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My Panasonic DVD recorder says "unformat" and won't record. What can I do?

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Check to see if your blank DVD says "RW" or "rewritable" on it. If that's the case then refer to Format DVD RW . It's the best instructive I've seen on the subject. If that's not the issue you can look up the user's manual online or try Googling your question.

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Transferred VHS Tapes to DVD with a Sony RDR VX530 VCR. The DVD will play on the VCR that we used to do the transfers but not on any other DVD Player we have. Why?

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The DVD probably needs to be "Finalized". There should be a menu option to finalize or finish the disk to make it playable in other players.

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My VCR only has UHF/VHF output cable and Audio/Video Out cable - it does NOT have stereo audio output like all those fancy adapters seem to require. Should I just throw away the VCR and try to find one that isn't quite as old and obsolete, or is there a simple adapter cable that would work?

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You're still able to use it with those fancy stereo adapters - just use the yellow and white plugs on the cables - your video will be in mono, but with VHS tapes that's usually the most you'll need.

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Can I stop transferring a VCR tape in the middle of moving it to a DVD to omit certain parts of the VCR tape?

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It depends on the software you are using. If you are transferring it yourself via computer, yes, you can. Simply hit "stop recording" (or a version of that) on the computer and go ahead and fast forward to where you want to be on the VHS tape before hitting "record" again on the computer.

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How do I play VHS tapes and record to a USB stick?

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You can use a video capture card HDML-Cloner Box Pro to convert analog videos to digital and then burn videos to DVD discs.

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