I hope you meant "05" and not "04" here -- the 04 is the superior of the two models and I'm just wondering why you'd hook up an 04 only when it's being used, as the 05 is the one setting people's entertainment centers ablaze with no exhaust fan... BY THE WAY -- there seems to be some confusion (myself included at first) about the coax in/outputs on the back of these units (04 and 05) -- they do NOT operate the same way as a VCR! These coax jacks are PASS-THRUs for your antenna or cable signals ONLY! In other words, you don't need to go buy a cable splitter should you add one of these DVD recorders to your current setup. No DVD data passes through these jacks, only signal for the tuner. Simply take the cable connection running to your VCR and move it into the DVD recorder (RF in), then get another piece of cable and run it from the DVD recorder (RF out) to the VCR (RF in). You need do nothing else -- the DVD recorder can be on/off/unplugged, it doesn't matter. Your cable/ant signal will still reach the VCR (or next device in line) just as it did before no matter what. Even if you run the DVD recorder directly into your TV via coax (why?) -- you won't be able to watch a DVD from it but you'll still get your channels passed through to your TV set. Hopefully I explained that clearly, if not let me know. D.
First, I know you were trying to be funny but no one in here (that I've read) has reported a fire with the 05. To me anything going ablaze in anyones home is far from funny. I never ran the cable directly into either the 04 or 05. So I have no idea whether you're correct or not. BUT, I can say that IF you run composite cables from a DVR to the 0(4or5) then to the TV, that you will have to leave the recorder on if you're going to watch tv. I don't use coax to run anything past the DVR. Thats why I stayed out of all the tuner conversations. I never used it.
1. I wasn't trying to say someone's house burning down was funny, so please stop trying to pick a fight with me by putting words in my mouth. More than one person on here (one of them was YOU) reported a definite burning smell with the 05 so the message you should have received from me was "it might not be a good idea to let your 05 run very long if no one's home"... 2. You were speaking of TV reception and having to have the unit on to achieve that. You did not specify you were using the a/v inputs ONLY or I wouldn't have said what I said. Composite (or RCA, standard a/v hookups) have NEVER *that I'm aware of* been able to pass through ANY device without it being ON; coax/antenna/analog cable feeds CAN. So in other words you CAN get TV reception with the recorder off, just use the RF pass-thru and the (mono) tuner on the recorder. If you choose not to do that, oh well.
I just purchased an 05. All seems fine so far, except when I stop playing a DVD and restart it. The DVD starts at the beginning instead of where I left off. Has anyone else experienced a similar problem?
To Goofus... Well, I don't pick fights. But if anyone is "putting words" in anyone mouth, it's you. Here's what I said (the original post is here on page 2) quote All of the lower priced units I've tried so far have had the same overheating problem. /quote You sir used the word "ablaze". Check the posts. Lots of difference between overheating and ablaze. In a few days, you will return the unit and be complaining about it rather than nitpicking and misquoting other peoples posts who have been where you are going with this unit. When I see that post from you, I'll smile. Till then as far as I'm concerned, you're on your own.
tnwriter, drop it already. You seem like someone hell bent on causing trouble and you'll probably be kicked off here before you actually say anything useful on your own. I was smart about the 05 and returned it BEFORE it did any damage or started overheating, and if you'd bothered to read anything I said instead of just complaining about YOUR OWN VERSION of my words, you would have known that already. I now own an 04 and am keeping it, thanks. Additionally, I'll thank you to ignore my posts here from now on, as you clearly have nothing useful to add to my life.
The posts back me up. Read them and weep. And as much as you amuse me, anything further from you will be ingnored. Real life calls. This thread belongs to those of you that still own this piece of crap. Unsubscribed and gone.
I am currently using the ILOR05 and have used the ILOR04 in the past. Both recorders have worked very well for me. At first I thought I had a real compatability problem caused by my ILO recorder but later discovered the compatability problem is caused by hugh electronic media companies competing for Discs rights. Some companies hoping to bring in the DVD+R DVD+RW and other companies hoping to bring in the DVR-R DVD-RW Until these companies have settled this competition war the compatability problem will be with us and we the consumers will have to suffer the consequences. The ILOR05 will only record DVD+R DVD+RW and these discs will not play in some other DVD players and this is not the fault of the ILO recorder. As I mentioned the competition war is at fault.
and that contributes to this thread how...?? The ILO04 is taking, recording, finalizing, and playing back all sorts of things. Go get one. D.
hey all, I just purchased the 04 from a neighboring town. It takes the 451S hack. also, it records so much better than the 05 i had in the six hour mode. very pleased, probably going to find another 04 and trade the 05's back in. What does disabling macrovision do?
bjbrown, There are actually 2 versions of the R05, MU & ZU. One of them has 6hr mode and the other has 8hr mode. If you have the one with 8hr mode, it will record to both +r/rw and -r/rw media. This is undocumented as ILO only advertizes the recorders using +r/rw. travis89, Disabling MV will allow to hook up a VCR/DVD player and copy tapes and DVD's that are copy protected. This is one of the reasons for getting the R04 since the R05 can not be hacked.
[bold]hey all, I just purchased the 04 from a neighboring town...it records so much better than the 05 i had in the six hour mode. very pleased, probably going to find another 04 and trade the 05's back in. [/bold] Yes I noticed this too! I was checking something I'd recorded and didn't even realize I'd accidentally left it in SLP mode 'til I saw that I had like 5 hours left on the disc. The 05 looks like bad downloaded MPG files in 6-hour mode!
what is the difference between ilo dvdro5 and cyberhome dvr1600? they both are identical i had problems with ilo saying all my disks are bad and would not record or even playback if it did record.. i went through an hour of recording then i pressed stop and it said on the ilo recording not successful am i gonna have the same problem with cyberhome dvr1600? HELP!
The Cyberhome recorders have their own malfunctions (most common is the drawer not opening)and aren't good products. I think it's the 1500 that's compatible with the ILO 05. All CH recorders regardless of the name pretty much suck.
I have an ILOR05 dvd recorder and have had many successful recordings. I purchased the recorder at Walmart for $98.00 and for the money I consider it a good buy. The ILOR05 recorder has caused me no trouble (so far) However, it is important to know this recorder will only record DVD+R DVD+RW discs
I'm happy for ya BJ. I wish you lots of luck with it. Mine was great for about 45 days. I kept it for awhile longer trying to get some help from ILO. It didn't happen. The final straw was when I'd put a brand new disc (a brand that ILO recommended) and get a "disc full" error message before the first second of recording was done. I'm trying out some mid price range recorders now that I hope will fit the bill.
I bought the ilo05 a week ago...it works great except for one problem...When i try to playback DVD's on my computer some of the DVD will play and other parts will not... I have WinDVD 6...this only happens with the DVD's i've recorded with Ilo... I have finalized and tried different disks...Just wondering if anyone else has this problem...I loved it until now...if i can't playback on my PC i see no point in having the thing... any advice would be appreciated... Casper
Gtrman Thanks for the information I have the 8 hour mode ILOR05 and will try recording the DVD-R discs. I hope it works that will fix my compatability problem. It will be interesting to see if this ILO recorder will record both DVD+R/DVD-R. Will let you know thanks again
