Does Anyone Know Anything About Repairing DVD Recorders?
I Have A Panasonic DMR-E30 And It's started To Play-Up When Recording.It Tends To Reset Itself Most Times,But It Will Record Every Now And Again,But Can Be Very Frustrating.When It Does Record The Picture Will Sometimes Stick Or Go All Patchy.
I Did Get In Touch With A Repairman Who Said It Could Cost Upto 200 Quid (More Than A New One Would Cost!)
I Was Just Wondering If Anyone Out There Had Heard Of This Problem Before And Could Tell Me How To Rectify The Fault Myself.
On The Whole I Would Recommend The Panasonic DVD Recorders,As They're Really Good For Editing On RAM Discs.(Great For Cutting Adverts Out Of Any Programmes You May Want To Keep).However,I Would Advise A Extended Warranty,But Then Again,The Price Has Come Down That Much,It's Probably Cheaper To Buy A New One Every Few Years (But I Suppose That's What They Want).And Then They Tell Us To Recycle!!!
Anyway,Hope There's A Boffin Out There That Can Help.Any Assistance Would Be Much Appreciated.

Do you realise how hard it is to understand a long post when you mess with capital letters like that?

Nah,But Then Again,I've Never Had Much Trouble Reading Though.
Do You Know 'Owt Or Are You Just Here To Criticise Typing Styles.Maybe You Should Have A Go At People's Spelling Or Grammar.It's A Lot Worse Than One Person Starting Each Word With A Capital Letter.

Originally posted by Freebird
Does Anyone Know Anything About Repairing DVD Recorders?
I Have A Panasonic DMR-E30 And It's started To Play-Up When Recording.It Tends To Reset Itself Most Times,But It Will Record Every Now And Again,But Can Be Very Frustrating.When It Does Record The Picture Will Sometimes Stick Or Go All Patchy.
I Did Get In Touch With A Repairman Who Said It Could Cost Upto 200 Quid (More Than A New One Would Cost!)
I Was Just Wondering If Anyone Out There Had Heard Of This Problem Before And Could Tell Me How To Rectify The Fault Myself.
On The Whole I Would Recommend The Panasonic DVD Recorders,As They're Really Good For Editing On RAM Discs.(Great For Cutting Adverts Out Of Any Programmes You May Want To Keep).However,I Would Advise A Extended Warranty,But Then Again,The Price Has Come Down That Much,It's Probably Cheaper To Buy A New One Every Few Years (But I Suppose That's What They Want).And Then They Tell Us To Recycle!!!
Anyway,Hope There's A Boffin Out There That Can Help.Any Assistance Would Be Much Appreciated.

i know this is pretty basic but have you tried cleaning the lens?

Yeah,I've Tried That,But Thanks For The Constructive Help,Mate.
The Repairman Said It Was Possibly Something To With The RAM Drive Unit.If It Was,That's Why It Would Cost So Much.

Originally posted by Freebird
Maybe You Should Have A Go At People's Spelling

It would appear that you have already chosen to take that role!:D

from: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?postid=478994#post478994

Originally posted by Freebird
Hi To You Too,Honeyplanet.Pity They Didn't Teach You How To Spell Rivelin While You Were There

Oooh,Looks Like I've Got My First Stalker.:headbang:

from experience opening my old dvd recorders/players, i have found that its just what looks like a normal DVD Writer for your pc, hooked into a little pcb with a hdd inside. so as a pc tech dont find em troublesome to play with..

however, the problem your having sounds like its more power/power supply related and not down to the drive.... that, i feel would be a bit harder to fix.

Sounds like the repair man has no idea whats wrong with it and is just taling crap. Chuck it in the bin and get a new one is probably your best couse of action. That or accidently damage it if you have house insurance!

Cheers For That Vini-Gives Me Somewhere To Start.:thumbsup:

Originally posted by Freebird
Nah,But Then Again,I've Never Had Much Trouble Reading Though.
Do You Know 'Owt Or Are You Just Here To Criticise Typing Styles.Maybe You Should Have A Go At People's Spelling Or Grammar.It's A Lot Worse Than One Person Starting Each Word With A Capital Letter.
Well it is rather hard to read, and stopped me from bothering to read your initial post properly, although in this particular case I doubt I would have offered any useful advice past "clean the lens" :)

I suspect his point was to wonder why you went out of your way to type like that, when it is so much harder than just typing normally!

Start by having a look here ....

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=28&sid=9be313e5d370830d1f96047558d6486d

There's 68 pages of discussion and you just might find someone who has had a similar problem

Originally posted by Freebird
Does Anyone Know Anything About Repairing DVD Recorders?
I Have A Panasonic DMR-E30 And It's started To Play-Up When Recording.It Tends To Reset Itself Most Times,But It Will Record Every Now And Again,But Can Be Very Frustrating.When It Does Record The Picture Will Sometimes Stick Or Go All Patchy.
I Did Get In Touch With A Repairman Who Said It Could Cost Upto 200 Quid (More Than A New One Would Cost!)
I Was Just Wondering If Anyone Out There Had Heard Of This Problem Before And Could Tell Me How To Rectify The Fault Myself.
On The Whole I Would Recommend The Panasonic DVD Recorders,As They're Really Good For Editing On RAM Discs.(Great For Cutting Adverts Out Of Any Programmes You May Want To Keep).However,I Would Advise A Extended Warranty,But Then Again,The Price Has Come Down That Much,It's Probably Cheaper To Buy A New One Every Few Years (But I Suppose That's What They Want).And Then They Tell Us To Recycle!!!
Anyway,Hope There's A Boffin Out There That Can Help.Any Assistance Would Be Much Appreciated.
Bin the dvd recorder and get sky + instead.Its the future. PS why do you start all your words with a capital letter.I bet you were one of those dunces that went to Myers Grove.:loopy:

Originally posted by ernie
Bin the dvd recorder and get sky + instead.Its the future. PS why do you start all your words with a capital letter.I bet you were one of those dunces that went to Myers Grove.:loopy:

with sky its harder to put the stuff onto computer tho.......without a dvd recorder :P

Thanks For The Adress Cols.

Rich 951 & Ernie:Look Out For A New Topic Later Tonight.I'll Explain Why I Use Capital Letters In That.It'll Save Me Time From Answering Everybody Individually!
Can't Believe How Many People Have Asked Why Over The Last Few Days.But Why Do You Do NOT Start Your Names With Capital Letters?

Ernie:I've Got Already Got Sky+.It May Be The Future,But The Recording Facility On That Isn't 100% Foolproof Unless You Manually Programme It (Which Defeats The Object Of It).
The Good Thing About The Panasonic Models Is That,(When They're Working) They Do A Playback Speed Of 1.3 So You Can Watch Programmes Just That Little Bit Quicker Enabling You To Watch More TV.
Oh,And Ernie,I Was One Of Those Dunces At Myers Grove.But At Least I Was An Original Dunce Of The 80's,Instead Of The Prime Dunces They Turn Out These Days!;)