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Question About Sony DVD Recorder RDR-VX515
Hack the Copyright Police...

I bought this unit to convert Movies to DVD. Living in a 5th wheel and there is no room for the video collection. My son had just been killed and I wasn't functional enough to realize that Sony needs to play copyright police. This dam thing won't even record a movie from Fox TV. Recording movies from the TV is not illegal. I pay a lot of money for TV AND I am NOT going to repurchase all of these again! Does anyone know how Sony is "hearing" the copyright sound and preventing me from copying these movies to DVD? There is no output for plugging into the computer ... maybe on the back but the darn thing is installed in the RV now and I can't just pull it out and plug in a computer to use the functions on it to record movies. Anyone know how to hack this stupid thing?

Asked by I hate Sony on 09/07/2008 3  Answers

ManualsOnline posted an answer 16 years, 2 months ago

The ManualsOnline team has found the manual for this product! We hope it helps solve your problem. Get the Manual Here

Der posted an answer 15 years, 8 months ago

5 I was having the same problem as you, only with home movies. I would record the movies using a video camera and dub them to VHS tape. When we bought the RDR-VX515, we copied the tapes to the DVDs. The player would play them without a problem but when we put them into the computer, no system would recognize the disc. After you finish burning the disc, you need to go into the main menu and select the option to finalize the disc. Even though the messages when you record indicate it is doing this, it doesn't truly finalize until you go and manually tell it. Once the disc is finalized, you can read them on your computer.
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Ron posted an answer 15 years, 8 months ago

0 I'm having the same problem that your having. Has anyone been able to help you yet. Thanks
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