Re: It looks to me like they changed coaxial cables on at least one DVD recorder, this means that there must be others!
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:15:07 -0700 (PDT), Chris Tsao
<rigida7147@aol.com> wrote:
>On Sep 21, 1:21*pm, Gene E. Bloch <lett...@someplace.invalid> wrote:
>> On 9/21/09, the entity Chris Tsao wrote this:
>>
>> > I have a Toshiba DVD recorder that's new and I tried to hook it up to
>> > my television set, but there's a coaxial cable port I've never seen
>> > before. It's not like any coaxial cable port I've ever seen. My
>> > coaxial cables won't attach to it. If I bought one that does, then it
>> > won't attach to my television.
>> > There's only one coaxial cable port and there were two of them on all
>> > the other DVD recorders, players and VCRs I've had.
>>
>> You know, if you had mentioned the model number, someone might have
>> been able to look it up and get an answer to your question.
>>
>> Just sayin'.
>>
>> --
>> Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
>
>Okie-doke, Toshiba D-R410KU.
**I have that model. I just used the composite (red-white-yellow)
connectors to hook it up to the Cablevision box. I run it out of the
box into the Tosh and then out to the TV from the Tosh. Pretty basic.
I just picked up a Panasonic DMR-EA18. The pluses to this model are
the IR blaster and Flex Record. No cable coax on this model either.
Re: It looks to me like they changed coaxial cables on at least one DVD recorder, this means that there must be others!
On 9/21/09, the entity Jan B wrote this:
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:31:14 -0700, Gene E. Bloch
> <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote:
>> On 9/21/09, the entity Chris Tsao wrote this:
>>> On Sep 21, 1:21*pm, Gene E. Bloch <lett...@someplace.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 9/21/09, the entity Chris Tsao wrote this:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a Toshiba DVD recorder that's new and I tried to hook it up to
>>>>> my television set, but there's a coaxial cable port I've never seen
>>>>> before. It's not like any coaxial cable port I've ever seen. My
>>>>> coaxial cables won't attach to it. If I bought one that does, then it
>>>>> won't attach to my television.
>>>>> There's only one coaxial cable port and there were two of them on all
>>>>> the other DVD recorders, players and VCRs I've had.
>>>>
>>>> You know, if you had mentioned the model number, someone might have
>>>> been able to look it up and get an answer to your question.
>>>>
>>>> Just sayin'.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
>>> Okie-doke, Toshiba D-R410KU.
>>
>> The web site says, in the specs, "Coaxial Outputs (1)".
>>
>> Page 11 of the manual shows a digital audio coax output, which is an
>> RCA jack. Page 2 of the spec sheet shows the same thing. Both pictures
>> show the following label on the jack:
>> "COAXIAL
>> DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT
>> PCM / BITSTREAM".
>>
>> The first quote above was copied and pasted from the web page, and the
>> second from the PDF of the manual.
> To be clear, it tells you (OP) that there is no RF-modulator.
Good point...
> I guess that HDMI isn't available on the TV, but try to use the
> Component Video (YPbPr) output or the S-Video, or the "Video"
> (Composite) outputs (together with the L-R sound connection).
> If you really need an RF-connection it might be done with a separate
> RF modulator connected to the "Video" and L-R outputs.
> There will (most probably) be a significant difference in quality
> between the different connection types, where RF is the worst.
Re: It looks to me like they changed coaxial cables on at least oneDVD recorder, this means that there must be others!
Chris Tsao wrote:
>
> Thank you, I don't understand this, but I have a feeling it's bad
> news. I guess the recorder is only good for dubbing.
As others have pointed out, the recorder does not have a tuner. The CNET
review of it lists only S-Video and composite video inputs. Probably
what you thought was a coax input is actually the S-Video input. You
will need a cable box, satellite box, or some other source for your
recordings.
Re: It looks to me like they changed coaxial cables on at least one DVD recorder, this means that there must be others!
On 9/23/09, the entity JimH wrote this:
> Chris Tsao wrote:
>>
>> Thank you, I don't understand this, but I have a feeling it's bad
>> news. I guess the recorder is only good for dubbing.
> As others have pointed out, the recorder does not have a tuner. The CNET
> review of it lists only S-Video and composite video inputs. Probably what you
> thought was a coax input is actually the S-Video input. You will need a cable
> box, satellite box, or some other source for your recordings.
No, it's the coaxial digital audio output, as posted elsewhere in this
thread. It's in the manual, even.
