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Any one have a ilo DVD Recorder With 80 GB Hard Drive, DVDRH04, from Wal-Mart,is it a good recorder?
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TXStarr
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4. January 2006 @ 15:16 |
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Hi guys! Just got a DVDR05MU - apparently it was not the way to go! Right out of the box it will not read any media except music CDs! Tried the firmware downloads but it won't read the disk. And I am using one of the recommended brands Imation DVD+RW. This sucks!! Any ideas before I take it back to Wally World or throw it out in the street?
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TXStarr
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4. January 2006 @ 15:21 |
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Okay no one was at tech support either!
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badlander
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5. January 2006 @ 05:19 |
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Ok. Let me make sure I understand. Since my Satellite receiver only has the SAT IN but no SAT OUT...I can still do this? The way I have it setup now is Satellite going to Sat In on the receiver. Then I'm using Component connections (R,B,G) from the Sat to the TV and audio from Satellite to AV receiver. The ILO DVD is basically the same way. Component connection to TV and Optical Audio to AV receiver. I can view DVD's just fine. In order to record though....I will have to have something setup to act as a RF modulator between the DVD and the satellite though right? Gheesh! This stuff used to be easy!
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badlander
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9. January 2006 @ 03:18 |
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Oh well. I gave up. It shouldn't take this much work just to enjoy watching a DVD. This thing kept freezing up on just about every DVD I put in it. New DVD's....old DVD's....didn't matter. So, back to Wally World it went. I found out too that you need a special recorder to even get the Hi Def signal thru your recorder. HH Gregg had one for $650.00!! I think I'll be waiting a bit before I look at getting another DVD recorder. Thanks for all the help though! Good luck with those ILO's. Just seems that you've got to have alot of patience and time to even get them to work! I've got better things to do....
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bob_e29
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9. January 2006 @ 09:09 |
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badlander,
Maybe I didn't make myself clear. You connect the satelite to satelite in on the satelite receiver.
1st option Use the s-video jacks on the satelite receiver and connect the other end of the cord to the ilo s-video in jacks. Set the ilo channel selector to ch 3. Use another s-video cord from the s-video out jacks on the ilo to the s-video jacks on the tv. Set the Tv to channel to input 1.
2nd option use a cord from the output jack of the satelite receiver (same kind of jack used from the satelite receiver and connect it to the ilo input jack. s-video is better.
on your ilo remote press the source button - select s-video in first option. If you are not using s-video select the tv option.
The ilo website shows you some good pictures on how to hook it up.
Your satelite reciver is the only channel changing you do. You cannot select a different channel from the ilo or the tv.
On mine I use s-video and I also run the rf to a vcr and then to the ilo. That way I can put old vcr tapes onto a dvd.
Good luck
bobe
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Sawney
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9. January 2006 @ 11:32 |
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Based upon my experience, I'd have to say that "good luck" could only mean getting it back to Wal-Mart before the 30 days return period is up. Without a lot of work, switching on and off, punching and repunching switched, I can't even get the tray to open to use the damn thing as a player.
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Sawney
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9. January 2006 @ 13:35 |
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WARNING -- I just dodged a bullet. In complaining to ILO about the piece of junk they sold me (through Wal-Mart), I got a reply from them with the following email address:
Support_iLo/ILOHELP%LITEONIT@Liteonit.com
Of course it didn't work when I replied to them. Great techies!!!
But more importantly, I discovered from this flawed address that they seem to be affiliated with LITEON, which I was considering buying. Now I know better. I don't think I'll ever again buy electronics from Wal-Mart either.
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dayturner
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9. January 2006 @ 15:07 |
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It has never been a secret that the ILO was made by Lite-On. It is possible that ILO stands for Inadequate Lite On. They were a special (cheapo) version of its bigger Lite-On brother made exclusively for and sold only by Wal-Mart. From what I have read here I am thankful that I have only had minor problems with mine in more than a year of service. It will currently not read Rs and I am afraid to put a commercial dvd in it for fear it will ruin it. However, it faithfully records to the HD and will duplicate to RWs. When it finally gives up on me, I will not replace with ILO or Lite-On, but with brand name. I have always received a response from support. Well, I only wrote them twice.
The Old One
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Nick2
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21. January 2006 @ 19:41 |
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This thing is a piece of shit. Maybe I shouldn't complain, it did last almost a year before it became completely useless. Now it won't play or recognize any of the disks it has burned and finalized. It reads them as either blank or invalid.
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Nick2
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21. January 2006 @ 20:03 |
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Has anyone tried replacing the dvd optical mechanism with an aftermarket one. Would that solve the problem with the reading?
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dayturner
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22. January 2006 @ 06:41 |
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Following advice of ILO technical support, I have successfully used a Phillips DVD Laser Lens Cleaner to "reset" my ILO so that it will read R's. However, at some undetermined point or as a result of some undetermined cause, it will suddenly again refuse to recognize rs and attempt to treat them as rws, thus ruining them and anything recorded on them. I would suggest trying a lens cleaner to see if that works. Any tiny speck of dust can potentially cause a problem.
