Power off prior to recording: With the 3576H, when setting it to record a program, must the power be turned off for the scheduled program to be recorded?
625447
here is the link to the User Manual http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/d/dvdr3576h_37/dvdr3576h_37_dfu_aen.pdf
1200731
Hi. Yes the screen turns off but it's still recording. You can click the last button to turn the screen back on.
916289
You turn it on using the power button, then to record video you hold down the play button until the LED begins to flash, let go of the button, the light goes out and is recording. To stop recording you push the play button again and the light turns on. I then turned it off using the power button. Took out the card put it in my computer's card reader, windows 7 opened the folder automatically, I clicked on the "record" folder and my movies were there.
1200269
That would be a matter of personal choice, but since the DVR overwrites the oldest file first when the card gets full, you could leave it on. You never know when something will happen that would make you wish you had left the cam on.
2136589
From the other answers, my understanding is that this does NOT allow the use of a program guide (like many others) to record things in the next couple weeks or as a series. I rarely want to set a recording within 6 hours of the actual time. It sounds like most of my recordings would need to be set by time slot and channel like an old VCR. Is this right?
984698
Yes to both. In the menu you can set Power On Record to On or Off. There is also a Record Overwrite menu item that you can set to 1 minute, 5 minutes or NO.
142769
Does this turn off after a while of not recording if you want to use is as a webcam?
331996
Hi Michael. It starts recording when it receives power, so you don't have to turn it on. P.S. A 64g card actually won't work, get a 32g microcard.
1495381
You can power up by pressing and holding the record key. It only takes 3 seconds to start recording from the power off state! I found this by accident.
1922395
Mine has options in the menu for loop recording ("off", "3 min", "5 min", and "10 min"). I have it set to "off". When full it displays an icon that indicates that it's recording over the old footage, but when I go to play back the latest recording it isn't available. I pulled the card to check it on my laptop and
1406606
No... I don't have it connected to my computer at all times... only when I want to record something of my DVR. But, this means you cannot automatically schedule recordings.
1901607
Am I understanding that you want to glue the Record button down, to effectually just the Power button to start recording. Short answer maybe not. I have these units and It seems that recording either starts or stops Once you release the button.
272471
Not that I'm aware of. Once you turn it on and wait 5-7 seconds, it starts recording.
1203539
Chip, those are options. Always on, only on if there is motion, or scheduled recording, or a combination of all three. You can also set the sensitivity of the motion and how long afterwards it keeps recording. Because it is digital when you say motion it actually records the 10 seconds prior to the motion event, so you don't miss anything. Again, the camera noise continues to be the biggest setback to the system.
1994699
It would probably go into sleep mode while still recording but you might want to check with the folks at HP.
1449266
It seems that you did not disable the motion detector function. I have 2 of these K6000 style cameras that came from different sellers and manufacturers. They are both great cameras. I have them set for 3 or 5 minute files and there is no gap between files because the files record 2 seconds longer. It could be that a new file starts recording 2 seconds before the current file ends. Just a guess but I merged files together and the music did not miss a note and the clock did not miss a second, however you may hear a slight "blip" in the sound at the splice. If your 12vdc power outlet is controlled by the ignition switch you can leave the camera plugged in and the camera will start recording automatically as soon as it gets power. When the power is disconnected the current file will be saved by the internal battery before the camera shuts down.
2029626
The unit is off when you press the "off" button. but will always be recording when on". The exception is when you are in the menu mode for reviewing and such. Garmin chose to do this because, it eliminates the possibility of just viewing and, "not", recording during a critical time. I have a very early model, and I am sending it to Garmin under warranty to be checked out. I could not download files as I once did. They do stand by their warranty.