20 Most Recent Samsung DVD-VR357 Questions & Answers

I had a similar problem... went to samsung.com and downloaded firmware update for unit and instructions.... updated firmware and unit is now able to copy my own tapes from vhs to dvd.

Be sure to read and following firmware update instructions carefully...

I do not think you would have to worry about a way to disable the copy protection that is on the vhs tapes. you are not going to record over them. You are just going to transfer information to the dvd side. jh

Here is every code for Samsung, including stand-aloneDVD (738, 651, 652, 667, 668, 691, 740, 741) and VCR (738, 515, 517, 534, 579, 591, 675, 755), in additition to DVD/VCR (738, 667, 691).

Try using DVD/RW disks with pausing the recording when you change VHS tapes.

.avi format it supports

it is an old unit but no power is typically fixed by replacing the SMPS (power supply board)

Are the movies inthe correct format for the player? If it does not register the USB drive, try it without a cable if one is used, and make sure contacts are clean. if it still does not register, the port cotroller may be dead.

Maybe u recorded nothing. Try playing it on another unit

Samsung DVDVR357 Instruction Manual Deleting The Scheduled Record List Ez... Look on Page 59

Go into tools settings and turn off

U need the appropriate adapter to convert your Samsung Outputs to the inputs of the tv.