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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

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    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

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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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yes all the DVD recorders are very sensitive to what brand is fed to them......go back to your ole faithful Maxell here are 3 sites you can try......J & R music, Amazon.com or Ebay

  1. http://www.jr.com/product/productListing.jsp?Ntt=maxell+dvd+blank
  2. http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_tref_p_brandtextbin_1?rh=n%3A1036658%2Cp_brandtextbin%3AMaxell%2Ck%3Advd+blank+media&keywords=dvd+blank+media&ie=UTF8&qid=1282862945&rnid=15784691
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