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Bronze Member Username: Crazide
Post Number: 27
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 10:26 am: |
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Me again ...
Are you saying the RCA cables that are attached or kinda molded together .. will work? I have two sets of them. There are a Red, White, and Yellow molded together ... If I'm thinking correctly That would equal 4 ... Two red, two white and of course two yellow ... and then Yellow cables are coming with the Sima.
No cables goes to the TV? |
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Bronze Member Username: Crazide
Post Number: 29
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 10:39 am: |
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Trouble posting ... Lets try it one more time.
I have two sets of RCA cables ... there are a white, red and yellow kinda molded together in each set ... if I'm tinking correctly that would be 4? Will those type work? Then there are yellow cables coming with the Sima.
No cables go to the TV? |
Bronze Member Username: Lthompson
Alabama
Post Number: 51
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 10:51 am: |
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Hi G, you can actually take those wires and strip them apart. As long as you connect yellow ends to the correct place on your VCR and your DVD recorder. Dont matter if they are still molded together or split apart. I split some of mine, it was easier.
And I dont think that I got yellow cables with my CT 200 , you will need 2 sets of those one from VCR into CT200 and one set out of CT200 into the DVD recorder. Orange to Orange, White to White. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3120
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 12:59 pm: |
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You'll need cables to the TV too. If the TV has component inputs, those are the best, if not s-video, if the TV doesn't have either, then you'll have to use RCAs. If using component or s-video, you still need RCAs for audio. |
Silver Member Username: Tmax59
Post Number: 129
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 01:42 pm: |
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G -
I would recommend that you don't split your cables apart and leave them "molded together." But they will work as well either way.
You say you have two sets. Assuming that you're going to use one set to connect the recorder output to the TV (which means that your TV has RCA inputs) then you'll use the other set to connect your player to your DVD recorder. The red and white cables go directly from player to recorder. The yellow goes from the player to the input of the Sima. That leaves the output of the Sima not yet connected to the recorder. You'll need one more yellow cable to make that connection.
Note that, as I've said before and as David also just mentioned, it doesn't actually need to be yellow since the color coding is only for convenience sake and all of the RCA cables are "the same" in that a red one or white one will work just as well as a yellow one and vice versa. So if you have another red or white cable around, you can use that. And, you can use it even if it's molded to another color cable. So, for example, if you have a red and white pair of molded cables (from your stereo, most likely), you could use the red (or white) cable and just leave the other cable hanging at both ends.
The connections are simple and so I'll post this link AGAIN!!! You want to hook it up just as you see in the first diagram as you scroll down the page -
http://www.xdimax.com/dvd/dvdredpro.html
Obviously, you'll be using your Sima, and not the Red Pro. But the hookups are the same. You said you got the CT-2 (not the CT-200), so there won't be any S-video connections on it.
You didn't say whether or not your Sima is coming with the extra yellow cable that came with it when it was new. If your seller is supplying it with your Sima, then that's the one you'll use and you'll have all you need.
Now, if your Sima isn't coming with the extra yellow cable, I can confuse you some more. Because if your TV has an S-video input, then you could use your S-video cable to connect your recorder to your TV. But (as David said) you still need to use the red and white audio cables between the recorder and the TV. Soooooo, you could THEN split one of your RCA sets (or just split off the yellow cable and leave the other two molded together), which would then give you the extra yellow cable you need for the Sima connection, and use the leftover red and white set to make the audio connection from the recorder to the TV.
Is that confusing enuff?
David, I checked both my D-R4's and you were right on target. The one that changed was set to "use" and the other was set to "no use."
So that indeed was all that was about. |
Bronze Member Username: Jchurch43
Denver,
Colorado
USA
Post Number: 84
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 08:51 pm: |
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Hi Ya'll,
Just thought I would jump in here since I haven't posted for awhile. Been keeping up with all the questions & info, just not getting involved right now. Looks like you guys are doing pretty well without me.
My D-R4 is doing great. I finally ordered the Dimex stabilizer. It is doing great too.
