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RE: targa drh 5000 dvd recorder hack needed please
Yes, I must get `round to reading that manual one day...
The disconcerting thing is that signal blocking is apparently being applied to all the Freeview channels including BB1, BBC2, ITV, CH4.
RE: targa drh 5000 dvd recorder hack needed please
Following further research I think the answer is to make sure your Freeview box is really "freeview" - ie. that it doesn`t have the Macrovision Protection chip built in.
This information does not seem to be published though.
One way out I think is to buy a Macrovision filter SCART connector.
RE: targa drh 5000 dvd recorder hack needed please
I just got a reply from Targa:
Unfortunately, there can be nothing done on this issue. The TV Station you
are trying to record from broadcasts a signal on a subchannel similar to the
Macrovision Protection that is being used as copyprotection for DVD`s.
Therefore it is not possible to record as long as this recording protection
is in place.
I`m nonplussed. Does this mean I can chuck the DVD recorder away when analogue program signals are discontinued?
Why would all the Freeview channels be blocked by Macrovision Protection?
Why isn`t everyone else reporting the same problem?
Does it block all DVD recorders?
??? >:( ???
RE: targa drh 5000 dvd recorder hack needed please
Hi thanks for your reply.
Yes I did contact them via email last night and received a standard auto-response this morning - but nothing more so far.
I also tried scouring the web - someone out there must know what it means.
All I found was a post in Finnish refering to the same problem re. the LG RH-4920 badged version of the machine.
But no answer. :¦
RE: targa drh 5000 dvd recorder hack needed please
Hack worked great, thanks!
When I try to record progams from an attached Freeview box I get this message on screen:
Record-blocking signals are detected.
This prevents recording of all the digital channels including BBC 1 etc.
Can anyone throw any light on this? Is there a fix?
This item was edited on Wednesday, 27th April 2005, 01:44