oldtimer2
Novice Member
Last month, February 2015, avforums had a thread about a shared fault we had all experienced with our various Panasonic DVD recorders, dating from mid-January. This involved a page headed 'Favourites Editor' replacing timed recordings for the duration of the scheduled programme on our DVD recorders. Also since mid-January there had been an increased experience of U80 and U81 error messages on the DVD recorder. milkjester, BobCharHeatand, Emjay111 and I (oldtimer2) contributed to this forum. At least three of us have contacted Panasonic about the problem, as Gavtech suggested, but the forum now appears to have been pulled - at least I can't find the thread again on avforums.
I should just like to know if the recommendations from Panasonic Support have solved the problems experienced by others. In their email to me, Panasonic Customer Service stated that they were "trying to develop a firmware update to address the matter" concerning the Favourites Editor screen. I have done all the detaching of aerial and mains supply for 28 hours, going back to Factory Settings and retuning etc. that Panasonic recommended. Neither of my units is coming up with the Favourites Editor page now, and the EX773 appears to be behaving normally, touch wood, but the EX83 is a pain - U80 and U81 errors messages now appear frequently, whenever the Direct Navigator, Guide or Function Menu keys are pressed on the handset. These U80 and 81 messages also come up at the start time of timed recording, resulting in missing the early minutes of the recording. Very annoying!
I should just like to know if the recommendations from Panasonic Support have solved the problems experienced by others. In their email to me, Panasonic Customer Service stated that they were "trying to develop a firmware update to address the matter" concerning the Favourites Editor screen. I have done all the detaching of aerial and mains supply for 28 hours, going back to Factory Settings and retuning etc. that Panasonic recommended. Neither of my units is coming up with the Favourites Editor page now, and the EX773 appears to be behaving normally, touch wood, but the EX83 is a pain - U80 and U81 errors messages now appear frequently, whenever the Direct Navigator, Guide or Function Menu keys are pressed on the handset. These U80 and 81 messages also come up at the start time of timed recording, resulting in missing the early minutes of the recording. Very annoying!