Keep posting. Later, Jim |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3125
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 09:20 pm: |
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You can pick up D-R4s from 2ndturn on ebay dirt cheap right now, they don't have a remote, but I use a One For All 8910 to operate mine. The only thing I had to teach it was the easy navi, if it's in the advanced functions they e-mailed, I haven't been able to find it. There's a navagation code, but it isn't easy navi. So for someone without the original remote, you can't finalize the discs without easy navi. You can't even set the clock without the remote and you can't do anything without the clock set. The easy navi function is probably in there somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it. I just bought 3 of them for $65 total. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3126
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 09:46 pm: |
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OK, I just looked through the functions again and easy navi is there, it's called virtual remo. So someone can buy a D-R4 for $20-25 and get a One For All 8910 and upgrade it to operate the Toshiba. You can buy the remote at Amazon for $20 new or $9 refurb. |
Bronze Member Username: Crazide
Post Number: 30
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 10:35 am: |
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 Good Morning and a big THANK YOU to all that posted with such HELPFUL information!
My Sima arrived Friday ... and as I type I am transfering!  Yippee! Yeah, Yeee Hawww!!!
I was a little confused last night as I was connecting cables to player - recorder - TV. Whew! Wires, wires, wires!!!!
At first the RCA molded wasn't working ... I found some seperate RCA cables that came with the Magnavox player and they worked ... I don't think there's any difference but I'M NOT TAKING THEM LOSE TO SEE!
And David thank you for posting that there DOES have to be a cable ran to the TV from the player.
I guess your post was on but here I didn't take time to check as I was connecting and disconnecting wires. But I knew in my mind there HAD to be at least one! So I found a yellow RCA and put it from player to TV ...Voila! a picture when I put my DVR on input2 front.
Oh yes! I got my VCR hooked up that I can transfer from VCR to DVD using my MCM stabelizer ... and I got mt DVD player hooked up to transfer to DVD-R with my Sima, I don't have to re-connect or undo any wires to do this. It is stationary. Yes there are a LOT of wires here! Only I know and can understand what I've done. Really I don't understand ... but I know it works.
I used the front connector jacks on my DVD-R for DVD transferring (that is input2 front) ... and used the back connectors for VCR. (that is input 1)
Oh yes, Please Tell me what component connection is. My recorder has Svideo but not sure about my TV. Right now evething is RCA cables ... for I don't know what component is ???
And Tmax my Sima CT2 does have a place for Svideo conection, but I only had 1 Svideo cable. It came with 2 Yellow cables.}
Once again, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERRY MUCH! |
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Bronze Member Username: Crazide
Post Number: 31
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 10:39 am: |
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A correction on my last post ... so I won't confuse others. The RCA cable to TV is from Output on DVD-R.
Just wanted to clear that up.
Good day... |
Silver Member Username: Tmax59
Post Number: 130
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 12:48 pm: |
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G -
Yes, now I see that the CT-2 does apparently have S-video connections. I also see that it apparently also uses (or can use) an AC adaptor. For some reason, I wuz thinking the CT-2 could only be used with a battery.
So it would seem that the only difference(s) between the CT-2 and the CT-200 is that the latter has more enhancement modes and an auto shut off feature (which is good because these units apparently can overheat if left on too long).
As to my S-video cable suggestion, I was suggesting you might use that from your DVD player/recorder output to your TV (if your TV has an S-video connection), which would save you one RCA video cable. Thus you only need one S-video cable.
But it seems you have plenty of RCA cables anyway.
Now, if you want to see ANOTHER connection diagram, check out ebay item 270056368658.
He's selling a CT-2 but the connection diagram is shown with a CT-200. But it matters not since the two are (apparently) the same as far as connectors/connections go.
As far as connecting these things up goes, it seems that you and some others here try to set it all up so that you can record everything and play back everything without changing any connections. Frankly, I think it's not such a good idea.
