Just got my panasonic DRM XW350PVR
updated the firm ware and my blue ray player DMP BD65
I have checked the panasonic Australia website and could not find what has been updated
where can I find what is new in update
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Panasonic Firmware Updates
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Topfield signal quality
I've been having a few issues with my Topfield 7260 lately, such as occasional repeated frames, and decided to try jdaSignalMonitor to check my signal strength and quality levels.
For all channels, signal strength is 89. My understanding is that anything in the 60-90 range is fine. (Sort of surprise how consist this value was though.)
With signal quality, values vary quite a bit. Sometime the lowest value is high (98), other times it can be around 87-92, and even occasionally 0.
For signal quality, what is required to decoded signals without errors? Are my signal levels normal? If not, what can I do to improve them?
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Pioneer DVR 640H
Can anyone tell me if the above DVD recorder is Region Free?
Also is the LG V782W Region Free?
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panasonic dmrbwt945 any good for blu ray playback
Hi all, looking at a dmrbwt945 as a straight blu ray player for my blus and 3d blus to tide me over until the lg up970 arrives later this year(have 4k lg uh950 with DV). I can pick up one of the Panasonics mentioned extremely cheap. Does anyone here know if they play blu rays or upscale dvd's almost as good as better blu ray players(like oppo or yammy adventage units)? I wont be recording anything on it as there is nothing on fta I want to see, so if no better than a standard blu ray player I will just pick up a cheapie
thanks for any info you can provide
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Homecast HT8000PVR Dead - How to save data off HDD?
My mum's Homecast HT8000PVR has kicked the bucket (won't turn on), but the HDD seems to still be in good shape and she would like to keep the programs recorded on it.
I opened it up, took the HDD out and plugged it in to my computer. The drive is detected by the computer and doesn't make any weird noises, but the file system seems to be unsupported. Both Linux and Windows have no idea what it is.
I remember back in the day you had to use a weird app to transfer files between the PVR and a computer, but the PVR itself is dead and won't turn on.
Anyone have a clue as to how I can copy the data off the internal HDD of the Homecast HT8000PVR in Windows or Linux?
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Fetch tv mighty.
Is there anyone who can advise me please. I am thinking of up grading my old PVR to Fetch tv mighty. I have 3 questions. My televisions HDMI plug is loose and not working and Fetch does not have composite leads,just HDMI. I have seen in Jaycar a device to convert HDMI to composite so I can view it with those 3 couloured leads. However in my experience Jaycar sells mostly rubbish. Has any one used one of these convertors and do they work? The cost $85 so I want to make sure that it works.
Also if I upgrade to a new "Smart" tv can I use Fetch with it as they are both Internet connected. The feature I want on Fetch is the optional BBC channels which I dont think you can get on a smart tv. Or should I buy a basic tv without "smart" feature.
Thirdly if the Internet goes down which has happened can I use Fetch just as a normal PVR as I understand the programme guide is obtained through the Internet and not from the ariel.
If anyone has any other pros and cons about Fetch tv any information will be welcome.Thank you.
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homecast HT8000 pvr, problem
Looking for anyone that might know about the old Homecast HT8000 PVR?
mine wont record anymore? Have been looking for a site where i can download the latest firmware as i havent done that for a few years.
the site i found online doesnt have this particular model in its line up?
Cheers andrew
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Humax 4tune Mini Review
Hi all,
I’ve had my 4Tune for a few months now after my Topfield 2400 Masterpiece went to PVR Heaven (or Hell depending on your view). The only other device I considered was the Fetch TV Mighty but I went with the 4Tune primarily because of the ad skipping ability.
What’s good
- No more overlapping recordings. On the toppy, if one recorded show happened to start immediately after another recorded show it was very likely the end of the first recording would be at the beginning of the second. OK if you watch them in sequence but there was always a chance I would watch and then delete the second show before watching the first meaning the end of the first one would be lost. Maybe this wouldn’t work if you were recording 4 different channels at the same time but that’s not likely to occur often (for me anyway).
- Menus are well thought out. Takes a bit to get used to the menu for watching recorded shows but once I got used to it, I like it better than the toppy
- Apple/Google Apps for the remote. I’ve got the remote on my iPhone and it works well which is good because the remote it comes with could be more tactile (I’ve got a feeling I will be asking for a replacement soon).
- Media Centre capability is solid. Streams videos via wireless that I can only run over a wired connection on the PS3.
- Power it off anytime. When you’re finished watching just turn it off regardless if it’s recording. It will keep the recording going and then turn off when complete. Also when a timer fires if it’s off it doesn’t load everything. Sort of like a power save feature I guess but I think it’s great that it only runs what it needs.
- Series recording works well and you can add/change padding at the time you set a timer. I’ve set default padding at 30 minutes but it’s good for when I record off the ABC and I can change this to 5 minutes
- Ad skipping as mentioned. 30 second skips works as expected. Gives my thumb a great workout when watching anything recorded off Channel 7…
What’s not so good
- Auto-updating firmware. Concerns me that a poorly tested and released firmware could lead to problems. Even more concerning is that features you don’t want could be added unnecessarily or feature you do want could be removed
- Remote scheduling. I tried this out and ended up losing recordings and it stopped doing any subsequent recordings. Only way I got the PVR working again was resetting to factory
- No way to add to the TV Apps. ABC’s iView isn’t available and there’s no way (I can find) to add it.
