20 Most Recent Emerson EWR20V4 DVD Recorder/VCR - Page 2 Questions & Answers

go to emerson web site download them from there ok.

Try a different optical cord,

You need an USB VHS to DVD adapter and plug the video recorder into this adapter and then plug the adapter into the USB port of your computer, install the software on your computer.Then you can save the VHS video file onto your computer and then burn a DVD disc.Check out this WEB site for these adapters.http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VHS-DVD-Converter-USB-Adapter-NEW-BONUS-CABLE-/260739571434

if you want to record audio only you can use CD-R blank cd, if for digital video you can use DVD-R.

Download the user manual to your device. Click here to download it. It has all details.

Click here to download the user manual.

From the description this a tape end sensor problem, or the take up reel is not working.

Take daylight savings time in the clock setting. if not, it might be a clock defect in the unit.

The disc must be DVD-R with an R4.7 under the logo and they MUST be 4X or 8X specific .... the cannot be 1X to 8X or 1X to 16X or note up to 16X .... the disc box must state 4X or 8X ONLY .... and yes they are hard to find for sure.....

Get a CD/DVD laser lens cleaner - the kind with optical quality brushes sticking out of the bottom of the disk. Run this in the player/recorder a couple times. Should clear it up.

You can get them at Best Buy, Radio Shack, online, etc...

Despite the mention of playback, do you mean this is when you put in a blank DVD to record?
Are you just getting started with it?
There are two sub-format of discs that can be used for recordings.
Machines will support either DVD-R or DVD+R but recently some now take either.
Check in the instruction manual which type yours uses (because if it supported both we'd have no problem)
However, if this is about playback of your own previously recorded or commercially released discs (movies) then check a disc is clean and free from marks, blemishes and especially scratches.
(Great things, optical discs but very touchy about the state of the surface because of the laser reading method)
Next up is to clean the scanning lens in the machine.
This is done easily with a Lens Cleaner disc kit available everywhere very cheap.
Follow the instructions that will come with it.
If no joy after this it's back to the shop - if guarantee still applies - or to a repairer if not. Get a quote and see how you feel about that or getting another recorder.

Need a firmware upgrade. Emerson will charge you for it. Otherwise you need to find Dvds it will accept. Hard to do with all of the newer dvds. -RW only 1Xor 2X. -R 1X-2X. Memorex would not work for me. Multi- speed dvds over listed speeds will not work. Maxell -R 1X-4X worked for me. Good luck finding any.

Make sure that the DVD type matches the selected menu and the sound requirement, check with another DVD - original - to confirm.
The fault seems to be with the audio processing section with the DVD main board. The VCR has a different circuits and then connects to the preamp after processing from the audio section which is seperate. In the case of the DVD the optical processing and the DIgital/ Analogue conversion section is having issues and so the audio signals are absent.
Need to check on the main board as it can be related to the processing IC.