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post #21451 of 23915
9/6/12 at 7:57am
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Warning for Anyone Who Replaced the Main Fuse!

 

My help file on replacing the main fuse has had an error in it for the past 5 years!

 

It described the fuse type as "Time Delay" when it should have been "Fast Operating" (Fuunai's term for "Fast Acting"?).

 

I don't know where I got the wrong info but I never re-addressed that 4-5-year-old info until recently.

 

See NEW info on replacing the main fuse here... double-checking me would be in order!

 

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post #21452 of 23915
9/6/12 at 7:58am
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Warning for Anyone Who Replaced the Main Fuse!
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Crap. I thought you were perfect.
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post #21453 of 23915
9/6/12 at 8:48am
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Let me know when they (or ANYONE) list(s) the 537, and I may consider a 4th machine.


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Crap. I thought you were perfect.

He was. He's getting older (and you know how that goes).

Of course, the rest of us aren't.



Hey, Wajo. wink.gif
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post #21454 of 23915
9/6/12 at 9:00am
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Let me know when they (or ANYONE) list(s) the 537, and I may consider a 4th machine.
He was. He's getting older (and you know how that goes).
Of course, the rest of us aren't.

Don't I know. I am afraid to do the math, but at HQ how many 60 minute titles can be stored?
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post #21455 of 23915
9/6/12 at 9:03am
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Let me know when they (or ANYONE) list(s) the 537, and I may consider a 4th machine.
He was. He's getting older (and you know how that goes).
Of course, the rest of us aren't.

Don't I know. I am afraid to do the math, but at HQ how many 60 minute titles can be stored?

 

61-100-206 in 533-535-537.

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post #21456 of 23915
9/6/12 at 11:36am
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Let me know when they (or ANYONE) list(s) the 537, and I may consider a 4th machine.

He was. He's getting older (and you know how that goes).

Of course, the rest of us aren't.


Don't I know. I am afraid to do the math, but at HQ how many 60 minute titles can be stored?

61-100-206 in 533-535-537.

Waj-

What setting are you talking about there? SLP?
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post #21457 of 23915
9/6/12 at 11:41am
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Let me know when they (or ANYONE) list(s) the 537, and I may consider a 4th machine.

He was. He's getting older (and you know how that goes).

Of course, the rest of us aren't.


Don't I know. I am afraid to do the math, but at HQ how many 60 minute titles can be stored?

61-100-206 in 533-535-537.

Waj-

What setting are you talking about there? SLP?

 

HQ ("60 minute titles") as inquired about. "206" should have been 208.

 

Numbers are Funai's conservative numbers from manual.

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post #21458 of 23915
9/6/12 at 4:34pm
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Nothing new manual-wise except 900 titles on HDD instead of 600, and they fixed the Initial Setup instructions. Hardware wise, they have a diff. tuner, still hybrid/switched tho.

Here's some more info.



Thanks for the info.
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post #21459 of 23915
9/6/12 at 4:58pm
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61-100-208 in 533-535-537.

Now, I really hope that if someone has a 535, 533, 515, 513 or even a 2160 (?), just have to wait to the next FIRMWARE release, buy a new 1TB HD, following the instructions posted in this forum for many brilliant people, and the "magic will appear"... tongue.gif
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post #21460 of 23915
9/6/12 at 8:23pm
^^^
I would be surprised if funai made the same mistake twice.
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post #21461 of 23915
9/7/12 at 5:11am
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True to form,, Walmart has reduced the price of the 533 to $228.

 

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post #21462 of 23915
9/7/12 at 5:34am
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http://www.walmart.com/ip/Magnavox-500GB-HDD-and-DVD-Recorder-with-Digital-Tuner/20710258?findingMethod=rr#Product+Reviews
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post #21463 of 23915
9/7/12 at 5:56am
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True to form,, Walmart has reduced the price of the 533 to $228.

