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post #19321 of 23903
3/4/12 at 4:00am
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Originally Posted by dvrtyro View Post

Now if the price of hard drives would just drop!

Hard drive prices are starting to come down. I bought a couple of Seagate 2TB external USB 2.0 drives for $100 each before the flood. I've been short on disc space lately but I was holding out for the prices to come back down. I just ordered another one of those 2TB external drives at Amazon for $115.
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post #19322 of 23903
3/4/12 at 5:15am
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Originally Posted by Brent Aucoin View Post

Bought a great Magnavox Blu-Ray / DVD player today for $10 off of Craigslist. Like new so I am happy. Got it home and all set up then BAM! The Blu-Ray player remote turns on the 513 HDD Recorder in the bedroom. Not at good thing.

Question: Is there a way to get this to stop? I have a 515 in the living room and I could have sworn that I read someone figured out a way to turn off the "Hot Key" commands for the 515. Did I dream this? Hot Keys as in Play, Open / Close / etc. that actually turn on the unit when you press them on the remote.

Use a greeting card as an iR barrier, as described in this help file.
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post #19323 of 23903
3/4/12 at 6:38am
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Originally Posted by indyjack View Post

A couple of months ago, I bought a new 513 from Target with mfg date of 6/2010.
Where have these units been hanging around?

Ditto for me! An old mfg date for my 513 from Target (great price though, with Discover and Target extra discounts).

Jim
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post #19324 of 23903
3/4/12 at 6:47am
Hi I got a magnavox remote control nb820 and was wondering if anyone could tell me how to programm that remote to work the magnavox sdtv receiver
Thanks again
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post #19325 of 23903
3/4/12 at 6:49am
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Originally Posted by pdfye View Post

Hi I got a magnavox remote control nb820 and was wondering if anyone could tell me how to programm that remote to work the magnavox sdtv receiver
Thanks again

It's not a programmable remote. It's designed to work with the Magnavox HDD/DVD recorders.
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post #19326 of 23903
3/4/12 at 6:52am
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Originally Posted by pdfye View Post

Hi I got a magnavox remote control nb820 and was wondering if anyone could tell me how to programm that remote to work the magnavox sdtv receiver
Thanks again

If you have other units that remote operates, you'll have to use an IR barrier, as described here.
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post #19327 of 23903
3/4/12 at 8:33am
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Originally Posted by wajo View Post

Use a greeting card as an iR barrier, as described in this help file.

hi wajo...

well, i know this should be in hi tech, and i'll put it there if i persue it, but it might be interesting to someone here.

if one is savvy enough to modify stuff, one might buy an IR emitter/detector pair that utilize a different IR wavelength, and replace those in one of the remote / machine combos. while i have not tested this, the standard wavelength for tv remotes is probably around 940 nm, while emitters and detectors can be had that cover different wavelengths, eg, 900 nm, or 850 nm, etc. it's possible to simply replace the emitter/detector pair in a remote/box, such that the target box would be insensitive to the different wavelength...

2 approaches to this on the remote end, obviously... use 2 remotes, or add a toggle switch to the guinea pig remote, that switches the appropriate emitter into service as needed...

rgds,
ron g
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post #19328 of 23903
3/4/12 at 8:50am
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Originally Posted by rkg22 View Post

i know this should be in hi tech, and i'll put it there if i persue it, but it might be interesting to someone here.

if one is savvy enough to modify stuff, one might buy an IR emitter/detector pair that utilize a different IR wavelength, and replace those in one of the remote / machine combos.

Thousands of users would love a "more elegant" solution to the remote problem, and the barrier solution is simplest for Joe-the-Plumber.

However, I'm sure a step-by-step procedure for Tony-the-Tinkerer would be most welcome!
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post #19329 of 23903
3/4/12 at 9:53am
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Originally Posted by Ken.F View Post

Hard drive prices are starting to come down. I bought a couple of Seagate 2TB external USB 2.0 drives for $100 each before the flood. I've been short on disc space lately but I was holding out for the prices to come back down. I just ordered another one of those 2TB external drives at Amazon for $115.