The Old One
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Nick2
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22. January 2006 @ 06:56 |
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Thanks Daturner I will try that. On the upside of my problem I was also pissed that I couldn't transfer media from a just-finalized DVD R back onto my hard drive for viewing at a later date. I then used a DVD RW to do it. I took the finalized DVD R from my ILO and put it in my computer CD tray, then placed a blank DVD RW in the DVD tray, then used a DVD copying program (Nero) to transfer the media to the DVD RW. I put the new disk in the ILO tray and it immediately recognized it and happily transferred all my videos back to the hard drive. It's a round about way of doing it but atleast I won a small one. But I will pick up a DVD cleaner next time I'm at Wal-Mart.
PS--Dayturner you said that at some undetermined point your ILO again refused to read discs. What was the length of time before it started doing it again? A week, month, 3 months? As long as it isn't too often I can live with regularly cleaning it.
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dayturner
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22. January 2006 @ 07:14 |
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Sometimes it is longer than other times. If I could figure out the cause (and I may do some experimenting to see if I can induce the condition) I will then understand. I also have another dvd recorder and it could be a problem of intermixing the rws, so I have been trying to keep them separate. I have also done the stick-it-in-the computer-to-copy trick. But once an r has been ruined by the ilo trying to read it as an rw, it is ruined for any use. When you put an r in the drive, see if the little red r lights up or if the rw lights up -- over on the right side of the readout screen on the ilo. For me, I could eliminate the problem by using only rws in the ilo, but stuff you want to save, you'd rather have on the less expensive r.
The Old One
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Nick2
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22. January 2006 @ 10:00 |
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You wrote:
"For me, I could eliminate the problem by using only rws in the ilo, but stuff you want to save, you'd rather have on the less expensive r."
why not do the opposite of what I did? Stick a DVD RW in the ILO, burn what you want to it, finalize it, then stick it in your computer and burn the content straight from one drive to another (CD drive to DVD drive), with a DVD R being in the receiving drive, using Nero. Then erase the DVD RW either in the computer or in the ILO and use it again. A small hassle, but not very much.
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Nick2
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23. January 2006 @ 09:59 |
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By the way Dayturner, I went to Wally World today and bought a Phillips DVD cleaning disc and it worked like magic! The damn ILO works like it did brand new. Thanks for the tip.
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dayturner
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23. January 2006 @ 10:16 |
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I am happy to have been of help, Nick2. I suspect, however, that the condition will recur at some point and probably on some disc that you didn't want to lose. Good luck.
The Old One
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mput
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2. February 2006 @ 13:46 |
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I bought mine Dec 2004, Just craped out a week ago. Support said nothing they can do it's a month out of warentee. So now I have a piece of junk. I would not recommend buying one. I did write to the Press Relations person at Lite-on. Probley will not get me any where.
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Nick2
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18. March 2006 @ 23:05 |
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OK, new problem here. Actually several, so lets see if I'm the only one this is happening to. First, when using the ILO remote to change channels on my tv, sometimes pressing the button up or down will activate the recording feature. I have to stop it from recording and erase the last few seconds and then continue channel surfing. Annoying. Second, sometimes after viewing something I've recorded and left on the HD I will stop it and when I return to the tv program that is on, the last frame of that same show will be frozen on my tv screen. I have to turn the ILO off and back on. This happening to anyone else?
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dayturner
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19. March 2006 @ 06:47 |
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I have noticed that mine sometimes does just weird stuff, too. Nothing like Nick2 is reporting, other than occasional unrequested recording starts. Problem is, one does not know if this is a software or hardware situation. If software, one could probably reformat and reinstall software. With the little activity taking place on this thead anymore, I am guessing that most people have given up on this machine which is perhaps the Kaypro of recording devices.
The Old One
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Sawney
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19. March 2006 @ 18:33 |
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Has anyone figured out how to get the tray open once it starts hanging up?
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Nick2
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19. March 2006 @ 21:15 |
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You have to unplug it from the wall outlet and then restart the machine by pressing the OPEN TRAY button. The machine will come on and the first thing it does is opens the tray for you. Other than that I see no other way.
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dayturner
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19. March 2006 @ 21:16 |
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I have had success in unplugging the machine and plugging it back in and then turning it back on by pushing the eject button.
The Old One
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Sawney
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20. March 2006 @ 01:25 |
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Dayturner and Nick2,
Thanks to both of you. Unfortunately, that no longer seems to work. Once it did.
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Tekkie
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20. March 2006 @ 11:45 |
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DVD recorders are guarenteed for 90 days with reciept at WALMART. I checked while I was there.
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LCSHG
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21. March 2006 @ 07:17 |
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This is an old thread ---- But
I have two RHD04 and one R04 two are over a year old.
I have not had one problem with these machines
If anyone is considering junking their unit please PM me and I will consider buying it
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