I have a LVC-9016 combo..It does not record now..will give a protected content response regardless of disc.

Try first unplugging power cordfor a while (turning off it is not enough). This will drain power from the circuit s and can fix some problem.

If it did not help try using a lens cleaner CD, often when lens is dirty the DVD does not recognise the disk and can return a protection error of this kind when it tries to write.
Here you find DVD lens cleaners.

Try also using a different kind of dvds, often a DVD RW does not work well with a particular DVD brand or type.
Try with one DVD +R and one DVD -R, possibly try good brand one (TDK, Philips, Verbatim etc.) if it works on one of the two DVDs, it means your unit had developed a problem on one of the two DVD types. This is due to the different correction error used by the two formats, and usually is also a lens related problem.

If DVD lens cleaner did not work, you can only clean the lens taking apart the DVD. Access the lens pickup and clean the lens with an extra soft cotton stick and isopropyl alcohol.

Regards Try first unplugging power cordfor a while (turning off it is not enough). This will drain power from the circuit s and can fix some problem.

If it did not help try using a lens cleaner CD, often when lens is dirty the DVD does not recognise the disk and can return a protection error of this kind when it tries to write.
Here you find DVD lens cleaners.

Try also using a different kind of dvds, often a DVD RW does not work well with a particular DVD brand or type.
Try with one DVD +R and one DVD -R, possibly try good brand one (TDK, Philips, Verbatim etc.) if it works on one of the two DVDs, it means your unit had developed a problem on one of the two DVD types. This is due to the different correction error used by the two formats, and usually is also a lens related problem.

If DVD lens cleaner did not work, you can only clean the lens taking apart the DVD. Access the lens pickup and clean the lens with an extra soft cotton stick and isopropyl alcohol.

Regards

I forgot to mention that in rare case this problem can be result of a bad firmware, in this case you sort it out with a firmware update, if firmware is available.

I forgot to mention that in rare case this problem can be result of a bad firmware, in this case you sort it out with a firmware update, if firmware is available.