Reply author: claydubois(at)bellsouth.net
Replied on: 01/30/2006 12:38:03 PM
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SOrry, I posted a new topic before I saw this sticky, so I figured I would post it in here as well.

Ok, I bought the Recorder 1 last year. Liked it except it was hard to start a recording unless hooked to a TV to scroll through the menus. I just bought the Recorder 2 and it definately is a vast improvement. Now, to start it up and record, it only requires two button presses on the remote, the power and record.

However, there is one thing I do not like. It is difficult to tell that you have powerd on the recorder. When power is supplied to the recorder the green led is on. That is fine, but, when you hit the power on button on the remote to turn the recorder on, there is nothing telling you that you have powered up the recorder. I plan on using this recorder remotely without any type of video display connected to it, so it makes it tough knowing when the recorder is actually ready to start recording. The only way to tell is to hit the record button and hope the red led comes on. If it does not, you have to hit the power button again, and then hit the record button. The actual startup to record time is critical to my application, so any lost seconds having to repeat the process to get it to record is undesireable. It sure would be nice if there way a way you could tell the unit is powered on. Why not have the red led turn on when the unit is powered up and then start blinking when it is recording. This would be a fool proof way to know you actually have powered the recorder on and its ready to start recording. The only thing that would be better would to allot the record button to power up the unit and start it recording automatially if it is pressed and held, and pressing and holding it again would stop recording and turn it off. I see a bunch of applications where an easy powerup and record cycle would benifit greatly. Anyway, you are definately on the right track now guys!