We have a Panasonic DMR-EH55 dvd recorder, it worked just fine until March, 2009 when Shaw quit subscribing to tv guide. Has there been any resolution to this issue?

Try it with another TV, perhaps a friend's or neighbour's. If the problem persists, consult your local Pana service centre or a competent technician

If you receive your channels through your local cable company, nothing will change. The DMR-EH55 will continue to work normally.
If you receive your channels with your rooftop antenna you'll need a Digital to Analog TV Converter Box. The unit itself will not receive digital signals directly.

split your input cable line and connect one end to your digital input and the other to your
analog or air input.

You can get one at Partstore.com

Buy a used DMR-ES15, DMR-ES25, DMR-ES45, or DMR-ES46 with a good DVD drive and swap out your bad drive.

Can you be a bit more specific? You cannot read the TV guide, instructions and other data or only the list of programs you ahve recorded?

I get this problem from time to time when I have more than one Panasonic DVD recorder scheduled for programing (or updating) at the same time -- or recording when the other would be updating. It is really annoying. If I restart from the beginning and disconnect the other recorder, it works fine. It appears to me that they interfer with each other in some way. Sorry, I don't have a real solution -- just that my DMR-EH55 will download the TV guide and work again if I disconnect the other panasonic recorder.

i have panasonic DMR-eh55 dvd and for the first time when i played that it was in japanies language thus i tried to convert the language in to english through remote control i selected one by one thus suddenly there came a message U302 and now when i play my dvd and as i press remote control it show on dvd screen U302. please how my remote will work again and how can i get the solution so that my remote control works....

I have the same problem - clock set is grayed out. Called Panasonic tech support .. this is the solution I was given. It works, but too bad the root problem can't be fixed (bug ridden unit).
Solution is to "reset" the unit - then go back into the menu system and set the clock. How to reset the unit (don't worry - anything on the HD stays intact):
1) go to DVD mode
2) remove any DVD in player & close tray
3) on front panel, behind door - press & hold BOTH channel up & down keys for 5-10 secdons -- until you see a message that the system is rebooting
4) wait till it reboots, go back in the menu and set the time.

-Craig