For example, you undoubtedly have your DVD player's output going to your DVD recorder's input, then the recorder's input going to the TV.
That's great for recording a DVD and monitoring it as you're recording it, but to play back and watch a DVD, you can't use your player. You can only use your recorder (as a player). AND, you'll also have to have your CT-2 powered up because ya can't see the video unless it's powered up.
Unless you disconnect it and run that video wire directly to the recorder.
Now, you COULD use your DVD player to play the DVD, but you'd have to then have both your recorder and CT-2 on so that the signal would pass thru them to the TV.
So you're always "overusing" your recorder and CT-2, which is why I think it's a bad idea.
Better to use the recorder and CT-2 only for recording, and use the player to play and watch your DVDs (including the copies you've made).
All you need to do is unplug the player's output wires and plug them directly into the TV.
So maybe it's a lot more convenient to do it the other way, but I think it's not such a good idea at all. The connections really aren't all that confusing once you get the hang of it.
That's just another of my 2 cents' worth. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3127
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 01:29 pm: |
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If your TV doesn't have s-video, it definitely doesn't have component. The components are the triple RCA connections red/green/blue. Look on the back of the recorder, you'll see them. |
Bronze Member Username: Jchurch43
Denver,
Colorado
USA
Post Number: 85
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 03:35 pm: |
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David,
G brought up a good point. I've seen the RCA red/green/blue connectors on the back of my recorders too, but I never knew what they are for. What is the difference and/or advantage of the red/white/yellow RCA connetions and the red/green/blue RCA component connection? |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3128
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 03:52 pm: |
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Composite sends the entire signal on 1 cable, s-video seperates luminance and chrominance, component seperates luminance and red/blue/green. In other words, component is better than s-video or composite and s-video is better than composite. The difference you'll see between them mostly depends on the TV. On a cheap TV there may be little or no difference, on a good TV, there will be a big difference. |
Bronze Member Username: Crazide
Post Number: 32
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 05:32 pm: |
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Tmax, I'm not disputing you ... but ... I unpluged the Sima CT 2 from the wall outlet, and I hit record on my DVD-R to record from TV and or cable TV(Meaning antena) and it worked ... then to see IF I could view it thru my TV without the CT2 powered up ... and I could.
You are correct on the player, it won't allow me to view anything unless the CT 2 is powered up. But my VCR and DVD-R works fine. Right now I can't describe the connection, but if you want me to I can look on the back and try to draw a diagram.
I'm just HAPPY that I found the CT2 at a reasonal buy and it WORKS!!!! |
Silver Member Username: Tmax59
Post Number: 131
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Monday, November 20, 2006 - 11:23 am: |
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G -
That sounds right to me. You should be able to use your DVD recorder as a player without the CT-2 being powered since the CT-2 is hooked between your DVD player (your other machine) and the DVD recorder. So it's not between your recorder and the TV, thus it's not involved in that process.
So I was wrong when I said that you'd need the CT-2 powered up when you use your recorder as the player. But I guess I was right when I said it would have to be powered up if you wanted to use your player to view DVDs (as presently set up). You seem to have confirmed that.
I THINK the same should be true of your VCR (your MCM would have to be "active") tho' you seem to be saying it works fine. That might be because the MCM is "on"(?). If you try it with that turned off, I think you won't see the tape you're playing.
So the relevant part of what I said before is that you have to use your recorder to play and view DVDs (as presently set up) rather than your player, which is "overuse" of your recorder. Better to use your player for watching DVDs because those are much cheaper to replace. Save your recorder for making recordings.
And I think I was correct when I said that your recorder would also have to be turned on (as well as the CT-2) when using your player to view DVDs. You've confirmed the CT-2 has to be on (powered up) but you didn't say whether the recorder needed to also be on. I think it does, but I could be wrong again.
If it does, that's also not such a good thing since it requires you to have your recorder turned on more often than "necessary." If you just run your player's connections directly to the TV when you want to watch a DVD, you save all that extra "on time" for both your CT-2 and your recorder.
