Panansonic Ex75 - Noread Any Dvd-r Disc

[luis]

recorder has stopped recognising any dvd-r that i throw at it. Have recorded some FTA programs on the HDD and when trying to copy the program to a dvd-r, it comes with 'Read' for about 30 seconds and then follows with a "NoRead" message (for the just inserted disc). The plasma shows a messsage "Can Not Read. Please check the disk". Ok, I thought, poor quality dvdv-r disc, so I tried sony, hp, tdk, cheap Chinese - same result for all discs. Then I retrieved some backup movies and the result is the same - NoREad (on the display of the ex75 recorder). Took all my dvds (backup movie copies and blank dvd-r) to my Pioneer recorder dvr-630H-S and all backup movies play fine and am also able to record from the HDD to the discs (including the cheap ones) without a problem.

Have to say that the ex75 used to play some of these dvd-r discs fine. All started about 2 weeks ago. Have to say that the ex75 still reads and plays my VCDs and some brand new original movies (and even some of the $1 movies I purchased in south East asia a while ago). So the question is why??. Any ideas, suggestions please – could it be a faulty recorder? It’s still under warranty -should I contact panasonic?. Please help - grateful for the help.

Luis

[nis200979]

recorder has stopped recognising any dvd-r that i throw at it. Have recorded some FTA programs on the HDD and when trying to copy the program to a dvd-r, it comes with 'Read' for about 30 seconds and then follows with a "NoRead" message (for the just inserted disc). The plasma shows a messsage "Can Not Read. Please check the disk". Ok, I thought, poor quality dvdv-r disc, so I tried sony, hp, tdk, cheap Chinese - same result for all discs. Then I retrieved some backup movies and the result is the same - NoREad (on the display of the ex75 recorder). Took all my dvds (backup movie copies and blank dvd-r) to my Pioneer recorder dvr-630H-S and all backup movies play fine and am also able to record from the HDD to the discs (including the cheap ones) without a problem.

Have to say that the ex75 used to play some of these dvd-r discs fine. All started about 2 weeks ago. Have to say that the ex75 still reads and plays my VCDs and some brand new original movies (and even some of the $1 movies I purchased in south East asia a while ago). So the question is why??. Any ideas, suggestions please – could it be a faulty recorder? It’s still under warranty -should I contact panasonic?. Please help - grateful for the help.

Luis

Sounds faulty to me...

Not much else to add really.