Most of the new external drives are now USB 3.0. One of the reasons the 2.0 prices are falling, along with lower bare drive prices.
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post #19330 of 23903
3/4/12 at 10:43am
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Originally Posted by rdgcss View Post

Most of the new external drives are now USB 3.0. One of the reasons the 2.0 prices are falling, along with lower bare drive prices.

They are moving down very slowly. 2TB AV quality drives that I was buying for $80 before the flood are now down to $120. They hung out at $130 for a long time. It may be a few more months before they get below $100. It remains to be seen if they will ever go back to $80.
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post #19331 of 23903
3/4/12 at 11:30am
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Originally Posted by greaser View Post

I just noticed a curious thing concerning my Mag.2160A yesterday. I checked the laser use time for the first time since i bought it,IIRC ~2yrs.ago(maybe longer??) "new"from W-M. (...)
Any guesses???

Same issue here, never got a valid answer from Funai.
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post #19332 of 23903
3/4/12 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by greaser View Post

I just noticed a curious thing concerning my Mag.2160A yesterday. I checked the laser use time for the first time since i bought it,IIRC ~2yrs.ago(maybe longer??) "new"from W-M.The DVD-WR time was 0:51,DVD-RD time was 1:59.This is no where near right!,These use times are waaaaaay off(in my favor if i ever wanted to sell it!) since i have dubbed many,many movies and Eps.of a few tv programs from the 50's and early 60's to disc on this DVDR.The HDD "on" time was 2088 hrs. Has anyone else noticed anything like this with laser use time??? Is it somehow possible for the time to be deleted??,a bug in the timer system??(my best guess), does the time turn over like an odometer or somthin'??WTH! The recorder works perfectly,no problem there:. Today i HSD a movie, "Cotton Comes To Harlem"(1970/97min.) to disc,the laser use time now stands at DVD-WR 1:02 DVD-RD time is 2:30.
Any guesses???

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Originally Posted by profhat View Post

Same issue here, never got a valid answer from Funai.

We've never heard of anyone exceeding 999:59 on DVD RD/WR times. Highest in chart here is 844:46 as of 7/30/09.

Greaser's experience strongly suggests that DVD RD/WR times ratchet back to zero after 999:59?

To prove it, we'd have to have someone luck-out and look before and after the 999:xx time.

Anyone close to there? Skip 321 for stats.
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post #19333 of 23903
3/4/12 at 12:43pm
Nice build quality. to be sold in USA APRIL 1st.?? 2012.http://www.paperblog.fr/4981476/test...unai-bh2-m200/
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post #19334 of 23903
3/4/12 at 1:03pm
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Originally Posted by mickinct View Post

Nice build quality. to be sold in USA APRIL 1st.?? 2012.http://www.paperblog.fr/4981476/test...unai-bh2-m200/

Page roughly translated to English here.

If the US version isn't ready on April 1st they'll probably wait until April 31st.
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post #19335 of 23903
3/4/12 at 1:09pm
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Most of the new external drives are now USB 3.0. One of the reasons the 2.0 prices are falling, along with lower bare drive prices.

I was looking at 3TB USB externals but they all seem to be 3.0. I'm taking advantage of the lower USB 2.0 prices. I do all of my recording and editing on the internal SATA drives but then I copy the files to the external drives for playback. USB 2.0 is good enough for that purpose.
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post #19336 of 23903
3/4/12 at 1:58pm
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Originally Posted by wajo View Post

Anyone close to there? [/url]

#1 is a V2160A about 34 months old. #2 is 21 month old V2160A. #3 is 8 month old V515. #4 is 1 month old V513. #5 is a 513 scheduled for UPS delivery from J&R tomorrow.