Glad to hear that it's all working and your ebay CT-2 works fine. You should be all set now. If you've got a lot of stuff to copy (like 200), you might want read some of the old posts earlier this year and go get some TY discs from meritline @ 25 cents apiece (or 100 for 30 cents apiece). David recommended them to me (us) and now I can highly recommend them based on my experience with them. |
New member Username: Quickbeam
Post Number: 2
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 - 08:13 am: |
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Now that I have a bit more experience transferring VHS to DVD, I'd like to restate a question. I've recorded about 150 movies with about 15 kicking out for copyright protection. My plan is to finish the whole library then go to a stabilizer to complete the copy protected films.
What I still can't figure out is the logic and timeline to copy protection. My experiences show me that some studios copy protected some things and not others. Disney and the Turner catalog? Early adopters. WB and Paramount? Really hit or miss. Are there any time or studio rules of thumb here? Any way to tell before I set up to record? I hate surprises.
I have read through the archives so if this is there, I missed it. Thanks. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3140
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 - 01:25 pm: |
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The only way you'd be able to tell is to connect 2 VCRs together and have the TV connected to the 2nd VCR. |
Silver Member Username: Tmax59
Post Number: 132
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 09:53 am: |
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I finally got a bad TY disc. I recorded ~30 min. on it and then it bombed out. When I looked at it I found a small dot right at the point where recording stopped. It looks like a physical defect in the disc. Now it won't play or accept any more recording. Too bad I can't figure how to "skip over" the bad spot.
David?
(I hate wasting 25 cents)
So I have now used 70 TY discs and gotten one bad one. Which translates to 25 cents wasted on the $17.75 I spent on the 71 discs.
Assuming the same success rate from here on (next 70 discs fine), that'll be 25 cents wasted for $35.25 invested (for 141 discs) and 50 cents wasted for the $50 I spent on the 200 TY discs.
Or 2 bad discs out of 200. I think that's a 1% failure rate.
Ya can't beat that, especially considering how inexpensive these discs are. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3142
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:48 am: |
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The few discs that are defective you can't do anything about. I've only seen about 6-10 or so in over 2000 discs. Most of them had chips in the outside edge of the disc. If you looked at them before burning, you'd clearly see it. I had 1 with a bad spot in the dye, and another with a small crater near the outside edge. |
Silver Member Username: Tmax59
Post Number: 133
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 05:49 pm: |
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Ya, I looked at the spot thru a lens and it's definitely a small crater in the disc. The disc loaded fine and recorded fine up to that spot. But now it can't be read or played.
I guess if you have a problem like that near the outside edge -- and know it's there -- you can still record to that point. But can you finalize the disc? If so, a problem like this on the outside edge still allows you to use most of the disc's recording space.
Looks like once you record to the bad spot, then there's nothing that can be done with the disc. But if you stop short of it, can the disc be finalized? |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3143
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 01:17 pm: |
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Yes, if the recording was stopped before the bad spot, it could be finalized. |
New member Username: Laurachester3
Post Number: 1
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 04:54 pm: |
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I have read all the about messages and was wondering if anyone was sucessful in recording Disney VHS to DVD with the CT-200? and is there any stores you can buy it at or do you have to order it? I hate to wait. LOL |
New member Username: Jemboyd
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| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 02:40 pm: |
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There are certain channels on cable tv that when I try to record them to DVD, the resulting picture changes every few seconds from full screen to letterbox, and back again - not all the channels do this, but quite a few. When I record to VCR, this doesn't happen, and if I copy the same programme to DVD from the VCR the picture is fine - what's wrong? |
New member Username: Rawhit
Post Number: 1
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| Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 01:13 pm: |
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Okay here's a twist.
I am copying my vhs tapes to my computer to burn to DVD. I am doing this through my MiniDV camcorder Canon E100. (camcorder has firewire to PC and a single AV jack for the cord from my VCR) Some VHS tapes copy to my PC just fine and some don't because of the copyright restriction.
