Pan E30 won't let me record anymore

[maldb]

I've used my E30 to record several DVDs with the source being a DirecTV/Tivo unit (Hughes HDVR2). Today, I accidentally started recording a DVD and hit the "Stop" button repeatedly rapidly. Now, I can't record anything. It gives me "This a non-recordable disc" (or something like that) error message whenever I try to record. I've also tried other blank as well as partially recorded DVDs to no avail. The E30 goes into some sort of "shutdown" mode where I have great difficulty in trying to open the disc door or shut the unit off and try to power it up again. I've had to unplug it for about a minute and after pressing the "Open" button, the LED readout will show "Close" and it goes into the shutdown mode again. Very frustrating.

Any ideas?

[maldb]

Never mid. I took it apart to look for a reset switch. Didn't find one, but I guess something must've happened because it works OK now.

FYI, I noticed a 3V battery soldered onto the PCB which I believe retains the date and time in memory - I wonder if it also retains a front panel disabling feature in memory as well. Dunno. Works OK though.

[handyguy]

Unplugging it does the trick if you unplug it long enough, which is probably what happened. This trick works for any appliance.