- Editing/removing channels. After a scan I deleted the channels I didn’t want. After a few days, channels I had deleted reappearing and it screwed my timers. No matter what I tried, I couldn’t delete those channels again. Am now using favourites after a full rescan but at random times, the device reverts to the all channels list (minor niggle)
Do I recommend it? Yes, I think it's a reasonable replacement to the Toppy especially if ad skipping appeals. 7 out of 10.
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Sony SVR-HD700 Mpeg4 compatible?
Just got hold of a Sony Recorder SVR-HD700. Doesn't want to show HD channels, just does the audio, no video. Anyone know if they can be upgraded / modified to show MPEG4?
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Digitaview DVR 810
Hi everyone. Although I seldom post here I always read the site everyday. Always very informative.
I wonder if anyone has any suggestions about this.
My Digitalview DVR 810 which has served me faithfully for many years is developing problems. When playing back sometimes it jumps forward 10 minutes or so and when I rewind back to play again it jumps back to the same spot. Also sometimes the sound doesnt sinc until I press play a second time. This seems to have started recently since recording ABC HD and SBS HD in MPEG4. Maybe its just a coincidence and the hard drive is dying.
Im now looking at buying a new PVR. After searcing info Im interested in the HUMAX 7510T 0r 7500T. I cant find anywhere the difference between these models. I only need basic functions as recording and playback FTA tv. Mainly ABCHD and SBSHD. The most important thing is reliability of recording.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Do Not Buy From E-bay Audioland Online
Won a bid on an item Xmas Day.
Paid next day.
Item only delivered yesterday.
Commented on e-bay about them accordingly. They then commented negatively about me!!!!
I posted about this at http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...mp;#entry917978
John
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Humax HMS-1000T Need codes for remote
I have a Panasonic Viera plasma and i have tried all the codes under Panasonic in the manual but i couldn't get any of them to work. I was hoping someone would have a working code.
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Sound out of Sync
We have a Panasonic TV (TH-L42U20A), A Panasonic Blu-ray Home Theatre Sound System (SC-BT230) and a Panasonic DVD Recorder (DMR-XW440) It all works fine but what is really annoying is that the sound becomes delayed from the vision until it is so out sync (maybe 1/2 second at a guess) that we have to turn off the sound system and restart it to get everything lined up again. Since all three machines are Panasonic I would have thought that they would be compatible, but obviously there is a problem. Has anyone else experienced this or does anyone have a solution to get the sound to stay in sync without interupting a programme?
Thanks,
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trouble with HT8200 PVR
Hi all we came home after being away for about 10 days and found the above unit to be displaying ;loading v101. remote not working, batteries ok, checked all leads etc and nothing seemed to work. Finally switched the unit off at the rear and this got rid of the display turned it back on then nothing. Now can,t turn it on at all, read some where trying to find a solution and one chap suggested what he had done was to clean with a vacumn and replCED cap not sure what cap is or where it is located. I have not removed the back as it is sealed.
Can anyone suggest what can be done or should it be binned????
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Panasonic DMR-BWT955GL
Has anyone bought one of these pvr's. My tv only has scart inputs and by reading the info on this unit it only outputs to hdmi. Do I need to get a hdmi to scart adapter or is there another way to get it to work???
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Panasonic DMR-BW500 lost HD receiver channels
Recently all my HD receiver channels have disappeared on my Panasonic DMR-BW500 Blu-ray recorder all other SD appear OK presume HD receiver portion of tuner has died retunining hasn't fixed it had anyone have similar problem?
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Panasonic DMR-BW500 remote issues
The remote control for my Panasonic Bluray recorder DMR-BW500 has exhibited PLAY and STOP button loss of function, noted after infrequent use of remote, remaining buttons seem to be OK, warming remote and constant pressing does not return function, anyone had similar issue and had to replace remote?
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Fails after a period
Will work for a while and then just freezes. Have not used it for a while but since I received the email from dtv I thought I would post here. Just plugged it back in and its working.......now it may be heat issues as previous probs was in summer but as this is winter and I dont have heating it may work. Any clues to what the problem may be ?
Basically just plug a portable usb drive into my TV ( TV is in bedroom ) if I need to record but it has a lot of limitations.
Anyway...g'day to all and my old Topfield in my lounge room still works perfectly :-)
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PVR to record satellite & terrestrial
Hi All,
I have a "Strong SRT-4663X" satellite receiver which I use to watch shows from the Optus D2 satellite.
I also watch free to air tv via the usual RF cable.
I would like to record shows from both the satellite and free to air but have wasted 4 hours searching the net for a sure solution that I can't seem to find.
Originally, I thought I could just buy a PVR with 500GB storage from one of the big shops but it turns out it's not that simple.
Preferably, I don't want to spend over $300 but could stretch if no other option.
Don't need bells & whistles, just ability to record footy from FTA and a few kids shows from satellite.
I'm all ears.
Extra info: The sat box I have is supposed to be able to record to usb but it doesn't work so I'm weary of "PVR Ready" devices. Meaning, I'd prefer built in storage.
Cal
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Wall mounting Samsung Plasma PS64D550cim
Currently considering wall mounting our 64 inch Samsung plasma TV it is on a stud wall, the Samsung manual calls up M8 screws for the TV to mount arms does anyone know the screw length and the info states that the screw alongside the mount hole is to be removed first?
Has anyone done this with the Crest BFP6T TV Tilt mount from Bunnings?
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