No playback i have the the emerson dvd/rw recorder and vhs combo ....when i put in a recorded disk the error message says playback feature may not be available

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4feet Dec 02, 2007

no playback features burned dvds wont play
Anonymous Dec 13, 2007

The

Emerson EWR20V4 DVD Recorder / VCR Combo

won't

play back a DVD that I burned.
Nancy Harthan Sep 17, 2008

SAME PROBLEM PLAYBACK FEATURE NOT AVAILABLE ON THIS DISC. SOME DVD'S PLAY WITH NO PROBLEM. ANY HELP WOULD BE USEFULL. I HATE TO THROW MY RECORDER AWAY, BUT I GUESS I HAVE NO CHOICE. MY NEXT RECORDER WILL NOT BE A EMERSON. PRODUCT!!!!!!

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Anonymous

Emerson charged $17.00 for the upgrade software and the darn thing will NOT play any DVD recorded with Apple IDVD regardless of 1X, 2X, etc. I emailed Emerson customer service after the upgrade and they will not respond. I guess just need to throw the Emerson out the door.

Posted on Nov 09, 2008

Anonymous

The dvd player does not recognize discs above 2x. I contacted Emerson, they have a software upgrade they will send you for free, but you have to ask for it. I think it gives the player the ability to read up to 8x.

Posted on Aug 16, 2007

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