Help with Panasonic DVD recorder- stuck on "Format?"

aloiseb

Please can anyone help? My Mum has an oldish DVD recorder which is settoday up so she can record tv programmes when she's going to miss them because of bowling etc. Sometimes she switches it on and instead of the usual options it says "Format hdd management formatting will delete all contents." She can't make it select the No option and last time it just went ahead and deleted all her recordings.....
is it just getting old?

windup

which model

hard disk or dvd or both

the message suggests a hard disk is faulty or corrupt, not necessarily an age thing

if you're planning to replace it, freeview play launches next month, Panasonic will be the first to support it.

http://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/home-entertainment/hdd.html

aloiseb

Thanks - that looks interesting and if it does turn out to be the end of the line for the machine, we will look into these.

I'm sorry but we couldn't see what model it is (she is quite old and at the other end of the phone!) but it does play DVDs as well as recording programmes. She is quite non techie and only uses it to record her favourite programmes to watch later - no DVDs involved. HTH.

windup

does it have a freeview tuner or dual freeview tuners inside. probably too late in the current state but some of them allow backups to external hard disks

Norman_Castle

Does she delete her old recordings?. Is the hard disk full?.

aloiseb

I doubt it! This time it doesn't look as if it's given her the chance....thanks v much all. I am going to suggest she gets a new machine
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googler

aloiseb wrote: »

Please can anyone help? My Mum has an oldish DVD recorder which is settoday up so she can record tv programmes when she's going to miss them because of bowling etc. Sometimes she switches it on and instead of the usual options it says "Format hdd management formatting will delete all contents." She can't make it select the No option and last time it just went ahead and deleted all her recordings.....
is it just getting old?

Press the Return or Exit key on the remote (usually top and bottom right of the circular dial on Panasonics) to exit the Format dialogue, maybe?