Panasonic DVD recorder passthrough settings (DMR-ES10, DMR-ES15, DMR-ES25)

[flavio92]

Hi, I have a Blaupunkt RTV-925 EGC and the Panasonic DVD Recorder DMR-ES10. I want to pass my movies on pc and I'm going to buy a Canopus 110 and a firewire board for my pc. Does the DMR-ES10 fix the macrovision problem?

[Barrythecrab]

No.

[Seleron]

Hello, I'm currently ripping my family recordings and I'm encountering a problem - some of my tapes are physically damaged at some points (you can hear a louder tape transport in the VCR and a noisy strip comes through the screen), my Panasonic DMR EH585 detects this as copy-protected content and stops recording. Is there a workaround for this problem or do I have to manually rewind the damaged parts?

[rgr]

Hello, I'm currently ripping my family recordings and I'm encountering a problem - some of my tapes are physically damaged at some points (you can hear a louder tape transport in the VCR and a noisy strip comes through the screen), my Panasonic DMR EH585 detects this as copy-protected content and stops recording. Is there a workaround for this problem or do I have to manually rewind the damaged parts?

Rewind.
Not to mention that ripping to MPEG2 is a bad idea. And certainly not with this Panasonic.

[rgr]

By the way, looking through the Service Manual for my recorder I found such an option, which in theory is full passthrough (maybe it will be useful to someone, but it only works rather for analog output):

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I think by default it's off and you have full pass-through. In service mode you can enable compression and decompression and thus reduce quality.

[veso266]

Does anyone know how to turn on RF Modulator on PAL units?

I have some SVHS tapes that should contain teletext
I also have plenty of VHS tapes (although I know its not enough bandwith I should at least get the header)

Over Scart (no matter of I select Component or RGB output), there is no teletext (so I believe something is not getting passthrough SCART)

But over RF, Passthrough (from RF in to RF out) works fine
No matter what channel I select on my TV (tried Channel 3.4.5), VCR outputs nothing

I also tried holding [FUNCTIONS] for more then 10seconds, but nothing happens

Is there maybe some secret combination to turn that on

Strange fact is also that on the manual I found: https://help.na.panasonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DMRES35_RQTV0134_2_ENG.pdf

The remote looks different then mine: https://images2.imgbox.com/f7/3c/xpD2RmPn_o.jpg

Buttons which the manual mentions, I dont even have

Does anyone know what I need to do to get Teletext out of this Combo?

[Brad]

Over Scart (no matter of I select Component or RGB output), there is no teletext (so I believe something is not getting passthrough SCART)

I'm confused by your workflow. Do you have an S-VHS VCR to play the S-VHS tapes in full quality and you're wanting to use the DMR-ES35V for passthrough TBC, not using its internal VCR playback?

This won't work. The full VBI isn't digitized by the DVD recorder; only the 576 active lines. The VBI from the passthrough output will be re-generated with only blanking, no Teletext.

(For what it's worth, I don't think there is a way to get the "raw" uncorrected signal output from the VCR side of this unit, either.)

on the manual I found: https://help.na.panasonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DMRES35_RQTV0134_2_ENG.pdf

The remote looks different then mine: https://images2.imgbox.com/f7/3c/xpD2RmPn_o.jpg

Buttons which the manual mentions, I dont even have

That's the manual for the Region 1 NTSC version sold in North America. (help.na.panasonic.com)

[veso266]

Over Scart (no matter of I select Component or RGB output), there is no teletext (so I believe something is not getting passthrough SCART)

I'm confused by your workflow. Do you have an S-VHS VCR to play the S-VHS tapes in full quality and you're wanting to use the DMR-ES35V for passthrough TBC, not using its internal VCR playback?

This won't work. The full VBI isn't digitized by the DVD recorder; only the 576 active lines. The VBI from the passthrough output will be re-generated with only blanking, no Teletext.

(For what it's worth, I don't think there is a way to get the "raw" uncorrected signal output from the VCR side of this unit, either.)

on the manual I found: https://help.na.panasonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DMRES35_RQTV0134_2_ENG.pdf

The remote looks different then mine: https://images2.imgbox.com/f7/3c/xpD2RmPn_o.jpg

Buttons which the manual mentions, I dont even have

That's the manual for the Region 1 NTSC version sold in North America. (help.na.panasonic.com)

I am trying to play S-VHS on DMR-ES35V (it can play S-VHS, just not record them I heared) and I am trying to get teletext (only show on TV for now)

[beelzebomb]

Hi,
I am in the UK, using a Sony SLV-SE820 VHS connected to a Magewell Capture HDMI Gen 2, then to OBS on a Mac.
I've now bought a Panasonic DMR-ES10 and cannot for the life of me get a VHS signal passing though the ES10 to show on OBS.

The Sony VHS has 2x scart (one blue) sockets and no S-Video or RCA (red, white yellow).
I connect the VHS to the ES10 via scart but cannot see videos playing - I can view the ES10's menu ok though.

The first page of this thread shows ES10/15 screenshots, but they are not exactly the same as what I can see on my ES10.
Hopefully I've just missed a simple thing - any ideas?

[beelzebomb]

Well, literally I discovered the reason as soon as I had posted the question (typically) - my remote has 'input select' and pressing this has finally given me a picture!
I will thoroughly read the thread to see if there's anything I can learn later. Though my ES10 menu doesn't seem to have anything relating to NR?

[Alwyn]

Though my ES10 menu doesn't seem to have anything relating to NR?

This is for my ES-15, but it should be the same for your ES-10: on your remote, hit the Display button. Then go to Picture. The AV In NR menu will pop up. Turn NR off.

[Sharc]

Though my ES10 menu doesn't seem to have anything relating to NR?

This is for my ES-15, but it should be the same for your ES-10: on your remote, hit the Display button. Then go to Picture. The AV In NR menu will pop up. Turn NR off.

Your ES-15 must be different from mine? Under Picture I only see the Comb Filter. And this should be set to ON for any Composite source (VCR) to suppress dotcrawl and rainbows.

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[Alwyn]

You didn't hit the "Display" button. That is the Setup menu.

[beelzebomb]

Yes I was thinking same as Sharc, but I too hadn't hit 'Display' and was using 'Functions'!
I have seen some startlingly good results on YouTube for using the ES10 as passthrough, but I am currently struggling with one video - with ES10 on (passthrough) it jumps up and down - with it off, it doesn't jump.
Though with it on I can see that it is correcting left/right wobbling but the downside is that by doing that, it introduces jumping. Any thoughts?
I'm wondering if there any good (non-TBC cheaper) VHS models that have the ability to try to correct vertical jumping?

[Alwyn]

Can you adjust the VCR tracking? Some VCRs allow you to manually adjust the tracking using the remote.

[beelzebomb]

The Sony has auto-tracking but manual tracking makes no difference - I guess as the issue seems to be only due to how the ES10 is processing the image.

[Alwyn]

If it's only one tape, you can either try another VCR (probably hit and miss on dealing with the dodgy tape) or get somebody to digitise it for you (noting that you're on a Mac; what format are you capturing in, MP4?).

It might also be your Magewell not liking what it's getting from the ES-10. The Panasonics are very good stabilisers but aren't perfect (just like the true TBCs that are 10+ x the price).