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That was expected. I noticed the model number is missing from the top title. It does appear in the lower description area. Good review.
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post #21464 of 23915
9/7/12 at 6:09am
Anyone actually have one of these yet?
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post #21465 of 23915
9/7/12 at 7:23am
^^^
They're all waiting for the open-box returns, aka "refurbs", to appear on J&R.
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9/7/12 at 10:58am
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And fittingly, guess who did.cool.gif
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Magnavox-500GB-HDD-and-DVD-Recorder-with-Digital-Tuner/20710258?findingMethod=rr#Product+Reviews

Finally a fair and balanced review... biggrin.gifbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif
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post #21467 of 23915
9/7/12 at 11:32am
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http://www.walmart.com/ip/Magnavox-500GB-HDD-and-DVD-Recorder-with-Digital-Tuner/20710258?findingMethod=rr#Product+Reviews

Finally a fair and balanced review... biggrin.gifbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

And such a brief and concise review too! rolleyes.gif
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post #21468 of 23915
9/7/12 at 6:43pm
Site to store says it would be there by:
9-14-2012.

I have order 17 DVD's since 6-1-2012 at walmart.Today i got The Unkown War+ amovie my mom likes.
Everything i have orderd got there on time this year.

I picked up those 2 today at 1:30 pm today. I have bad allergies--walked right past the dvd and blu ray players.
Was the magnavox 533 or 535 sitting there while i walked by?

Thanks folks for giving all the info on these recorders.
Trying to decide to upgrade from my toshiba 430 or not.

Been recording from 1966 on a little box type cassette that u could hold next to your radio!!!


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post #21469 of 23915
9/7/12 at 6:59pm
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Walmart has only carried the Mags online to date, so I expect the same for the 53x Series.

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post #21470 of 23915
9/8/12 at 2:27am
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Walmart has only carried the Mags online to date, so I expect the same for the 53x Series.




Years ago I've seen HDD DVD recorders in store at Walmart here locally. It was probably the 2160. Even then it was only one out of about 6 local walmarts. Seems like as recently as a couple of years ago you'd occasionally see a 513/515 in store, but they could have been in store returns.
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post #21471 of 23915
9/8/12 at 9:45am
Hi guys, a question:

Have a 1h 45 mins HQ movie in the HDD, obviously it can't be Speed Dubbed to a single DVD. So what do you recomend? Should I cut it on 2 parts and Speed Dub to a pair of DVDs, or just dubbed in Real Time to a single DVD...

Any other ideas would be welcome, because I guess I can try to record it on my old 2160A from the 513, and then try to dub it.
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post #21472 of 23915
9/8/12 at 9:55am
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Hi guys, a question:

Have a 1h 45 mins HQ movie in the HDD, obviously it can't be Speed Dubbed to a single DVD. So what do you recomend? Should I cut it on 2 parts and Speed Dub to a pair of DVDs, or just dubbed in Real Time to a single DVD...

Any other ideas would be welcome, because I guess I can try to record it on my old 2160A from the 513, and then try to dub it.

 

If the program came from a digital channel, and you use only the internal drives. you will probably NOT see any PQ difference if you dub HQ titles in real-time at SP rec mode... I do that a lot.

 

My tests on mode-conversion dubbing are here (3 sections).

 

Even if the program was on an analog channel, I'd try it anyway... with experience, you can look at a recorded title and tell if it will hold up thru a mode-conversion.

 

It all depends on the source! wajo 2012


Edited by wajo - 9/8/12 at 11:24am
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post #21473 of 23915
9/8/12 at 11:51am
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Now, I really hope that if someone has a 535, 533, 515, 513 or even a 2160 (?), just have to wait to the next FIRMWARE release, buy a new 1TB HD, following the instructions posted in this forum for many brilliant people, and the "magic will appear"... tongue.gif

I don't think that will happen. The file system will need to change to support the 1 TB HD. So the drive would have to be cleared in such a upgrade. Most of us would work around that if we knew about it. The general public would get really mad if they lost all their recordings.

What I do wonder is what the real upper bound is on the new file system. If they just changed the allocation units from 8 Megs to 16 megs then it would be a bit over 1 TB and not much over.
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post #21474 of 23915
9/8/12 at 3:47pm
Thanks to the heads-up by AVS, I ordered a new 535 a few moments ago. I have a 160 GB Philips 3576H/37 still working after 4 years.

