Philips DVDR-77 recorder has no FF/REW

[chrish]

I wanted to warn potential buyers of the Philips DVDR-77 recorder that it does
not have fast-forward or rewind capability. I know that this seems odd, kinda like
a car that comes without wheels. I hope you do not get stuck with this recorder like I did. Yes, I even confirmed with Philips that the unit cannot do FF/REW.
Argh!

[anaboland]

Hi,

This seems odd, i've got a philips dvdr890 and there is no fast forward or reverse buttons on the remote.

But if you you press and hold the Next chapter/title or Previous chapter/title selection buttons for a few seconds they become fast forward or rewind buttons.

the newer recorders might be the same

[donpedro]

Are you shure ???

From manual

http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/d/dvdr77_17/dvdr77_17_dfu_aen.pdf

|<< Previous Chapter Track/Reverse search:
Pressing this button once during playback will return to the previous
chapter track/ title
If this button is held down during playback, it will search forward.
If this button is held down during a still picture, it will search backward
in slow motion.

>>| Next title/Chapter/Track/Forward search:
Pressing this button once during playback will jump to the next
chapter/track.
If this button is held down during playback, it will search forward.
If button is held down during a still picture function, it will search
forward in slow motion.

[chrish]

Are you shure ???

From manual

http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/d/dvdr77_17/dvdr77_17_dfu_aen.pdf

|<< Previous Chapter Track/Reverse search:
Pressing this button once during playback will return to the previous
chapter track/ title
If this button is held down during playback, it will search forward.
If this button is held down during a still picture, it will search backward
in slow motion.

>>| Next title/Chapter/Track/Forward search:
Pressing this button once during playback will jump to the next
chapter/track.
If this button is held down during playback, it will search forward.
If button is held down during a still picture function, it will search
forward in slow motion.

The printed manual that I have refers to this method as "scan", which was a "play 10 seconds from the start of each chapter" functionality on previous philips DVD recorders I have used. So now they are using that name to refer to different functionalities.

It is also possible to execute fast-forward and rewind thru a menu key sequence. But my point is that this is a very basic function, which should have a dedicated key on the remote. How is the babysitter supposed to know that to fast-forward you have to press-and-hold the chapter-skip key? It is definately not intuitive.

Luckily, the unit does respond to fast-forward and rewind IR codes from the 985 recorders remote that I borrowed. I copied those codes to my MX500 Universal Learning Remote. That copying of codes kept me from drop kicking this recorder out of my window.

Thanks for all the tips guys.

Chris

[donpedro]

That copying of codes kept me from drop kicking this recorder out of my window.

I understand your concern and I agree with you that it should have separate buttons, but you are over-reacting. Judging DVD Recorder quality based on some two stupid missing buttons on remote ???

BTW: Scan is still scan. Search is not Scan.