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Source WalMart WalMart WalMart Am/Pl73 AM/J&R
MFG 2009/03 2009/12 2011/04 2011/04 2011/05
Refurb - - - 2011/12 2012/01
Purch 2009/05 2010/04 2011/07 2012/01 2012/02
ExtWarr Yes Yes Yes No No
DVD-WR 25:12 92:30 43:26 1:36 1:44
DVD-RD 744:19 429:12 94:00 14:35 25:05
CD 1:10 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00
HDD PWR 04506* 04874 01207 00259 00884
* is 320G replacement @ age 26 months
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post #19337 of 23903
3/4/12 at 2:29pm
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Originally Posted by Ken.F View Post

Page roughly translated to English here.

Funai makes the Oppo BDP-93EU?
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post #19338 of 23903
3/4/12 at 2:59pm
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Originally Posted by Rammitinski View Post

Funai makes the Oppo BDP-93EU?

Not that I know of. The page I linked to was supposed to be Google's French to English translation of "http://www.paperblog.fr/4981476/test-du-bluray-scope-funai-bh2-m200/". That Oppo player was in my browser history at http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-93/ .
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post #19339 of 23903
3/4/12 at 3:17pm
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Originally Posted by Ken.F View Post

Not that I know of. The page I linked to was supposed to be Google's French to English translation of "http://www.paperblog.fr/4981476/test-du-bluray-scope-funai-bh2-m200/". That Oppo player was in my browser history at http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-93/ .

When I brought the page up, it was in French, but I have the translator enabled on my browser (Chrome), so I was OK there.

But the "Oppo" mention was by the writer, within that article itself. He says he played a DVD on his Funai-made Oppo BDP-93EU at one point in the article, and I was surprised to see that. I had never heard that Oppo's were made by Funai before, and I was just wondering if that's true or not.

I know that Denon and Marantz players have been made by them for quite a few years now.
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post #19340 of 23903
3/4/12 at 3:33pm
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Originally Posted by wajo View Post

To prove it, we'd have to have someone luck-out and look before and after the 999:xx time.

Anyone close to there?

My Mag.515 is closing in on 700 hrs.of laser use,i'll be watching it. Funny thing though,i'd have thought that since HDD time usage is counted in thousands of hrs.,then laser usage time would be incremented the same way.Sure would make keeping track of usage time easier.
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post #19341 of 23903
3/4/12 at 3:38pm
I just saw Magnavox 515 Refurbs at the Wal Mart website listed as in stock, price $250. Link: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Magnavox-M...ndingMethod=rr
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post #19342 of 23903
3/4/12 at 3:54pm
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Originally Posted by Rammitinski View Post

But the "Oppo" mention was by the writer, within that article itself.

OK, I thought my link took you to the Oppo page.
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I know that Denon and Marantz players have been made by them for quite a few years now.

I didn't know Funai made any of them.
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post #19343 of 23903
3/4/12 at 4:14pm
I think the writer was comparing the Funai player to his standard, the Oppo 93 but the wording was kind of confusing, I assumed it was because of the translation. Personally I don't know the purpose of such a comparison is considering the Oppo is probably several times the cost what the Funai is. I guess if you want to compare things against the best possible player(a reference player) that Oppo would be the one to chose.
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post #19344 of 23903
3/4/12 at 5:50pm
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Originally Posted by wajo View Post

We've never heard of anyone exceeding 999:59 on DVD RD/WR times. Highest in chart here is 844:46 as of 7/30/09.

Greaser's experience strongly suggests that DVD RD/WR times ratchet back to zero after 999:59?

To prove it, we'd have to have someone luck-out and look before and after the 999:xx time...[/url]

One or more of Dig's machines likely has gone back to zero at least a half dozen times. Don't you think?
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post #19345 of 23903
3/4/12 at 6:07pm
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Originally Posted by mickinct View Post

Nice build quality. to be sold in USA APRIL 1st.?? 2012.http://www.paperblog.fr/4981476/test...unai-bh2-m200/


The writer of the article, if the translator function I used was right, says the recorder is only for OTA. From the looks of the back panel, there are no A/V inputs. Sort of stinks. The writer also said something about only being able to transfer to DVD, not to Blu-ray, tho' I don't recall the conditions that'd lead to that. (Maybe it won't record to Blu-ray under any circumstances, and only plays Blu-ray?)

