Panasonic DMRES 10/20

[Sark]

Hi all.

I have recently bought this DVD recorder. So far I'm very pleased with its performance, but I've now encountered a possible problem.

I bought some DVD RAM discs and tried one yesterday for the first time. Whilst they record fine, I can't get the Time Slip, or Play from beginning functions to work. Even when I try to use the Navigator to view a previously recorded program nothing appears on screen. The DMRES screen shows the right messages, but nothing changes on my TV screen.

When I checked the manual it says these functions will not work when the "TV system" settings are different from the title on the disc. I'm not exactly sure what this means, but suspect this relates to the problem. Any ideas, anyone?

My setup is simply a Sky box fed to my TV and the DMRES via scarts, and another scart from the DMRES to the TV. This setup means I can only record from AV1. The recorder doesn't recognise channels.

Just wondered if anyone with this unit has a similar setup, but can use the Time Slip, etc, functions.

Cheers

Sark

[Lazza]

I would say from that quote that it means if the disc had been recorded on "another" machine say setup for 4:3 picture etc that when you playback on your setup and it's in 16:9 W/S then all you can get is a 4:3 picture.

Are the discs Panasonic branded btw? The only ones worth using IMHO and my Toshiba won't handle any other unless it has the same Maxell dye.

[Sark]

Lazza.

Yes, the discs are Panasonic and they record just fine, didn't even need formatting like my Verbatim rewritables. The aspect ratio isn't the issue because I only have one system. I'm trying to watch the same program I'm currently recording, which is what should be possible with Time Slip using a RAM disc.

My guess is that it is something to do with the way channels are recorded. Normally the recorder can actually recognise different channels. This doesn't work when recording from a Sky box. I have to set the channel to AV2 to record whatever is currently selected through the Sky box. However, why this should be a problem I don't know, because Time Slip should enable me to watch what is already recorded on the disc.

If I can't resolve it I will just assume it is an issue with my unit and take it back to the supplier.

Sark