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Eject after Finalize
Many clients have asked for an easily visible way to determine when Finalize is finished. The DVD-1150 now ejects the disc when finalize is finished. This shows you the open tray, says "Tray Open" on the front panel, and returns "OPEN" as status.

One Minute Startup
A new firmware release now enables complete system initialization in about a minute (0.:57 - 1:05). Detection of No Disc or Tray Open is less than 15 seconds from power-on. Check out release DA90513e. Now shipping with new units. Available for update. 2009-05-13

New GRUPs
Group several recorders together so that the command "GRUP 1; RECS" makes all machines record at once. No one ever needed more than one group, but someone asked for more groups, so now we can have lots of GRUPs. And each machine remembers its DECK and GRUP numbers in flash. 2009-03-15

Finalize w/Front Panel
Always a standard feature, DVD-1150 Front-Panel Finalization is improved. Added is Front-panel countdown so you can see when Finalization is finished. New firmware and manual available in Support-->Downloads section. 2009-02-28

12-Volt DVD Recorder
The DVD-1150 DVD Recorder is available with an optional 12VDC"(Input) power supply. Includes connecor cable for your end. Draws only 2A at 12 Volts DC. 2008-11-15

Unintended Features

Unintended Features

We test our products in every way we can think of. Our clients, however, are often even more creative and have procedures we never thought of. Some of the items below are actual limitations of the machine. Please check back to this page from time to time to see any updates, changes, deletions, or additions.

Please see also the "Troubleshooting" section at the end of this article.

"-R" Recording
The DVD-1150 uses "+R" and "+RW" discs only.
This is not an issue with us, but it important to some of our clients. We prefer the +RW format to any other because it needs no finalizing. Just remove the disc and play it on another player.

"Cannot Copy" error appears on the TV monitor screen.
This error occurs when one attempts to copy a commercial "Hollywood" DVD from another machine. The DVD-1150 will not copy a copy-protected source. This error message can also happen when video input is from certain TV cameras. It appears that the camera inserts some sort of data into the video that the DVD system interprets as copy protection. The current remedy is to use a different input source.

Time Remaining Display is inaccurate in certain circumstances.
The Time Remaining display on the front panel, and the RS-232 TLFT (Time LeFT) command will become inaccurate after Pause-during-record. Upon unpausing, the Time Remaining will revert to the original value at the start of the recording session and count down from there. There is no fix for this right now. The elapsed time (front panel display and FRAM command) will indicate the correct elapsed time.

Recording fails if no video input.
The unit will not record if there is no video input.
Recording will fail if video is removed when unit is in Record-Pause and the machine is then UnPaused. Record, Pause, remove video, Unpause. This is one instance in which the MODE and STAT commands incorrectly indicate RCRD (Record) instead of NVID (no video). Inasmuch as correct status is a hallmark feature of the DVD-1150 series, we very much regret this and are working to find a remedy.

NTSC & PAL
The DVD-1150 accepts either NTSC or PAL video signals.
If NTSC, it records NTSC DVDs. If PAL, it records PAL DVDs.
The anomoly is that during video loop-through, it transcodes PAL to become NTSC at the video output.

No Recording to DVD after HDD is selected
PROBLEM: This is peculiar and we're working on it.
Select HDD Record from front panel menu or via RS-232 "RDSC 1", and SAVE.
Power off the machine, then power on. It comes up as HDD-1150 showing that HDD is selected.
Select DVD Record from front panel menu or via RS-232 "RDSC 0"

Troubleshooting
These are genuine "issues" that should not happen. Ever. But sometimes they do. Please contact BCD for current status: 800-223-6734 (800-BCD-MPEG)

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Our clients are a laconic bunch. We rarely hear from them because our products just work. When we can pry comments from them, they sound like this:

Purchased: 11/21/2007, Quantity 7: "Things are great. Lovely recorder. We are pleased with the product to date. We're using finalized +R for permanent discs. " Comment Date: 1-27-2009: "We really like them... haven't had any issues. Great product so far. No problem w/playing these discs on other machines like we had with other recorders."
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