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I have a tevion DVD recorder. Programmed it to record Krakatoa last night (2 hours) on DVD +R media. Found this morning that after 1 hour it had stopped. Unit appears to be ok inat other times. Can a split second power glithch cause this?, or other reason.
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Howdy!
Some stand alone DVD recorders have problems with certian blank media, and sometimes they have problems with high speed blank media...ie 16x speed.
You might check your unit's manufacture website and see if they have any firmware updates that might fix the problem your having.
A power glitch can cause a unit to shut down during a recording or playback, although efforts are made during design so that the power supply within the unit might keep the unit running during a very short duration power glitch or outage. However, cheap units do not pull all the stops to make certian it will continue to run during a glitch. In other words, there is not enough reserve power in the unit's power supply capacitors to sustain operation when the AC mains goes out or glitches, thus the unit will shut down.
Since this occured during recording...a timed recording, obviously the unit's clock might also loose its mind...err time setting that is, and will in fact affect any time setting for recording.
If the recordings are vital and you do not want to loose them, you might consider putting an un-interruptable power supply (UPS), not unlike those found for computer use. In fact, they will work just as well for your DVD recorder as it will for a computer, maintaining power for several minutes until the main AC power restores, thus your recordings will continue.
Keep in mind however, that if you use a cable box, or a satellite unit, those too will need to be plugged into the UPS supply so they will continue to recieve the signal you are recording. As far as the TV or monitor, that wont have to be plugged into the UPS. Most TV's draw way too much current for an average UPS unit to sustain power for very long, usually only a couple of minutes or less. If you want to maintain power on all of your equipment, a more expensive UPS unit will be needed.
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