The OP seemed to be unfamiliar with the concept, and my post really
didn't clarify it, so I hope he Googled to find out more :-)
While I'm here - I just looked at the manual again to see if the
recorder provides for an IR blaster so that it can control an outside
tuner. Sadly, no. However, it can be set to record at a specified time
and duration; it also has something called Satellite Link, which will
start to record when it detects an external signal.
So you can do this: set the Toshiba to record at a given time and on a
given input, and set the external tuner to turn on to the desired
channel at the time in question (my satellite receiver will do this,
IIRC). Or one can set the Toshiba to Satellite Link and set the
external tuner to turn on as described.
Re: It looks to me like they changed coaxial cables on at least one DVD recorder, this means that there must be others!
On 9/23/09, the entity Gene E. Bloch wrote this:
> On 9/23/09, the entity JimH wrote this:
>> Chris Tsao wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you, I don't understand this, but I have a feeling it's bad
>>> news. I guess the recorder is only good for dubbing.
>> As others have pointed out, the recorder does not have a tuner. The CNET
>> review of it lists only S-Video and composite video inputs. Probably what
>> you thought was a coax input is actually the S-Video input. You will need a
>> cable box, satellite box, or some other source for your recordings.
> No, it's the coaxial digital audio output, as posted elsewhere in this
> thread. It's in the manual, even.
> The OP seemed to be unfamiliar with the concept, and my post really didn't
> clarify it, so I hope he Googled to find out more :-)
> While I'm here - I just looked at the manual again to see if the recorder
> provides for an IR blaster so that it can control an outside tuner. Sadly,
> no. However, it can be set to record at a specified time and duration; it
> also has something called Satellite Link, which will start to record when it
> detects an external signal.
> So you can do this: set the Toshiba to record at a given time and on a given
> input, and set the external tuner to turn on to the desired channel at the
> time in question (my satellite receiver will do this, IIRC). Or one can set
> the Toshiba to Satellite Link and set the external tuner to turn on as
> described.
I just realized that my comment above about using Satellite Link with
my satellite receiver is wrong, but for a funny reason.
When my satbox is in standby, it still outputs a signal with
instructions on how to watch TV, plus ads for PPV and such, running as
a sort of screen saver (they move around the screen and change content
periodically), so the DVR wouldn't know when the box came out of
standby.
With any luck, other set-top boxen wouldn't do that.
Re: It looks to me like they changed coaxial cables on at least oneDVD recorder, this means that there must be others!
In article <9cc0916f-df80-4e9c-95af-623e57bea0e2@p23g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, Chris Tsao <rigida7147@aol.com> wrote:
>On Sep 21, 12:43=A0pm, Java Jive <j...@evij.com.invalid> wrote:
>> Is it an F-connector?
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_connector
>>
>> I suspect this might mean that the tuners in it are Satellite DVB-S
>> Tuners. =A0CHECK THAT OUT VERY CAREFULLY. =A0If they really are
>> terrestrial DVB-T tuners, then you can make up your own cable with an
>> F-connector at one end and the traditional 'Belling' type at the
>> other.
>>
>> http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?...ource=3D15&me=
>....
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:14:23 -0700 (PDT), Chris Tsao
>>
>> <rigida7...@aol.com> wrote:
>> > I have a Toshiba DVD recorder that's new and I tried to hook it up to
>> > my television set, but there's a coaxial cable port I've never seen
>> > before. It's not like any coaxial cable port I've ever seen. My
>> > coaxial cables won't attach to it. If I bought one that does, then it
>> > won't attach to my television.
>>
>> > There's only one coaxial cable port and there were two of them on all
>> > the other DVD recorders, players and VCRs I've had.
>>
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>>
>> Please always reply to news group as the email address in
>> this post's header does not exist. =A0Alternatively, use one of the
>> contact addresses at:
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html
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>
>eh with my luck, this ain't even a worse-case-scenerio
Give us the exact model of DVD burner????
Re: It looks to me like they changed coaxial cables on at least oneDVD recorder, this means that there must be others!
On Sep 23, 2:44*pm, winniethep...@100acrewoods.com (GMAN) wrote:
>> Give us the exact model of DVD burner????
I think I gotta just use it as a player hooked up to a source DVD
recorder and spring for a new DVD recorder for recording off the TV
otherwise I'll drive myself crazy. It's not necessarily (sp.?) useless
to people who don't know how to hook it up to their TV's since it can
format some discs -RW discs that my Panasonic DVD recorder doesn't
read.
Re: It looks to me like they changed coaxial cables on at least one DVD recorder, this means that there must be others! 
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