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We use it at least once a week and we have been very pleased. We haven't had any problems with the VCR and the DVD player stopped working for about a week, but came back and we haven't had any problems since. My wife bought this two years ago to replace using my ps2 as a dvd player. Plus, since it's progressive scan it looks great on an HD TV.
On my dauaghters Baby Einstein, it will often only play the Spanish version and not allow us to access the DVD menu to play it in English. One movie that has the deleated scenes added back in will stop playing whenever it comes to an extra scene. It is awful. Other times it will. Other times it will continue to play as it is supposed to.
Also, home made DVD's with multiple chapters will sometimes play only the first chapter, sometimes not. Often, the video will freeze, but the audio will continue and it will "skip". We have owned this dvd/vcr combo player for about 9 months now. Also, many DVD's do not played properly. It is so inconsistant that it is unreliable.
The DVD player in particular is very poor. The VCR seems to function properly, although it is not used as often.
Now when I put in a dvd it just keeps skipping around like the discs are scratched and they are perfectly brand new DVD's. I put in one of those dvd cleaner discs that have little brushes underneath them to clean the eye. I bought this item in March of 2005 and never had any problems. Well that isn't the problem I guess because it didn't help any.I called zenith and they said this item has a swap option.they will send me free shipping labels to send it to them and they will swap it with a new one for 45$. I might just use 45$ towards another stand alone dvd player since the vcr on it still works. Until about November of 2005. I really don't want to risk having to get it replaced again.
They sent us a new one and the vcr in that one quit working after 2 or 3 movies. The 3rd one they sent us is refurbished(.). We've had 3 of these combos and none of them have worked properly. and the DVD player doesn't work. This time when I call them I will get a refund and find a better brand. The first one ate a video tape after a couple months and because it was still under warranty I sent it back. If you're looking for a vcr/dvd combo that lasts, I'd certainly look elsewhere.
Change the number 45 to 47 6. If not, then repeat the above steps from the beginning. Just follow these instructions:1. Press "ENTER" (the display should flash briefly) 7. 4.
Press the UP arrow three times 5. Press "PAUSE" on the remote 3. You can play VCDs on this player but you need to reprogram the DVD player first. Enter "1472" on the remoteThis should bring up a screen with rows of numbers. Press "RETURN" 8.
Power on the DVD player with no disk in the drive 2. Power the player off and then back on Play a VCD.
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