Panasonic DMR-XW450 Questions & Answers

Hi Paul, Obvious first check are, Check Power Connections: Ensure the power cable is securely plugged into both the back of the DMR-450 and a working wall outlet. Try a different power outlet and a different power cable to rule out a faulty cable or socket. Perform a Power Cycle/System Reset: Unplug the unit from the wall for at least 10 seconds (or several minutes for a more thorough reset). Plug the unit back in and attempt to power it on. If the unit still does not work you have a problem.

Couple of months ago my DMR-EX87 (earlier version) started to take a while to start, then finally would not start at all. I did some research and found that a common problem with this unit was that some of the capacitors on the main board dry out. Fortunately I have an electronic background so I opened up the unit and found that this looked like the problem with my unit. I enquired with the Panasonic agent in SA regarding spare parts, they came back and said due to the age of the unit parts were not available(??) I then sourced the required parts via an Australian parts dealer and although they were sourced from their HO in the UK they arrived in three days total cost about $35. I replaced all the capacitors on this board and "walla" the unit is working again. I can supply more details if you want to investigate if this is the problem with yours. A visual check of the board may answer your question.

Hi Paul, have you contacted our customer service team for assistance on 132600.

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Hi Rebecca,

Its best you give our customer service team a call on 132600 and they will assist you further.

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Hi Gabriel, Sorry to hear you are having an issue please give our customer service team a call and they will be able to help you with your enquiry.

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Just wondering if there was ever an answer on this as I have the same recorder and have the same problem now with 7 Mate (73) now going to 74 HD and the tuner cannot find the new channel 74.

Hi Gazza, Its best that you give our customer service team a call on 132600 and they will assist you further with your enquiry.

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Hi Gabriel, Please give our customer service team a call and they will be able to help you with your enquiry.

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It's a publicly posted que, should have a publicly posted answer.

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Hi Mandy, someone will need to remove the disc, which involves pulling the unit apart, please contact our customer service team on 132600 who can provide the detail of the nearest service centre.

Hi Rebecca, sorry it isn't MPEG4 compatible. external link 

Hi Hung, sounds like your recorder has developed a fault, please call our customer service team on 132600 who will be able to assist you with finding the nearest service centre.

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Hi SMD, sorry but you are unable to turn auto-play.

Hi Joan, you are able to purchase a replacement remote control via a spare parts distributor. You won't be able to play your recordings or record further without the remote control. external link 

Nena, I wish we had the answer for you - amazingly the exact same thing happened with our XW350 last night when deleting a video we had finished watching - so hopefully someone else can help us both. Dorothy

No - if I remember correctly this unit does NOT do a 'series tag' like the TiVo/Fetch/Galaxy et al.

Yes you can set it up to record weekly, daily, mon-fri etc

Have you tried re tuning channels on your recorder ?, also channel 91 should get channel 9 , since 9 introduced their HD channel you might not be able to tune it in as they now broadcast in mpeg 4 instead of mpeg 2, I believe if your recorder was built before 2009 it is unlikely you can view channels eg 9, &10 hd ,channel 74 or channel 76 in SD, if you can't get these channels I think it's fair to say this is what's causing your problem

We have re-tuned channels on our recorder, which was bought in 2012 see is not the pre-2009 problem. Channels including 10 working fine its only channel 9 and its associated channels, e.g. 91 etc.

Hi, I don't know why this problem occurred for me, but it did and after extensive googling, I tried the old standard turning it off at the wall, keeping it off for a minute, and then turning it on again, and now it is all working again. So bizarre. Hope this works for you.

Well Karyn .I don't know what has happened but i went out straight back to my TV and switched it on and went to my saved programs and retried it and went to the saved programs AND would you believe it,the arrow moved up and down like a charm and all i have done is switch the the TV on and now it works.SO THANKS FOR THE KIND THOUGHTS.

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I had the same problem. I thought I had a faulty remote (just recently I had opened it up and cleaned everything). So today I ordered a brand newbie on ebay. In the meantime I thought I'd have a closer look at whether my remote was actually transmitting to the recorder. Doh, yes it was! So I jumped onto google and found this post. I then pulled the power cable out, plugged it back in after a few minutes, and hey presto - everything works again! Oh well, it will be good to have a new remote that I can now rely on, but it was also good to get the advice of the OP - at least while waiting for the new remote we can still watch our recorded programs.

mine dose exactly the same thing from when I bought it but then all of a sudden one day it worked and now it dosent again I thought it was me I bought every type of dvd+ but makes no difference so you are do nothing wrong it is all the machine

Hi, I had this problem too, out of the blue. But I was pleasantly suprised when I ran a DVD/CD Head Cleaner through the system and then it worked again. I'm guessing the reading lens had become dirty. Anyway, worth a try? It worked for me.

I'm sorry I didn't see your question earlier. I think this model of machine had an early timer function which could only go about 2 weeks in advance maximum. Newer machines have this 'timer tag' feature that will record anything with the title you request (space permitting).