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my dvd recorders gone kaput with important discs unfinalised!

kt123 (Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 1st August 2007, 14:33

I bought a JVC DR-M10EK DVD Recorder from Ebuyer in September 2005 (i`m going to have to check the warranty but i think it was only 1 year)
I bought this specifically to transfer old vhs home movies, i did eventually get around to doing this, the problem is that i never finalised the disc and now when i turn on the machine it`s permanantly stuck on `loading` and of course the discs won`t play in another player without being finalised.
So my question is, would i be able to finalise the discs on any jvc brand dvd recorder? Or would it have to be the same model?
Finally, are there places i would be able to go simply for this service?
Thanks for your help.

RE: my dvd recorders gone kaput with important discs unfinalised!

bowfer (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 1st August 2007, 14:56

You should be able to finalise them on any JVC machine.
It works that way with Panasonic machines anyway.
God knows if anyone offers this service.
You only need a few minutes use of a machine though.
Perhaps a word with the local John Lewis / Currys sales people ?? ;)

RE: my dvd recorders gone kaput with important discs unfinalised!

hunsbury0 (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 1st August 2007, 17:15

I had the same deal from Ebuyer. It came with a years warranty. It was about £81.00. They were EX- repaired/graded stock. I also had the same fault & managed to get JVC swap to another one from their repair/exchange pool, whilst it was out of warranty. It is a design fault. If you key in "JVC DR-M10EK Loading Fault" in Google, you will see what I mean. JVC will deny that, but you tell them to see the WEB,

I think the cause is the High Value Electrolytic Capacitors in the power supply getting faulty- loosing its capacitance/ or drying up..

If you want to try JVC to replace it free of charge, then let me know & I wll try to find the contact name at JVC Customer Service who is aware of the problem.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 1st August 2007, 18:19

RE: my dvd recorders gone kaput with important discs unfinalised!

kt123 (Competent) posted this on Monday, 6th August 2007, 21:04

Hi there hunsbury, sorry for the late reply, i`ve only just remembered to look back at this thread.
I too bought the recorder from ebuyer, so i`d love it if you could point me in the right direction of the jvc customer service guy.
cheers.

RE: my dvd recorders gone kaput with important discs unfinalised!

hunsbury0 (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 7th August 2007, 16:39

JVC (U.K.) LtdCustomer Service Dept.
Kristian James

ofni[at]ku.oc.cvj

Make sure that you spell it out that it is a design fault & all he has to do is key in the model number & loading fault in Google.
All the best.
Let us know how you get on.

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