AboutNagy George Expertise Bsc. in Electronics and Communication engineering. Satellite dish installer, trouble shooter and Quality Auditor for 12 years. Author of the Satellite news article in the "satellite Guide Magazine". Member of the satellite club international (SCI). Member of the IEEE (Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
Member of the Australian Institution of Engineers.
Expert in signal distribution on many TV sets. Deep knowledge in related fields such as CCTV (closed circuit TV), surround sound and speakers.
Having said that, I have no experience in TV repair.
Expert: Nagy George Date: 10/12/2007 Subject: No dialog recorded on DVR from HD broadcast
Question I have a Panasonic DVR/VCR model DMR-EZ475V and a Panasonic LCD HDTV TC-32LX70 which are connected to my Onkyo TXSR605 AV receiver via HDMI. I receive my TV signal from an over the air antenna and get great HD reception. However, when I record a HD broadcast on DVD-RAM, when I play back the disc the dialog portion of the audio is missing. I get a beautiful picture and the background music and sounds, but no speaking voices. If I record an analog broadcast everything is there. I have emailed the Panasonic techs about this problem and they responded that it appears that the HD broadcast is in Dolby 5.1 and this unit can only record in 2 channels. But isn't some setting which would make it down convert it so that it would record the HD 5.1 broadcast and playback in 2 channel? Otherwise, come 2009, and no more analog broadcasts, this thing will be useless for recording. I have read the manuals from front to back and am stumped. Thanks for any help you can give.
Answer Carolyn,
Sounds to me like a bit of rewiring (wiring differently) will sort it out.
For example, connect your antenna to TV and TV out to combo machine and see if it makes any difference.
Or try if a digibox (they are as cheap as $40) obviously if you have digital terrestrial transmission.