Looking forward to The New 535 to be delivered by Sept. 17.

Walmart.com Order Number: xxxxxxx-xxxxxx
Ship to Home - Standard Items Qty Arrival Date Price Magnavox 500GB HDD and DVD Recorder with Digital Tuner 1 Arrives by Mon., Sep 17 $278.00 Subtotal: $278.00 Shipping: $3.97 Tax: $13.90 See our Returns Policy or
contact Customer Service Walmart.com Total: $295.87

Tasty.
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post #21475 of 23915
9/8/12 at 4:12pm
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Thanks to the heads-up by AVS, I ordered a new 535 a few moments ago. I have a 160 GB Philips 3576H/37 still working after 4 years.

Looking forward to The New 535 to be delivered by Sept. 17.

Walmart.com Order Number: xxxxxxx-xxxxxx
Ship to Home - Standard Items Qty Arrival Date Price Magnavox 500GB HDD and DVD Recorder with Digital Tuner 1 Arrives by Mon., Sep 17 $278.00 Subtotal: $278.00 Shipping: $3.97 Tax: $13.90 See our Returns Policy or
contact Customer Service Walmart.com Total: $295.87

Tasty.

 

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post #21476 of 23915
9/9/12 at 11:01am
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I don't think that will happen. The file system will need to change to support the 1 TB HD. So the drive would have to be cleared in such a upgrade. Most of us would work around that if we knew about it. The general public would get really mad if they lost all their recordings.
What I do wonder is what the real upper bound is on the new file system. If they just changed the allocation units from 8 Megs to 16 megs then it would be a bit over 1 TB and not much over.

I suspect that it could be impossible to use the firmware on older models due to the different tuner.

Cheers
TB
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post #21477 of 23915
9/9/12 at 11:28am
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I suspect that it could be impossible to use the firmware on older models due to the different tuner.
Maybe the replacement tuner was chosen so that no firmware changes would be required to replace the original.
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post #21478 of 23915
9/9/12 at 11:34pm
My 2160A suddenly doesn't seem to be outputting any video for some reason. The TV says "no signal", but I can still hear the audio fine. Not sure what happened, it was all working just a few days ago. I don't think it's a problem with the TV, because I tried plugging the yellow/red/white cables from the 2160A into the other set of inputs on my TV, and there was still no video.

I also tried unplugging the 2160A from the electrical outlet and leaving it unplugged for a half-hour before plugging it back in. But there was still no video.
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post #21479 of 23915
9/10/12 at 12:41am
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I don't think that will happen. The file system will need to change to support the 1 TB HD. So the drive would have to be cleared in such a upgrade. Most of us would work around that if we knew about it. The general public would get really mad if they lost all their recordings.
What I do wonder is what the real upper bound is on the new file system. If they just changed the allocation units from 8 Megs to 16 megs then it would be a bit over 1 TB and not much over.

So basically, no 2TB disks? frown.gif

Also, your idea is awesome: buy a 53x, then try to put it new disk into a 515 or whatever old model and watch what happens... Maybe nothing, but who knows? (234 sure knows) smile.gif
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post #21480 of 23915
9/10/12 at 10:57am
I'm confused. I get my hi-definition TV over-the-air (OTA). I do not have cable or satellite. If I buy one of these and only use the DVR functions, can I playback and/or watch delayed TV in high definition? Numerous posts indicate no. If so, what is the "HQ" recording option? Is HQ better than standard definition, but not quite 1080? The user manual specifically states the use of standard definition for DVD recording, yet the manual doesn't explicitly say that the DVR only plays back at 480i.

Bits are bits. Why not record the bits directly from my antenna and play them back to my TV when I hit "PLAY"?

I have two Sony DGH-HDD250 which are showing their age. I also have a new Channel Master CM7400, which records great, but has a lot of software issues (like hanging occasionally). I'm looking for a replacement DVR as I just gotta skip over the commercials.
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