If you really wanted to jump thru hoops, I suppose you could use an old RF converter (meant for playing DVDs thru older TVs without A/V inputs), and pipe a satellite or cable box's output thru S-Video or composite into the recorder as an RF signal.

That all sort of defeats the whole purpose of it being an HD recorder, tho'.

Still, if it was my only option...

Heh heh heh.


EDIT:

Looking again at the back panel and trying to read the "translation", it looks like it can take a scart connection feed from a "decoder" which I guess is a cable or satellite box? So an American version might have something in place of the scart connection, like maybe component? If so maybe it would be possible to record from something other than the onboard tuner, but the writer also seemed to say something at the start about not being able to make use of the machine since he doesn't get OTA. There seems to be a contradition there.

By the way- Can someone tell me where the April date comes from with regards to any release here in the States? I'm not seeing any mention of that. Will keep looking...
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post #19346 of 23903
3/5/12 at 12:15am
Everyone!

I would like to ask you one question.

Which is more common in US English?

1) Copy (Video data from HDD to DVDR)
or
2) Dubbing (Video data from HDD to DVDR)

Thank you in advance!
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post #19347 of 23903
3/5/12 at 12:39am
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Originally Posted by 234 View Post

Which is more common in US English?

1) Copy (Video data from HDD to DVDR)
or
2) Dubbing (Video data from HDD to DVDR)

In the context of these Funai machines, the question is unclear, at least to me. Had the wording been "from HDD to DVD-R" or " from HDD to DVD" it would have been clear, but as is, it's as if people were attempting to copy/dub from an external HDD to either the Funai machine's HDD, or to a DVD in the Funai machine's drive, either of which is not even possible AFAIK.
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post #19348 of 23903
3/5/12 at 1:00am
Wow, thank you for prompt reply.

Umm, somebody said Dubbing is not common word in US and we need to use only Copy.
I wonder if we need to change word of OSD, Instructiion book and any other material.
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post #19349 of 23903
3/5/12 at 3:09am
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Originally Posted by 234 View Post

Everyone!

I would like to ask you one question.

Which is more common in US English?

1) Copy (Video data from HDD to DVDR)
or
2) Dubbing (Video data from HDD to DVDR)

Thank you in advance!

For the past 5 years, the manual for our DVDRs and the help files here have been using "Dubbing" for copying already recorded items with the INTERNAL drives, HDD>DVD and DVD>HDD.

For copying already recorded items from an EXTERNAL device like VCR, DVR or camera, these help files have used "Copying" while the manual uses "Recording." The manual would be clearer if it called all copying of already recorded items from external devices "Copying" instead of "Recording."

This applies to "DV Dubing" as well. The manual calls copying from external DV sources "Dubbing" and would be clearer if it called it "Copying" since it also involves already recorded items from an external source.

"Recording" should be used for actual real-time recording (RTR) from coax (antenna or cable) or line input (manual or timer recording from a cable/satellite box/STB).

So, basically, all copying of already recorded items from EXTERNAL sources should be called "Copying" whereas using the internal drives HDD>DVD or DVD>HDD should be called "Dubbing."

This leaves the FW's menus unchanged... Dubbing menus are called "Dubbing" and already identified as HDD>DVD or DVD>HDD, while there are no menus for copying from external sources except for DV, where the menus are OK as is (only the manual uses "DV Dubbing").
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post #19350 of 23903
3/5/12 at 3:47am
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Originally Posted by wajo View Post

This applies to "DV Dubing" as well. The manual calls copying from external DV sources "Dubbing" and would be clearer if it called it "Copying" since it also involves an external source.

So, basically, all copying from EXTERNAL sources should be called "Copying" whereas using the internal drives HDD>DVD or DVD>HDD should be called "Dubbing."

I've always seen the word dubbing used to describe an automated copying process. If the recorder is controlling the DV camera over firewire it should be called "dubbing". If you connect a camera to L1 or L2 and manually play the camera while manually recording on the HDD/DVDR, it would be "copying".
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