I have just purchased a Polaroid iD1880 camcorder. The user manual is not listed on the software, the helpline is never answered (fone) and I cannot find anything listed on the web. The camcorder comes with a quick start guide but I need more than this. Can anyone help pse?
SOURCE: JVC MiniDV Camcorder Model GR-D370EK
Hi,
The manual can be located here. Look at the top left for the download.
SOURCE: onetel magma 400 phone / answering machine
Hey! To play messages press the clear/mute button then the number 2 button and then press the green phone symbol then your messages should play. To turn off do exactley the same but instead of pressing number 2 press number 8! Hope that helps!
SOURCE: Ge 25932ee1 5.8 Ghz Edge Series Cordless Phone
Here it is: took me a while to find it....hope this helps
http://www.home-electronics.net/ge/pc/IB/25952EE1_IB.pdf
SOURCE: Customer Support ILO DVDR05 Recorder
Be sure the disk is prepared for recording by using the remote control, and that you have a disk the ILO is compatible with. I am using Imation DVD+R 8x.
A Working ILO
Is There Life Left?
Frustrated ILO DVDR05 purchasers/owners, perhaps there is hope. It is my belief that the ILO DVD Recorder failed in the marketplace because of an incompletely developed instruction manual coupled with abandoned technical support. ILO was plagued because it made too many assumptions about the expertise level of the buyers of the units, a mistake when dealing in the consumer electronics market. This market is populated by people like me, who are attempting to stretch a dollar to its limit, while at the same time stretching technology to the highest level achievable. In doing so, all too often one finds they unwittingly have mixed "apples and oranges."
For months I daily passed by my ILO DVDR05 and watched the seconds on its LED clock display tick away. It would not work properly. I had purchased it with great anticipation of the things I could do with the unit. Instead, I spent most of my time with it, attempting to make it work. I even purchased a Magnavox VCR to DVD plus DVD to VCR unit with excited expectations that I could finally economically complete a loop between my DVD camcorder, my computer editing capability, and my accumulation of VCR footage. But, not to be. I could not complete the loop, and during the process, the DVDR05 stopped displaying video.
It sat there lifeless for 6 months, connected to the TV and the Magnavox unit, until recently, when I determined I would either make it work, or get rid of it. I separated the units and hooked the ILO to a small TV monitor. It sent the usual discouraging messages as I dug out some old disks to with it.
This DVD Recorder is definitely not intuitive. When I gave it the attention it requires when attempting to use it—lo and behold!—I was able to get it to work. This was not a quick process it took working with the unit, changing connections, thinking about it, working with the input devices, reading and interpreting the manual, and much guessing—and some luck.
If you want to make a "dead in the water" ILO work, you must read the manual and be sure you know what is being referred to. In the world that I work in, everyone wants to avoid reading the manual. Probably because many of them are not well written, and many of them do not get to the meat of operation, and many of them do not do a good job of defining their terms. The ILO manual does not do a good job of organizing and highlighting the most important information. There are several reasons for this, a subject for extensive discussion at a later time.
ILO does not include some steps and some "what ifs" that raise questions in the user’s mind and makes them wonder if they are on the right path. It leaves the DVD owners unsure about what is meant in several instances. I reviewed the DVDR04 manual, and it seems to be much more helpful, with some carryover to the DVDR05. The remotes for each unit are different.
One bad DVDR05 example—the manual shows the connections necessary to input digital video from a DV (digital video) camera. Three instructional steps are given for controlling a DV Camcorder. Nothing is mentioned about proper sequencing. In reality, there should be many steps shown to make the digital video display and to successfully record on a disk. The steps must be followed sequentially.
Following are the steps I used to get my digital video working:
My first stutterstep was to get the digital video to display on the TV monitor. I worked under the assumption that this required that I enter the setup menu and double check the settings that were previously set several months earlier. Do not risk ruining any DVD disks by loading them prior to knowing you can get video out.
Although tempted, I avoided selecting the restore to factory settings choice available under the general setup menu. I thought I would reserve that option as a final last ditch effort before dumping the DVD Recorder unit in the trash. The manual does not adequately explain what the restore settings revert to.
After reviewing and accepting or changing the many setup options, I did the following:
Turn the DVD Recorder off.
Connect the DV camera (use a firewire connection not supplied with the ILO) to the DVD Recorder and turn it on. Use ac power instead of batteries if the camera will operate under ac power. Input can also be done with a S-video cable and with RCA connectors. I have not had a chance to evaluate quality difference. Too busy attempting to get a basic setup to work and documenting what I have done.
Turn the DVD Recorder on.
A "no disk message" will display on the DVD Recorder if none is in the unit. An unreadable disk will display "bad disk". A recognizable disk will display a play menu.
If and when the DVD Recorder splash screen shows, use the arrows on the remote to select "source." You should review the functions of the remote, and know what you can expect when each key is activated.
Note there are 6 choices that can be made from the source menu—Select the apropriate source based on the video input.
1. DVD—Play from DVD (this is the default selection. When you are moving around in menus, your selection sometimes reverts to the default).
2. DV camera for digital video in. Recheck this selection if you are not displaying video.
3. Video 1, composite input rear panel.
4. S-video in.
5. Video 2, composite input front panel.
6. TV tuner, input for TV
Misunderstanding this menu is likely the reason for many of the problems associated with recording on a DVD disk. be sure you are making the correct selection. The default for the DVD Recorder is to select the DVD disk (when using the remote, the unit will sometimes revert to default, so check it if you are not achieving results). This choice is selected when you want to play from a DVD disk to some other source-TV, camcorder, DV camcorder, or another recorder.
Scroll to select DV camera unput or one of the other options.
Press Enter. Do this quickly because not much time is allowed to get coordinated to make the selection.
"Bypass" will show on the DVD Recorder LED display.
My Canon DV camcorder is not completely controlled by the remote. The stop and pause functions are controlled after I begin the playback with the camcorder controls
Turn on your DV camcorder and cue up the location on the DVD video cassette that you wish to record.
Press play on the DV camera. A video image should display on the monitor. If it does not display, experiment between the pause/stop functions on the remote, and the play button on the DV camera.
Once you have a video image display on your monitor, you should now be able to rewind or re-cue and produce a DVD disk from your DV camcorder.
Press record on the remote and press play on your DV camcorder.
If you can produce a disk from your DV camcorder, you should also be able to record from a TV set (my next project). Attempting this also requires a learning curve to get the right connections made, to select the correct source, and to sync with the TV tuner.
When you stop recording, a dialog will ask if you want to finish the disk (necessary for playing in a wide range of DVD players). If you are not ready to finish, there is an option for you to decline. If you decline, you can add other video chapters later. My time is more valuable to me than the cost of DVDs, so I usually finish them
I am using Imation DVD+R, 8X disks.
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