Pioneer DVR-633 Not working?

[EdgarFriendly]

I just picked up a unit and connected it. It lights up (HDD) and shows an L1 on the DVR, but nothing happens when I press any of the buttons. Disk eject, power, nothing. Does this sound right?

[trhouse]

You can reset the unit as follows. Make sure it is on, then press and hold STOP ( the little black square ) and press STANDBY/ON.

It should turn off with all settings reset.

[EdgarFriendly]

It did not appear to do anything. HDD light is still on, time is still present and L1 is displayed.

[trhouse]

If reset did not turn it off. it does sound bad. Can you return or exchange it? I bought a bad recorder off eBay once but they still allowed me to return it.

[edit] you did the reset from the front panel I assume and not from the remote

[EdgarFriendly]

Front panel and I got it from a local Rex store so it's going back tomorrow.

[EdgarFriendly]

Ok, finally got a new one in and so far so good. My question, are DirecTV channels scrambled? I believe they are. If so, I have to setup my DVR a bit differently.