Magnavox 537, 535, 533, 515, 513, 2160A, 2160, 2080 & Philips 3576, 3575 - Page 443

Yes, unless I'm missing something - maybe someone has gotten it to work? It was actually the first thing I tried after I hooked up the 515. I can't swear though that I've tried every combination of WMC/Win DVD Maker, dub commands and +/- RW's on all 3 machines (3576, 2160A, 515)...

The disk mounts pretty quickly, but the dubbing keypress is rejected, and in setup/menu dubbing is disabled. Pressing OK on the title goes directly into play mode...

I strongly suspect that it would work if I bought, say, Nero that supports finalization of burned DVD-RWs.

One other comment - in the instructions you linked, you say that a DVD+RW can be considered finalized, but that's not my experience. A DVR-dubbed +RW will not mount on my laptop's BD drive or on an external DVD-ROM drive, while a finalized -RW is fully readable on both devices. That was my only reason for buying a stack of -RWs...

As always, I appreciate your input, and hope that relating my experiences will be of some use to the community...

In the Deleting the EMPTY TITLE/SPACE on a DVD±R section, Step 1 says "Tune DVDR to any live TV channel, NOT an external input or music channel."

Why is that? I've been overwriting the "empty space" title on DVD-Rs by recording my cable box output on the recorder's L1 input. I haven't had any trouble doing it that way.

I must chime in here as well. None of my discs would dub that were created and finalized on my old Philips DVDR72 recorder, which also uses the Philips +VR format. I follow the steps to the letter yet I get the red circle/slash when I press the DIRECT DUBBING button.

I think DigaDo mentioned he had/has a DVDR72 as well? DigaDo, can you confirm the result I've been getting with my DVDR72 created discs?

Oops - I'm typing this with a paper bag over my head - that does appear to be working on the 515. I wasn't playing the disk before I hit . That's with an unfinalized DVD-RW burned with WMC.

Is there any way to stop the dubbing short of pulling the plug? I want to see what mode it's using. Fortunately it's only a 30-min title so I can wait. If it retains the 3GB footprint on the disk it won't really buy me anything - I'll still be better off recording from the attached player so I can use the mode I want for the ultimate HSD to DVD+R.

I'll update the info in this post when it's done...

My Philips HDD/DVD models include a 3575 (from 2007) and a 3576 (from 2008). My Magnavox HDD/DVD models include a 2080 (from 2007), three 2160 models (from 2008), a 2160A (from 2009) and a 515 (from 2010). My Magnavox standard models include a MWR10D6 (from 2006), two ZV450MW8 models (from 2007) and a ZV450MW8A (from 2008). My Toshiba standard models include a D-RW2 (from 2006) and a D-R410 (from 2008). I also have a PYE PY90DG (from 2006). I gave away a Sylvania ZV450SL8 (from 2007). There might be one or two other Funai manufactured recorders around here somewhere.

Ah - I couldn't stop it with the remote but the front panel stop button worked. It shows EP mode, and if I add it to a list for dubbing it shows 484MB, that sounds about right for 28 minutes of EP.

I think I burned that one with "fair" quality in WMC - I'll have to experiment to see how the WMC burn modes correspond to the DVR's modes...

Thanks for the help, and sorry for being too dense to follow your instructions correctly! It looks like this has the potential to make things a bit easier for me.

Oh - do you know if the little pie chart on the dubbing list screen is supposed to show the disk capacity needed? On my 515 it shows about a 1/3 wedge no matter how much I add to the list...

Sorry, DigaDo, I must have been thinking of someone else...

I have a DVDR75. I'll confirm it sometime today. Did you say that you had 2 titles on a DVD+RW?

There seems to be a few issues regarding connections that reappear in this thread. It got me thinking--do I have the best connections? My equipment is labeled as shown on the pics. Is there a better solution? All suggestions welcome.

You might get better antenna reception if you run the antenna coax directly into the 515 "antenna in", then split the coax from the 515 "antenna out" to the sat receiver and TV. The 515 has an amplified output that might help with the signal loss caused by the splitter.

Sorry in advance for the hijack...

Your diagram just made me think of something. I have my Dish DVR tuner in a separate room from my 3576 connected by coax running through the walls, so no opportunity to use L1 or L2 inputs with the Dish. I would also like to be able to connect an indoor OTA antenna to get the local HD OTA channels. Could I use a splitter as a combiner for the coax from the DVR and the coax from the antenna? The Dish DVR outputs to analog channel 73 on the coax.

My mistake - I checked on the 3576 and when I step through the dubbing modes the MB number changes but the pie chart is static, so I guess it's not supposed to be a representation of the disk usage...

Using disks that were created on my Philips DVDR75 (which I believe is basically the same as yours -- difference is that the 72 is a re-badge of the 75 produced for Costco?) Anyway, I had no trouble dubbing 2 disks to the Maggie HDD.

Jim

What I did to allow me to have OTA and Dish at the same time was to put an old VCR on the coax from the wall, then run composite cables from the VCR to any downstream device(s), like the 3576. That would free up the coax connector on the TV for OTA...

Thanks, Jim...I'll do some more troubleshooting to see what my issue may be...

WOW. After some digging around, it turns out that after I turned OFF "Make Recordings Compatible", I was able to DIRECT DUB from my finalized DVDR72 disc. I don't know if that is something that is in the guide, nor do I know if it is specific to the 3575/6 units or all Funai units.

Another strange thing: While it has been stated that the dubbing uses the recording mode of the original disc (in this case, the disc title was in 2.5 hour mode, but instead of dubbing as SPP mode, it dubbed in LP mode (3 hour). So I stopped the dub, set back to HDD mode, set the recording mode to HQ, and then went back to the disc and started another dub from the same title. I now have 2 titles on the hard drive, both from the same source title from the dvd, yet one is in LP mode, and the other is in HQ mode. ???

I wonder if unfinalized dubbing (using the dubbing list) would use the existing record mode?

EDIT: When using the dubbing list on unfinalized discs on the 3576, after selecting "Dubbing Start", I am offered a screen to select which REC MODE to use. All 6 record modes are available to choose from.

EDIT2: When I loaded an unfinalized disc from another recorder (DVDR72), I could not choose the dubbing list menu to dub to the HDD, whether I had "make recordings compatible" on or off. However, I could do a single DIRECT DUB of one title, but only with "make recordings compatible" OFF. The plot thickens.

Anyway, glad that part of the mystery is solved...now on the more alarming part. Why would "make recordings compatible" setting affect being able to dub a (un)finalized disc? Perhaps more testing with more models / discs is in order? I only have the 3576 model to offer in testing.

Hmm - I just double-checked my 3576 - it shows the same 1/3 full chart whether I set up a dub to an empty disk or to an 80% full disk. One shows 4404MB, the other 792MB, but the chart is exactly the same. Original FW BTW...

Wajo, I believe what cc is saying is that the disc icon NEVER changes, no matter how full or empty the disc is that you put in the drive to start with. It is just an icon identifying that the MB# next to it is the remaining space available. The icon itself never represents the actual amount of space available, only the number does. No matter what the number is, the icon remains the same (1/3 full looking).

Barring that, then either I don't understand what cc is saying, or I don't understand what wajo is saying.

Would there be any advantage to making an HDD HQ recording of a DVD recorded in LP mode?

IMO, no.

It would be nice if the dvd upconvert circuitry is engaged when doing a dub to HDD, then there would be an advantage. But that I'm sure is just a pipe-dream.