TV works fine!
Help!! or it's going back and calling Dish for one of theirs!!

Originally Posted by Chuck44

A VCR?

Originally Posted by DigaDo

And it will probably flash "12:00" when it's plugged in...

Originally Posted by amkfken

After spending more hours re-hooking up and adding various methods of attempting to get a workable unit, it has been removed, will be returned to Wal Mart for refund, and a VCR bought from ebay.
Should have listened to my Dad "Stay away from Magnavox and Emerson electronic equiptment, they are junk"

Originally Posted by gale1965

I have a quick question. What is the best way to edit this situation: my husband's sister can't get many channels so I'm going to record the amazing race for her on Sundays and dub it to dvd. The problem is that we usually aren't home when it's on and it never starts on time because of sports on during the day. So when I used to use the vhs, I would record for about 3 hours or so to make sure we caught the whole thing (we are always home before the end or at least not long after so it never recorded an entire 3 hours, actually). So anyway I will need to edit out any extraneous stuff at the beginning and possibly end (I will not cut out commercials though) before I put it on the dvd. Is it easiest to just split it into 2 or 3 parts (2 or 3 depending on if we're home to stop recording right at the end of the show) and delete the parts before the show starts and after it ends? Or is another way better?

eta: I have the magnavox 515. I was going to add it to my signature but the signature edit page says not to put equipment in my signature so I guess I have to remember to mention it every post.

Originally Posted by amkfken

On my second 515 from Wal Mart (first one was not a 515,was a 513), reordered and got correct one in 6 days!
Spent 8 hours hooking up with manual instructions for satellite box using r/w/y from box to 515, r/w/y from 515 to tv,coax from box to in on 515, coax out of 515 to TV.
Cannot finish install--no menu, every thing powers up, same hookup as my vcr, sat box set to channel 3, tv set to channel 3, 515 on channel 3----nothing!! TV works fine!
Help!! or it's going back and calling Dish for one of theirs!!

Originally Posted by cc_in_oh

Either cuts or title divide are fine - use whichever seems easier to you. I mostly do cuts, but when I have more than 20 minutes or so at the end, and no chapter mark to jump to, I usually just divide it.

Editing is easy, but you might want to practice on a recording you don't care about to get the hang of it. For your long recording, you might want to set frequent auto-chapters, or longer variable skip to jump through it faster. Also, you might want to dub to DVD-RW's (not +), which can be finalized for play on generic players (and computers), and then unfinalized and erased for re-use...

-Edit - it might be worth mentioning that late-night cable shows - SyFy, USA, TNT - don't always air on time. I always pad them by 10 minutes on both ends just to be safe...

Originally Posted by amkfken

On my second 515 from Wal Mart (first one was not a 515,was a 513), reordered and got correct one in 6 days!
Spent 8 hours hooking up with manual instructions for satellite box using r/w/y from box to 515, r/w/y from 515 to tv,coax from box to in on 515, coax out of 515 to TV.
Cannot finish install--no menu, every thing powers up, same hookup as my vcr, sat box set to channel 3, tv set to channel 3, 515 on channel 3----nothing!! TV works fine!
Help!! or it's going back and calling Dish for one of theirs!!

Originally Posted by amkfken

After spending more hours re-hooking up and adding various methods of attempting to get a workable unit, it has been removed, will be returned to Wal Mart for refund, and a VCR bought from ebay.
Should have listened to my Dad "Stay away from Magnavox and Emerson electronic equiptment, they are junk"

Originally Posted by gale1965

thanks. I did edit last night (by splitting) but I was a nervous wreck. I did it after my husband and I watched just in case. It worked fine though. We are using DVD+RW. We made her a dvd of other shows to make sure it would work in her dvd player first. Mainly because I have a big supply of those and no DVD-RW on hand right now...

I think I will buy some of the -RW ones though. I want to copy my dd's dance recital for my sister and the one I did on my computer a few years ago would not work on her dvd player. I wonder if that would have helped...