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Just got this Toshiba DVR620KU and need to record from home movie VHS to DVD. Have DVD-R, I have set the time, have it on the program VHS to DVD, I start the VHS, put it on pause. Go DVD, select rec mode, but when I push Dubbing, I get the red circle with the line through it on the bottom right of the screen. The DV/VCR symbols flash 4 or 5 times, then go off. What is it trying to tell me?

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    susieberry11 Aug 17, 2012

    Press the GUIDE button on your remote. make sure its on AV2 stereo. it worked for me

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Good one!

Sounds like you are doing everything right. Only things I can think of are:

- Make sure the disc is a blank one.
- Try a different disc.
- Make sure the tape you are trying to dub is not encoded with Macrovision copyguarding. If it is a home-made recording then you are OK, but a factory recording on a store bought tape may cause some difficulties.

If you are still having troubles try a complete 15 minute reset by unplugging from the power source.

Good luck!

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  • billybob1959 Nov 13, 2010

    Yes, I had the same problem with my DVR610KU when trying to dub my personal-recorded VHS tapes to DVD. After several failed attempts, I called Toshiba 1-800-631-3811 and they said to "skip step # 7" on page 50 of the manual. Odd, but true. It worked there after. Note that I have model is DVR610KU, not DVR620KU, but it sure sounds the same to me. I did not have to reset the power source. I am using DVD-R discs. Also, I found that it I could only get the dubbing to work with "L1" input setting, not L2 or L3 on my unit! The instruction manual lacks a LOT in organization and especially with errors in it. Be sure to "finalize" the disc when done dubbing to maximize its compatibility in other DVDs or PCs. It seems to me that the DVD-R discs have the most compatibility. The discs will play in the Toshiba unit without "finalizing".
    I hope this helps.

  • rgfairey Nov 15, 2010

    Thanks-- we had called Toshiba and that's about the gist of their answer...

  • Anonymous Dec 20, 2010

    Thank you BillyBob19959 - Skipping step #7 on the DVR620KU unit worked as well. Provided you load a new DVD disk and set the dubbing option from VCR to DVD, all you need to do is load the blank DVD, insert the VCR cassette, and press the dubbing button. Thank you again!

  • Anonymous Mar 26, 2013

    We didn't have a "Guide" button on our remote but the skipping #7 step worked on our machine too.

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I HAVE A TOSHIBA DVD RECORDER DVR 620 KU CALLED 1 800 631 3811 NO RESPONCE CAN YOU RECORD LONGER THAN 120 MIN ON THE DVD DISC SOME OF MY VHS MOVIES ARE 130 MIN PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE IS A SOLUTION THANKS

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Press the GUIDE button on your remote. make sure its on AV2 stereo. it worked for me

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