When setting up a timer recording manually, after you enter the date and time to start/stop, navigate to the channel setting line. Type a channel number using the remote control's number keys or press the remote's dubbing (i.e. blue) button to iterate through L1/L2/L3. This is explained on page 20 of the manual.
Hi again, Has anybody figured out a way to make the Panny DMR-E85 list the TVGOS channels in numerical (or any) order without using the tedious channel editor. It seems every time that the TVGOS resets (select your lineup from the list etc) the channels are scrambled and I again need to spend an hour moving channels around and turning them on/off etc. Maybe this has already been discussed? Also: anybody know if the Panny is now receiving TVGOS in Seattle/Comcast digital without a set-top cable box? It would be nice if I didn't have to pay Comcast every month (box rental fee) fo the privilige of getting TVGOS to my Panny. Thx
As far as I know, the only way to rearrange the channels is manually, with the channel editor. That's one of the reasons I'd rather do almost anything but reset the machine. If users in the Boston area noticed a recent, brief outage of the TVGOS data, it was due to a hardware failure at Comcast. When I contacted a technical guy at Comcast, he checked on the problem that same day and corrected it. (Someone had forgotten to reenable the analog carrier channel after replacing the kacked hardware.) I mention this because I think with all the problems people have had, it's worth noting that there are people at Comcast who care about delivering good service.
I have a DMR-E85 that I am hardly using anymore. It works great. I had the capacitors changed a couple years ago. Anyone need one/extra I will sell mine.
It doesn't help sorting, but you can get to any channel in the guide by typing in the channel numbers. I find that helpful rather then going page by page
dksmall--Thanks, but I knew that. It is convenient to be able to browse the channels numerically. Now, since I re-ordered the channels 1 week ago, I have no listings in Seattle/Comcast. Anybody else lose listings in Seattle/Comcast?
Hi, can someone give me some suggestions on using my Panny with a plasma? I have basic cable on RF. I was gonna connect the panny with component, but not sure what do with with getting HD programs from an antenna. Should I connect an HD antenna to the RF of the TV? Are my recordings on my Panny going to display as SD on my TV? thx
Most cable companies are starting to remote control the video outputs of their new set-top boxes - shutting them off so you can't use external devices such as stand alone recorders. Combine that with the additional information the cable company can get from the box (like your viewing habits and such) - and I don't plan on having one anytime soon; may have to go to DBS.
Does anyone know how to turn on Closed Captions on the Panasonic e500? I need it when I use component. But I can get them alright using composite.
Hey guys I just took out the HDD on my DMR-E85 (b.c I accidentally deleted something). here's how I was able to get video off of it. 1)I Hooked the HDD up to my PC using an external USB2 HDD box. 2)I Cloned the DMR-E85 Harddrive using Winhex (to a file on my PC's HDD). 3)I used HJSplit to split the cloned image file (I set it to give me 5GB (5000MB) pieces. 4)I Changed the file extension of the 5GB pieces to end with .VOB 5)I could then view the videos with VLC media player, or even Windows media player. 6)When I found the video that I was looking for I used MPeg Stream Clip to repair the video. I Just opened the .VOB file and it asked if I wanted to repair the video (I clicked yes) and then saved the VOB as an Mpeg. 7)I Edited the video with a Mpeg cutter 8)once I cut the video I used a Joiner to put the pieces of the video together. The DMR-E85 differs from the DMR-HS2 that I had in that it uses .VOB files instead of .VRO You can also do just steps 1 and 2 and have a registered copy of ISOBuster find the .VOB video files (but it won't find deleted files) but it will tell you all the undeleted files on the hdd and let you save them and it even tells you the date the files were recorded and the file size too (which is important b.c only large size VOBs are the ones with video while the rest are deleted files and have nothing on them). I wouldn't suggest anyone do this unless they have a broken DMR-E85, that won't read the files on the HDD anymore (b.c it's a lot of work otherwise). And you have to be very careful with the HDD once out of the DMR-E85 (no static or power surge, be careful not to break the HDD). And make sure the DMR-E85 is the Source drive when Cloning with WinHex (and make sure you have enough space on your PC's HDD, 300GB or more free space is best.
OK, ya'll, a problem I have not seen mentioned. About I year ago I replaced the usual suspect capacitors in my E85H power supply. Presto! All was well. One day last week the power went off during a storm. The unit was off at the time, but plugged in. After that I got the dreaded Please Wait message forever and ever. It would turn off but when you turned it back on it would never get past the Please Wait message. I replaced the capacitors again, you know, just in case, cause I see over and over that's always the problem. Not fixed - same problem still. One morning it came on like nothing had ever happened. All was well. I unplugged the power. Oh, no! After I plugged it back in, it went back to the dreaded Please Wait. It occurred to me that the unit had sat near an AC vent overnight and was very cool before it started working. I put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes, took it out and plugged it up. It came right up, perfect. It will work perfectly as long as the power is not interrupted. If the power is interrupted, it has to go back in the fridge before it will work. What in the world does anyone make of this??
There are other caps that go bad... take a look for others with swelling ends and/or brown or yellow stuff oozing out...
Needed to replace all 4 capacitors after total loss of power. see details under this thread: http://forums.afterdawn.com/t.cfm/f-109/panasonic_dmr-e85h_complete_loss_of_power-862120/
Sorry, my reply to geissler didn't take, but from his post several mos ago (above), I was expressing that I might be interested in purchasing. Geissler, if you're out there and still wanting to sell, email me asking price at patrickacw@aol.com Thanks!
