Page 1 of goodmans Gdvd301R recorder - trying to play DVD-RW from another recorder!!!

I have just purchases one of these GDVD301R DVD recorders from Tescos to replace a 4kUS recorder (a different branded LITEON 5005 I believe) I had. However all the re-writable discs I try to use that were previously recorded on my Liteon come up with the message

"This disc has the wrong manual. Do you want to update the manual - Yes - No"

If you select No the disc cannot be payed or read. If you say Yes the contents come up in the correct format and play ok but their is no sound. I have tried discs recorded on the goodmans directly and they play fine with sound so the connections are fine. the sound option when selected specifies that the sound is "1:1 AC3-Stereo - Unknown". I have come across a similar issue on my PC DVD player with needing to update the PC with an AC3-filter download. Does this DVD player need the same thing? Is their a firmware upgrade to fix this issue?

I tried playing a disc from a Compacs 101 recorder I had before the 4kUS and they play fine without the updating the manual message. (note the thread here of 3 different DVD recorders in 1 year, me thinks the technology is not yet very good!!!)

Is their a way of getting the sound back as otherwise all my previously recorded discs are unusable and my little girl will not have her Tweenies etc.

Any help appreciated

Have you tried the discs in a player not a recorder?



If we don`t take care of the customer, maybe they will stop bugging us.

dunno if this helps but on the disk menu there is a "make disk compatable" option this makes the disk able to be read in other dvds i`m not sure if it`s just for rw or single recordable maybe if you try it ..?