Best Gadget/media Player Ever (merged)

dubiousjake

sumodog wrote:

Has anyone managed to hook this up yo a sky box yet?

Yes I have mine connected to the scart that goes between my sky box and the tv. Seems it will only record with the tv on tho

marco1234

From the excellent reviews regarding this mp3 media machine on the best gadget thread under grabbit heading ..... , i am finding it hopeless to record from the tv??? Anyone else having the same problem or have solved it? Also couldnt find any firmware on the grundig site, or even receive a radio signal!!!! Help would be appreciated thanks!

keef_1

I am recording from the tv all the time, do you have a spare scart socket on your sky box/tv?

imho

marco1234.read from thread 207. No there isnt any update,we been down that road.
I havnt even bothered with the radio yet,so cant help you on that.

defnas

marco1234 wrote:

From the excellent reviews regarding this mp3 media machine on the best gadget thread under grabbit heading ..... , i am finding it hopeless to record from the tv??? Anyone else having the same problem or have solved it? Also couldnt find any firmware on the grundig site, or even receive a radio signal!!!! Help would be appreciated thanks!

Yes i'm having the same problem.perhaps some kind soul thats mastered it would give us a step by step guide please ! :beer:

dubiousjake

marco1234 wrote:

From the excellent reviews regarding this mp3 media machine on the best gadget thread under grabbit heading ..... , i am finding it hopeless to record from the tv??? Anyone else having the same problem or have solved it? Also couldnt find any firmware on the grundig site, or even receive a radio signal!!!! Help would be appreciated thanks!

Try this.

Hope it helps:o

typan

If your connections are ok while in 'video record' mode press and hold 'menu' where it says 'video in' change it to 'Line' then press menu to exit and it should be ok. As for the radio, remember you have to have the ear phones plugged in as they act as an antenna, although i dont seem to pick much up on it.

eilz

forcedv wrote:

Recording on to the unit via line in, from a dvd player and set the quality to QVGA (320x240) and the flickerless to 'auto', should produce the best quality for LCD playback with smooth video.....but has anyone noticed that the recorded video has moments where the video pauses for just a quick moment now and again (always in the same place).
It's as if the unit has a little trouble recording in real time at a constant rate.
The Archos AV400 records smooth flawless video all the time.
Could it be a firmware issue or is the processor not powerfull enough ?

Yes I have noticed this, and someone on the thread did mention that this seems to be a BIG limitation when recording, unless of course you stick with VGA which doesn't pause now and then like QVGA(or was it the other way round?!). I guess this is where the ARCHOS beats the Grundig, but for the price I am not too fussed with VGA.

forcedv

VGA records at only 15 fps on this unit, which is not very smooth video.

The Grundig @ £99 is excellent value but I wouldn't use it as a personal video recorder.
Playback of video converted on a pc is excellent.

If they release new firmware to improve 'line in' video recording, then this unit really would rock.

Oh and improved support for other codecs such as ADPCM would be nice too.

Only emails to Grundig or some hacker with time can give us these improvements.....but I wouldn't hold my breath.

chimpanzee23

I am having a problem, when a watch a film it says HD waking up and then the film restarts. Any ideas