20 Most Recent Sony RDR-VX560 DVD Recorder/VCR Questions & Answers

There is a manual for this model available in pdf format unless you have the original instruction book. Page 23 outlines 'command mode' where you can try pressing ENTER and the corresponding number buttons simultaneously on the remote for more than 3 seconds while pointing RC at the recorder. In your case, because your recorder is set to command mode 1 - press ENTER and 1 together on the remote. This should allow you back into the on-screen menu to revert the command mode back to 3 (which is the default) and it should work.
The online pdf manual for this model: http://www.docs.sony.com/release/RDRVX560_EN_ES.pdf unless you still have the original. Pages 22-24 show some of the setup procedures. The pdf is not very big so you can save it for future use if needed.

Try a universal remote and run through the auto and manual codes and hopefully you will be good to go.

You are right, the problem is a wear out laser ASSY. Either it is the photo sensor, or the laser diode.

dvd+rw is garbage, organic dye in the layers breaks down fast, always use dvd-r. dvd-rw also has compatible reading problems with many dvd players, hope that helps. also you need to make sure it is finalized for another dvd player to read it

Part of the power supply feed to the VCR is not functional, a bad capacitor is more likely, but you need a professional to assess, probably cheaper to replace the whole unit.

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