Will the CT-200 (or any other stabilizer) work if I hook it up between my VCR and my MiniDV camcorder?
Thanks. |
Bronze Member Username: Crazide
Post Number: 33
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Monday, December 25, 2006 - 05:56 pm: |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS to all ... and once again THANKS for ALL the help and info. You are a GREAT group of people. |
Silver Member Username: Tmax59
Post Number: 134
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 09:37 pm: |
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Thanks G. Same to you and everyone. Happy New Year too!!
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New member Username: Olinger_78
Saltville,
Virginia
United States
Post Number: 1
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| Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 01:21 pm: |
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Hey Everyone!
I have a major problem that i am hoping someone can answer. I have a little girl and i have always bought VHS movies for her. Now she has two DVD players and i want to take her VHS movies and record them to DVD. I have a sv2000 DVD recorder vcr combo and another Magnavox DVD and VCR combo player. I have the two connected by RCA cables. The problem i am having is that that the VHS tapes are copy protected and I can not record them over to DVD. Please tell me how to go around this and what will work to get this done. I would like to be able to Copy from VHS to DVD and from DVD to DVD. Please understand that I am only doing this for personal use and not to make Money .....Thanks} |
Bronze Member Username: Jchurch43
Denver,
Colorado
USA
Post Number: 86
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| Posted on Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 04:46 pm: |
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You need to purchase a stabilizer to place between the source player and the target DVD recorder. There are many brands available and many places to purchase them. If you go back through this message board, you will find that David Massey (our resident authority on this subject) recommends a couple of stabilizers. Several people have had good luck with the CT-2000. Personally, I the Dimax. You can also go to eBay and search for Digital Video Stabilizers. Just make sure that whereever you purchase it, that it is compatible with your brand of Recorder. Most stabilizers are compatible with most recorders.
You will need to connect the video out jack from your source (VHS) to the video in jack of the stabilizer. Then connect the video out jack of the stabilizer to the input jack of the DVD recorder. The audeo connects directly from the source to the recorder. |
Silver Member Username: Tmax59
Post Number: 136
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 06:34 pm: |
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David -
Do you have any recommendation on an RW disc for the D-R4? |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3205
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 10:51 pm: |
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I use 2x Verbatims. You probably can't get 2x discs in a B&M store, but they're on ebay. I don't know if 4x will work or not. I've got some 2x Fuji RWs too, they're both MCC, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation or whatever it's called. |
Silver Member Username: Tmax59
Post Number: 137
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| Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 09:45 pm: |
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Thanks David. I hope these are the ones -
http://www.supermediastore.com/verbatim-2x-dvd-rw-media-94501-datalifeplus-brand ed-blank-media.html
because I just placed an order for 10 of them w/ free ground shipping. The same thing at meritline would have cost me $18.56, so I guess this is a good price (?).
Let me know if these aren't the right ones. Thanks. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3218
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:08 pm: |
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That looks like them. I bought them in a cake box, but that should be the right ones. I always do a full erase on the PC before reusing them, but you shouldn't have to. I had problems with a couple of them way back, I think because they were used in 3 or 4 different burners without ever having a full erase, so I just do the full erase each time to be sure. After erasing them they were fine. You can only do a full erase in a PC burner. |
Silver Member Username: Tmax59
Post Number: 138
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 08:03 pm: |
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Okay, they arrived a couple of hours ago and I'm recording on one now. Having had no experience with these RW discs, I just put it in the drawer, then quickly learned ya have to format it first. I got prompted to go to "Disc Management" and format the disc. Not taking the time to read my owner's manual, I just did that and formatted it. There didn't seem to be anything more to do except maybe number the disc (like a disc name or label?). Anyway, I tried it and it works fine. I guess you erase them by simply reformatting them again -- but I'll pull out my owners manual and check it out tomorrow.
