Magnavox 537, 535, 533, 515, 513, 2160A, 2160, 2080 & Philips 3576, 3575 - Page 587

As I mentioned here... it has erased all timers for me...

Today is not a holiday at Walmart. Check tomorrow. There's a high probability it's a computer error. Or should I say an error in the computer caused by a person. It's easy to manipulate inventory. I did it every day. I have a few funny storys too.

If only Funai had made a HD 20mbs version. They could have sold thousands by now. Oh well. Happy New Year.

Back in stock already.

Is the SuperFW 727V firmware update preinstalled on a refurbished 513? If it's not, why wouldn't it be?

Because they are already packed in boxes and it doesn't fix anything on the 513H?

My factory refurbed 515 that was done shortly before Thanksgiving 2011 didn't have the latest firmware either. Very easy to update however.

I beg to differ on the update vs. the 513. It adds all of the features of the 515 to the 513/2160A (except larger HDD and new remote), as outlined here, and fixes a couple of things on the 515 also.


http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=6929

Jon

If I would buy a 513H on eBay I would expect the seller to add the update and a pointer to the URL. From J&R I wouldn't, unless Funai supplies a "V" sticker, new manual, and an insert describing the changes including how to buy the 515H remote.

The 727V firmware update is not approved by Funai for use on the 513. A 513 refurbished to Funai specifications should have FW version 718, 72A or 727H. If you receive a refurb 513 with 727V installed, it was probably put there by the previous owner.

I know that the "empty space" issue and workaround was covered in the past here. We do a fair amount of DVD transfer work, and giving a DVD with the "empty space" in it to the customers is a no go. They are easily confused already. It takes a lot of time to get rid of it each time we make a disk. In the past using Panasonic and Sony recorders it was never an issue as they never inserted anything like that in the finalized disk. Is there a new firmware in the works that will not have it? Any quick and fast way to wipe the icon out without spending a lot of time that I am not aware of? Currently if a program is 1h long, we spend more than an hour to record over it and than to delete...

In the past, what type of DVD were you using?

I keep various length HQ recordings on the HDD for no other reason than using up empty space on DVDs with High Speed Dub. You can't use High Speed Dub to completely fill a disc but you can get pretty close. After High Speed Dubbing these temporary titles I do a real-time recording to fill the last few minutes of disc space, then delete all of the temporary titles.

The poster said they'd used Panasonic and Sony recorders in the past.

I don't believe the problem has been the DVDs themselves. Don't think I've ever had a DVD of any kind come out of one of the Maggies without the blank title unless I took the steps that the poster is trying to avoid. (We all can appreciate why, I think.)

Before having a Philips 3576 I had an earlier Philips model with analog TV tuner, hard drive, and DVD burner, and I don't believe that one produced a blank title on discs. (Could be wrong on that, but don't think so.)

Personally, I'd also like to see the hoped for firmware upgrade that allows for the blank title not being listed, but sort of doubt that'll happen.

In an earlier post I described and illustrated procedures for servicing 2006 and newer Funai-manufactured DVD Drives. That post is found here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...2#post19647592

But what about servicing DVD Drives in earlier Funai-manufactured recorders?

Today I serviced the DVD Drive in a Funai-manufactured Emerson EWR10D4 from July 2004. That DVD Drive is generally similar in design to later drives. This DVD Drive has an enclosed disc tray open/close gear.

When servicing this Emerson's N7812FUN DVD Drive the guide wheel bridge assembly, held in place with four retaining tabs, needs to be removed to provide access to the laser lens and rubber hub.

Details of the servicing procedures are found in the earlier post.

Here are a several photos of this 2004 Emerson:

Thanks Digado for your earlier posts regarding 2006s and later. I took apart my 2160A and found very little similarity to your pictures (Funai changed drives on later machines?) The number on the drive was L629C006518.

Jim

The earlier post didn't show DVD Drives from Funai hard drive models. My other posts have photos of DVD Drives found in Magavox 2080 and 2160 models.

The "L" number is the DVD Drive's serial number found on the barcode label on the side of the DVD Drive case.

The DVD Drive model number is usually found on a sticker on the back of the DVD Drive, as seen in the first photo of a model N78F8EUN DVD Drive in my 2160 of December 2008 manufacture. Notice that the DVD Drive itself was manufactured on 5 December 2008. The second photo shows the serial number of that DVD Drive.

8X DVD Drives are unique to the 2160, 2160A, 513 and 515 models. The 3575, 3576 and 2180 had 4X DVD Drives.

In other posts I've attached photos of various Funai-manufactured DVD Drives for "standard" DVD Recorders, i.e., those without hard drives.

In my original Funai DVD Drive servicing post I used photos of standard series Toshiba and PYE branded recorders because my Magnavox HDD/DVD recorders were in daily use.

I'm attaching five photos of my spare (unmounted) N78F8EUN DVD Drive manufactured one day later than the DVD Drive pictured in my last post. Notice in the fifth photo the serial number of this DVD Drive is 393 units higher than the serial number of the mounted DVD Drive seen in my last post.

The 515H: Walmart is saying out of stock again but J&R has refurbs at $199.

Both are subject to change at any time of course.

They claim to have "limited stock" at WM# 2263 in Pottstown. That's less than a 2 hour drive for you. If you prefer the refurb, J&R is about 3 hours away. One of these days I'm going to visit J&R just to look around.

Finally got a chance to try it. Did a scan without antenna attached at all. Then tried manually selecting the digital channel with the same result, picture but no sound. Tried manually tuning all of the subchannels. All but two were scrambled. I give up.

Jon

Thanks, but I posted that for others. I still have my V2160A with 500Gb. Pottstown is only 2 hours away, but the roads are pretty bad. If I was to buy a refurb, I would have it shipped. I hate driving. In PA sometimes the 6% sales tax equals the shipping cost so it's a wash even though I get over 30mpg on my cars. But thanks for the thought.

What next?

Let's see...90-day inventory, if it doesn't sell, take it back to Wal-Mart.

Why didn't I think of that?

Folks have been doing it with Sam's Club and EBay for years

Just to document the fact that there are no avail 515's out there that I could find.
I have one that I got 2 mos ago..We have found no surprises with ours and wanted to order 2 more...None avail...I do not want the 513's.

I do hope that Phillips/Magnavox/Funia are going to continue the 515!!

Jim

I hope that Phillips/Magnavox/Funia knows that there is still a market out there for the 515...At least I hope...
I rec'd our 515 a couple of mos. ago. We are avid OTA folks...Recording Vcr's and Dvd's daily. The 515 was our answer to getting away from the VCR world and into the HDD recording era. After evaluating the 515 and finding no functionality problems we tried to order 2 more....None avail...anywhere...

Hope that this is not the end of the product!!!

Jim

Happy? new year, everyone!