Some icons disappear

From what you are saying, it may be part of some app that is simple letting you know its working?

Basically a friend showed the power 4 extreme option by right clicking on the battery icon at the bottem right of the screen and then setting in the quiet office section to say no to hide desktop icons. Now its no longer a problem!

The icon associted with the drive may have been changed, right click goto properties to be able to change icon, it shouldn,t effect the use of the drive, hope this helps, please give fixya rating if it does, thanks

Found on another board, tried and it worked on my Medion
P70002 / MD84100 DVD recorder:

Turn on DVD recorder
Press HOME on remote
Go to SETUP in Easy Menu
Move down to padlock icon
Press 0 seven times
Message appears:

Congratulations!
Region Change Free!
YES (press ENTER)

It now plays US and UK as well as Australian (in my case).

To add the hard disk icon back onto your desktop, first click the "Finder" button in the dock. It is the dark and light smily face icon at the end of the dock.

Next, click the "Finder" menu item at the top of the screen and then "Preferences". In the "Finder Preferences" window that opens, click the "General" button. From there you can select what system items appear on your desktop. You can click "Hard disks" to re-add the hard disk icon.

i have a Panasonic TV model no MDR-E55EB/EBC WITH FREE VIEW BUILT IN HOW CAN I RECORD TO A DVD RECORDER I CAN RECORD THE ANALOGUE STATIONS OK BUT NOT FROM THE FREE VIEW PLEASE HELP ME THANK YOU

If you press Display button on Bravia Remote, on-screen display or symbol will disappear.

While I can't be specific for your camera the "Palm" sign normally indicates that "Anti-shake stabilisation" is operational and although you can normally turn it off it is preferable not to as it improves the quality of your recording especially when using long zoom.

like it is taking video?

There may be a simple explanation. Here are two possible reasons this is happening: * You may have disconnected the power source before turning off the power to your camcorder. If you remove the power source from the camcorder while the power is on, all settings and selections will be erased. Make sure to turn the camcorder's power off before disconnecting the power source. * This is particularly an issue for some early VHS-C camcorders – those with model numbers beginning with a "6" and ending with a "2" or "3" (i.e. CC6xx2 … CC6xx3). These camcorders have a consumer-replaceable clock battery that may be exhausted. If that battery runs dead or is removed and the main battery or AC is not connected, the camcorder will lose all its Date and Time settings. * In some models, the date and time display is designed to do this. When you turn on many VHS-C and digital camcorders, the Auto Date mode will display the time and date. When recording begins, the date is recorded on the tape for 5 seconds and then disappears. In the viewfinder, the date will then be replaced with the words AUTO DATE but they will not be recorded. They remain in your viewfinder so that you know this feature is on. On full-size or VHS camcorders, the Auto Date feature is very similar. When you first turn on the camcorder, the date along with the word AUTO and a Clock icon appear in the viewfinder. When recording begins, the date is automatically recorded for 10 seconds and then disappears. In the viewfinder, the Clock icon and the word AUTO remain but they will not be recorded. They remain so that you are aware that this feature is on. When using the Auto Date feature, be aware that the time is only recorded when you first turn on the camcorder and begin a recording session. It does not record each time you press the record button. There are a number of time and date display and recording options. Since these vary by model number, please refer to your owner’s manual for more details.