I got these for several uses. The main one is that I'm now into OTA digital TV (I loathe paying for TV because I really don't want to watch it very much other than PBS and sports) and one of the channels I'm getting is The Tube, which is all music videos and nothing else. Being a bit of a guitar player, I'm going to record whatever they're broadcasting during the day (2 hours to a disc) and then see what I get and transfer what I want to keep to the TY discs. That way, I can rip off some good riffs and also have some interesting music videos.
It's a poor man's TiVo kinda thing.
If these work as advertised, ya can't beat them for $1.19 each (with free shipping!). And each came in its own jewel case to boot.
If you have any more suggestions, let me know. Thanks much for all the good info. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3251
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| Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 08:20 pm: |
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Instead of reformatting them, just erase them. Go into easynavi and select delete title. I don't know about RW discs, but RAM discs don't like being reformatted over and over. When a RAM disc dies, it's usually from reformatting instead of just deleting. |
Bronze Member Username: Lthompson
Alabama
Post Number: 52
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| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 09:20 am: |
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I use the RW disk in my DVD recorder like I use my VCR to record things I want to see while I am at work and then Delete the Title Plus I have to Erase them also, 2 different steps to use them again and again, only had to format mine once. |
Bronze Member Username: Jchurch43
Denver,
Colorado
USA
Post Number: 87
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| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 01:31 am: |
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I bought two different brands of DVD-RW, Maxell & Ridata. My Emerson recorder will format both, but my Toshiba won't format either. I couldn't find any TY-RW. I don't think TY makes them. What brand will the Toshiba D-R4 format? |
Bronze Member Username: Jchurch43
Denver,
Colorado
USA
Post Number: 88
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| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 01:39 am: |
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David, what is the difference in a member and a member? |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 09:38 am: |
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I use Verbatim 2x RWs. They are MCC (Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation). I have some old Fujis that are MCC too, I don't know if the new ones are. I don't know if the new ones are. I bought mine in a 30 spindle on ebay for $20 plus $5 or $6 shipping. Tmax bought some in cases a week or so ago. Look at his January 18 post, there's a link there. Gold and Bronze is amount of posts. You start out Bronze, then go to silver at 100 I think, then Gold at 1000 I think. |
Bronze Member Username: Jchurch43
Denver,
Colorado
USA
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| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 03:47 pm: |
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Thanks for the info. Do you know if there is a way to get around the Cannot Format problem with my current disks? Probebly not, or you would have said so. Thought I would ask. I will check out the link on TMax's post. Thanks again. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 05:44 pm: |
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There's a firmware update for the D-R4 that Toshiba will send for free, you just have to call them, it's not on the website. It's for finalization problems, so I don't know if it will help. You could try a full erase in Decrypter. Click tools, drive, erase disc, full erase. It takes a half hour with 2x discs. If the discs are 4x or higher, they may not be compatible with the recorder. |
Silver Member Username: Tmax59
Post Number: 139
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| Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 12:11 am: |
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Okay, now I have a question. I have a full disc (-RW) that I'm done with and want to use over again. I didn't finalize the disc because there was no need to. But I don't see how to "erase" it without re-formatting it. I see how to cancel the finalization so that it can be re-recorded, but I didn't finalize it. So do I have to finalize it just so's I can cancel the finalization (and re-record on the disc)? Seems silly. Liz says she "Delete(s) the Title Plus I have to Erase them also, 2 different steps to use them again and again, only had to format mine once."
So, is that what I have to do? I can't find anything in the owners manual that tells me how to do it other than "canceling the finalzation."
Deleting the title(s) doesn't do it. I deleted a title and that didn't create any new space on the disc when I checked the "disc infomation" window. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 11:12 am: |
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You only get more space on the disc when you delete the last title. If you have 4 titles on a disc, deleting 1-3 won't give any more record time, deleting the last title will. The discs don't have to be erased, there's no erase option on the Toshiba. |
Bronze Member Username: Lthompson
Alabama
Post Number: 53
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 11:57 am: |
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Tmax, I dont have to finalize my RW to play on other machines. I have an RCA recorder. Everything is a little different.
Linda |
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