Experience of JVC DR-MH20?

[SWINDONIAN]

I have owned a JVC DR MH20S since Mar 2005 - I have had nothing but problems with it. It has been repaired by Comet - costing them £210 (new hard drive) and been looked at them on other occassions too. Since I had my new Sky HD box (which is brilliant!) i have used the JVC recorder far less. But have just used it again and it is has locked up into the 'loading' flashing message and has been like this for 36 hours - there goes any extra christmas recording. My guarantee has run out. Any suggestions?

[laserman]

Ebay ? or I`ll make you an offer.

[andybray]

Well, it was the 22nd December and I reported the failed MH-20S to JVC. Perhaps not surprisingly they said it would not get swapped out til the New Year but the chap did say that they would most likely swap it for the new(er) DR-MH200S.

Indeed that's what happened on Jan 9th. Aside from the fact that it's 160Gb it looks just like the MH20S (and so can't see any difference between it and the MH30S). Clearly JVC have not had to expend much effort over the last 2 years designing any new DVD Recorders - probably have their work cut out just getting working replacements for the M10 and MH20. Actually, I couldn't really care if it was a 10Gb unit as I would not risk 80Gb let alone 160Gb of recordings to another disk failure.

Frankly I'm not convinced this one will last. There is a constant noise of disk access all the time it is powered up. But the JVC experience continues. As a swap out unit there is only 90 days warranty on this and so I'll just keep my fingers crossed. Would obviously never pay to get one of these repaired out of warranty.

Andy

[andybray]

Well getting near to the end of the saga. As refurbished stock then I would only get 90 day warranty and so I was not going to take any chances. So I reported the disk noise and JVC determined it to be at fault but this time managed to locate a brand new MH-200S to replace it with.

The swap out happened today but frankly I've just had enough and so I plan to leave it "brand new in box" and sell it on ebay (in the UK). Anyone interested either check on ebay or you could flag an interest here.

Andy

[victoriabears]

the jvc m100's I have, pal and ntsc work very well BUT are the pickiest on condition of media I have, out of Toshiba/Daytek and RJ.

[Karv]

Hi all, noob here but bearing the foloowing nfo.

My DR-MH20 recently expired with the "LOADING" error. Its warranty was up back in May last year.

I did however contact JVC, and they have arranged for a replacement unit to be shipped to me for delivery tomorrow.

Free.

Without Cost . If yours dies, maybe try JVC first and ebay 2nd.

Karv

[brittleware]

Well, after three years mine died two weeks ago - the loading message permanently on display. Following advice on various forums, I took the power supply board out (very easy) and replaced all the electrolytic capacitors (about three hours of slightly fiddly soldering) - and it now works normally!

So, if you have one, it can be made to work again, don't give up. Anyone wanting a list of the parts and where to get them, post here.

Good luck!

[CURSE]

HI
I also have a mh20 that failed last night with the loading error,I had it for over 2 years and up untill last night it worked.
I would be very interested in knowing which parts you replaced

cheers

[brittleware]

I replaced all the capacitors on the power supply, identified them visually, bought the lot from Farnell. The PSU board is right on top after removing the lid, and you'll probably see one or two of the capacitors have a bulging top. Change the lot as caps have a limited life........ I've attempted to upload a word document with a list of the parts.

Good luck, I like my JVC so much more than the Philips we bought before I repaired the JVC![/img][/list][/quote]

jvc%20ps.doc

[brittleware]

Curse, I forgot to say that you might get away with changing just the caps. with visible damage - but if they blew others probably will soon. I found it useful when changing them to mark all the old ones with a felt tip on the top, so as they all came out in went nice shiny new ones.......

[lordsmurf]

My Panasonic ES10 recently blew -- all it needed was two new caps.
Same issue as the JVC, AMD motherboards, etc .

Cheap Chinese caps from 2004-2005 are to blame.

[CURSE]

thanks brittlware I give that a try

[fratzika]

i have a dr-mh20 with the classic "loading" error ...and i tried to fix it...so far i managed to change some parts...and their voltages are correct now...can someone give me some instructions on how to change the firmware or update it...somehow?
Thanks in advance1

[brittleware]

Fratzika, firstly, has the loading fault gone away? It's working?

I did get a firmware update from someone on - I think - another forum. It didn't actually change anything I can remember. Seem to recall he gave me a link to an ftp site. Quite a while ago now though, but I'll see what I can find.

[VirtualDoobMon]

I have a MH20 and love it. I encountered a few issues in the beginning with loading but JVC replaced a board (have to look at the old WO for part #) and i haven't had any problems since. Only recent issue and complaint is the unit won't play some of the newer DVD titles - transformers 2, 101 Dalmatians...i've had to backup to DVDR to watch. Before this i had issues with playing underworld 2 (and others) but JVC released a firmware which resolved it. Overall a decent unit IMO.

[fratzika]

the loading issue still persists ...i managed to get a .udx file and burned it to a cd by instructions and it says something about C and D partitions on HDD but in my opinion ...after a reflash of firmware it will work...so i hope you can find something for me

[VirtualDoobMon]

JVC's Adivser Pro software address HD issues with the HM20/30. Finding it however maybe hard. Firmware updates will only address playback with some DVD movies (sony & disney) and is needed when subbed replacement DVD drives are used.
http://www.cippico.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=211

[fratzika]

can anyone help me with a hdd clone or jvc adviser pro cd....i am from Romania if that helps anyhow...i will appreciate it
Thanks!

[dvd4met]

can anyone help me with a hdd clone or jvc adviser pro cd....i am from Romania if that helps anyhow...i will appreciate it
Thanks!

Well, I'm looking for that piece of software too! anybody can help?

I'm trying to restore the jvc DVM-70 file system, after reloading the initial hdd image!

Thanks