I have a LG DVD HDD RECORDER Model number RH7823W With a 160 GB HDD The problem is when I switch it on it tries to start as normal but will not boot up It greets you normally with HELLO - PLEASE WAIT - LG DVD RECORDER... and then nothing !! It just continues in a loop without starting.

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Open up your LG Recorder. You should see the HDD on the left, the DVD drive in the middle and a circuit board on the right..

Now, look at the back of the dvd drive.. you should see a power connector and a standard IDE interface..

Remove both of those connections carefully. Remove the screws in the black bevels on the sides of the drive and slowly pry out the drive by lifting the IDE interface side above the main board and pulling it out while slipping out the black clips on top of the tray side..

Now that it is done, take your new dvd drive.. you may want to remove the faceplate or at least the plate from the tray ..(slide it upwards.. it should slip out ) .. Place it where the old dvd drive used to be.. do the connections and your good to go..

Before closing, Check to see if the drive is functioning. Close up.

I have swapped drives on my LG many times and even upgraded the HDD.. I have used mainly LG and sony drives..

Mine was originally shipped with 80GB some 3 years ago.. I had put in a 160 GB and now will be putting in a 250 GB as the other is already full and i like to keep those old recordings..

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the default for the rh7823w remote is to operate lg tvs. Popping out the batteries should reset the default. my manual saysto select a different tv hold down the tv power button, press the number buttons for the manufacturer code then release power button.

codes are

LG/Goldstar 1(default), 2
zenith 1,3,4
samsung 6,7
sony 8,9
hitachi 4

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Miss Fouzia Morocco

pls try to format all HDD first backup ur data by connecting the dvd recorder to pc then format ur hdd it will help lemme know

Recorder wasn't under warranty, so opened the unit up removed the dvd - rw disc ,which was corrupted as it turns out, put the machine back together switched it on and it worked perfectly.I have since tested it by recording both on to dvd,hdd and used the dubbing format and have had no problems.In the future I would recommend bying only top quality discs as it seems a dodgy one was responsible.

Try this site reportedly the fix is here

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=24182&page=6

If you read the instructions, it's under "Dubbing" - Page 51. The one thing the printed manual fails to tell you is that you need to "finalise" the disc if you want to play it on any other player apart from another RH7823W - DOH! See page 23.

Broadcasting
Video : PAL I, B/G, I/ISECAM D/K, K1

That information is posted on LG Australia's
website that you hyperlinked to. It won't play
NTSC video because the region coding is
different - on PAL video is supported.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news :P

Hope this helps,

Justin

Device Manager information and help Display adapters, Displays each of the video cards installed and/or detected by Windows. DVD/CD-ROM drives, Included in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows

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