I cannot press the record button down and the power button just does not stay on.

There is a feature, in a cassette recorder, when a cassette is "locked" to prevent it from erasure or record, if you break out a little notch on the back of the cassette When this is done, you can't press the record button. Perhaps something connected to that feature is blocking your deck. If the back pice of plastic left of the hole, is gone, the cassette is "write protected".
Look inside to see the "pal" that is in the deck.
Or perhaps your deck has a relais that should hold the button down, but it does not get any power?

To do a reset of the remote control follow the instructions below.

1. Remove the batteries from the remote control.
2. Hold down the Power button for a full minute.
3. Once done, put the new batteries back in and test the remote control. Please power cycle the unit as well by unplugging it from the wall and leaving it of for a couple of minutes. Once done, test the remote control again. To delete the recorded programs, please follow the steps below
1. Press the BD button on the remote control then press Home. This should bring up the home screen.
2. On the Homescreen, choose AllShare Play and press the Enter Button.
3. On AllShare Play, scroll down to Recorded TV and choose ''HDD''.
4. Now the titles of the recorded programs will appear.
5. Press the Tools on the remote control and select ''Delete'' from the side menu.
6. Select the titles to be deleted by highlighting them, then press the Enter button on the remote control.
7. Select ''Delete'' from the side menu then confirm deletion. To try and resolve this issue, please reset the remote control. To do so, please refer to the instructions below: 1. Remove the batteries from the remote control. 2. Hold down the Power button for a full minute. 3. Once done, put the new batteries back in and test the remote control. Please power cycle the unit as well by unplugging it from the wall and leaving it of for a couple of minutes. Once done, test the remote control again. To delete the recorded programs, please follow the steps below: 1. Press the BD button on the remote control then press Home. This should bring up the home screen. 2. On the Homescreen, choose AllShare Play and press the Enter Button. 3. On AllShare Play, scroll down to Recorded TV and choose ''HDD''. 4. Now the titles of the recorded programs will appear. 5. Press the Tools on the remote control and select ''Delete'' from the side menu. 6. Select the titles to be deleted by highlighting them, then press the Enter button on the remote control. 7. Select ''Delete'' from the side menu then confirm deletion.

Check and clean the battery contacts as this is sometimes the fault when the camera draws more power and due to dirty or poor contacts on the battery or the camera contacts the camera shuts down due to low power. Hope that works.

the capacitor present in the device might have short out... try servicing the unit...

Step#1: Turn on power, press the left and right arrow buttonssimultaneously,, release both buttons then press the online button to get intothe DIAG. Menu Step#2: Press the down arrow button twice the operator panel willdisplay Diag.Menu Adjustment Step#3: Press the right arrow button the operator panel will displayAdjustment DC131 NVM R/W Step#4: Press the down arrow button the operator panel will readAdjustment DC132 Set Serial Step#5: Press the right button the operator panel will read SerialNumber XXX Record this serial number SYS1: XXXXXX Step#6: Press the Down Button 24 times. The operator panel should readDC132 Set Serial Target PWA SYS1 Step#7: Press the Select button Operator display Enter Serial No. 000000 Enter the serial number thatyou recorded in step#5 Action: Please reference this photo as a reference for the up, down, left, andright keys, when performing the following procedure. Step#1: Turn on power, press the left and right arrow buttonssimultaneously,, release both buttons then press the online button to get intothe DIAG. Menu Step#2: Press the down arrow button twice the operator panel willdisplay Diag.Menu Adjustment Step#3: Press the right arrow button the operator panel will displayAdjustment DC131 NVM R/W Step#4: Press the down arrow button the operator panel will readAdjustment DC132 Set Serial Step#5: Press the right button the operator panel will read SerialNumber XXX Record this serial number SYS1: XXXXXX Step#6: Press the Down Button 24 times. The operator panel should readDC132 Set Serial Target PWA SYS1 Step#7: Press the Select button Operator display Enter Serial No. 000000 Enter the serial number thatyou recorded in step#5 Step #8: Press the select button operator display Re- Enter Serialnumber XXXXXX enter the serial number from step #5 again. Press Select Step #9: The operator panel will displa Note: The Operator will now display "DC132 Set Serial NumberCompleted". Step #10: Press the left and right arrow button, release both buttonsthen press on-line button to get into the Diag MODE Step #11: The operator panel will display Exit Diagnostics Incomplete Exit Step#12: Press the down arrow button the operator panel will read ExitDiagnostics Complete Exit Step #13: Press the select button the operator panel reads Complete Exit If OK Press SEL Step #14: Press the select button the operator will read Please Reboot Printer (103-208) --Power the unit OFF Wait three seconds then power the unit back ON.Operation is now complete.--

Unplug it from the power for about 30 minutes and then try again. If it still doesn't work I would call DirecTV and discuss getting it replaced.

1. PlayStation 2 systems do not handle tapes, but CDs and DVDs. No wonder you have broken it if you inserted a tape in it.
2. There is no radio in a PlayStation 2 system.
3. On a PlayStation 2 system, the button with a red dot on it is the power button, and it turns green when the power is on.
4. You cannot record, especially not on tapes, with a PlayStation 2 system.
5. You usually don't play a PlayStation 2 in the kitchen, but in the living room since it's meant to be plugged in your TV.

Here's the diagnostic : you do not own a PlayStation 2 system.
You have been ripped off by whoever sold you this piece of **** under the name of "PlayStation 2 system".

press stop button then the power button together the player will go off. put it on again the remote should work.