Please don’t ever take this video off of RUclips. every time I pull out my Toshiba to transfer a VHS to DVD, I forget the steps. this video is so helpful and so reassuring and it has helped me transfer dozens of family videotapes onto DVD. sir you’re helping my family preserve its memories. so grateful thank you.
Ah Mary that is soooo sweet! I'm glad that you found the video so helpful. Your descendants will appreciate you were able to save all those irreplaceable keepsakes! I never plan on taking the video down, but you never know what RUclips/Google will do. Thanks for the nice words and Gold Bless!
This was soooooooo helpful! I wish they made that finalizing step more clear. I found out about it and then turned around my whole house to find the remote. I saw that it needs to be finalized somewhere else but here it is all clear thank you so so much. (For a bit of context I'm a teenager, I didn't exactly grow up with these stuff...)
Fortunate to have access to this model. I watched several RUclips tutorials on this unit, BUT, this one is the most informative and straight forward. Very simpled and to the point. Skip the instructions and watch this video. It worked for me perfectly. Using these instructions, I just completed dubbing over 35 full VHS-c tapes to DVD... WARNING!!! while simple, dubbing vhs to dvd is EXTREMELY time consuming. Now I understand why commercial companies that offer this type of service are so expensive. it took me 4 days to complete my conversion.. But worth every single second
When you randomly find one of these units and are, again, randomly asked to use it, videos like these are a lifesaver. Just for anyone else with a 620KU, the unit itself has a Dubbing button behind the glass panel on the front. It swings down to reveal button controls.
Thank God for this guy - I found his solution for why my family and friends could not view the copies of VHS to DVD I made for them! And shame on Toshiba for leaving it out of their manual!! It should be listed there in at least 100 places! Anyway, I haven't done a conversion for over a year, and forgot to write down what I learned here -- so I googled him again and voila -- I found it! This time I wrote the "finalization" steps down!! Again, thank you thank you thank you!!
Thank you for your video. My friend and I were trying to convert 20 year old VHS of family to DVD, and the Toshiba instructions were worthless. You were able to talk us through it, and we recorded it onto 3 DVDs. In short, you were a lifesaver - thanks again!
oh my gosh! I was going to ship a bunch of old family VHS tapes to an expensive company to copy to DVD but dug out my Toshiba DVR620...that I NEVER used! It seemed too complicated but you made this soooo easy! This is awesome! Thank you!!! You have provided a valuable service!
Hey Marie! That is so great to hear. I'm always glad to help people save money and time. You old family VHS tapes contain priceless memories. Now you can provide that same valuable service to your family! Have a Merry Christmas! God Bless.
THANK YOU for simplifying a tedious process. I don't use my Toshiba that much, and only copied one VHS tape to DVD a while back and did not remember what I did. The Toshiba manual is overly complex but your video made it easy to follow. Thanks so much!
you are so awesome. explained so clearly. Im a 21 year old and my mom asked me to use this converter to save our old tapes. Im tech savy but not with this type of old tech, I appreciate your video alot I was starting to lose hope that id figure out how to do this.
Hey YetiSnack, that is great to hear! Those old tapes are precious memories and they will be cherished by everyone who see them! God Bless you and your mom.
OMG .... thank you so much for these easy to follow instructions. I took one look at the manual and just sat with my head in my hands. I will now start transferring my old VCR tapes this weekend. Hurrah. You're a twinkly star MinnesotaValues. xx
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've been fighting with this all day and you showed that it's so easy! You explain it so much more clearly than the manual. I'll do my 2nd wave pandemic project now. Thanks!
Thanks for the info, I was wondering why I couldn't record VHS to DVD, I thought it was broken... but that dubbing button was the answer. Thanks again.
Thanks for the informative video. If you don't go through the DVD finalization process I believe you can still play the DVD on your Toshiba unit; you just can't play it back on any other DVD player.
Thank you so much for making this video! I was ready to chuck this thing through a window and send them off to be copied! Your instructions are so easy to understand. Transferring the first of several tapes now.
That is so great to hear! Good for you. You know that your friends are going to hear about your success and want you to transfer their video's too. Good luck!
The instruction manual that came with my Toshiba was unnecessarily complicated. Too many different pages to look at trying to accomplish one task. Your video made it easy. Thank you! I guess I'll keep my machine. I was ready to trash it.
Thank you so much for this! I couldn't understand what the manual wanted me to do, and I was afraid of ruining my tapes. This made it really easy to understand, thank you so so much!
Thank you so much for this helpful video!! Just finished converting the first of a few of my childhood dance performances from VHS to DVD and therefore preserving those memories :)
Thank you very much for your very easy tutorial demonstration and the necessary explanations how to transfer a vhs cassette into a DVD disc. I have watched many of these videos, but yours is one of the bes I was copying these vhs cassette for getting DVD discs and I forgot to finalised
Thank you for the easy and nice demonstration on how to transfer(copy) a vhs into a DVD disc. I liked the way you were showing us beginning from the connections from the vhs/DVD device to the TVs set through the corresponding in and out connections.
This video is simple to follow & simply amazing! Thank you for taking the time to explain it step by step. I got everything ready to convert a homemade VHS tape my father made of his grandkids, however, when I pressed the Dubbing button a red circle with a slash through it popped up in the lower right-hand corner. In the display window, 2 little circles or wheels flashed along with red DB letters underneath it and a disc picture. Can't find what it might mean in the troubleshooting guide. Any ideas?
The only thing this very thorough video didn't cover is when the video and dvd are completely finished, does the machine automatically finalize the dvd once the vcr has finished playing the tape? Or do I have to finalize each one? Just getting started on a big project for Christmas, will probably get the answer once I get to that point. But it would be helpful to others to know the answer. Thanks
Great walkthrough. One thing I got stuck on was the unit will not dub if the input is on L3. It must be on L1 or L2. I thought I bought the wrong dvds but that was my issue. Not sure if it was mentioned in the video…
I just bought a used Toshiba D-VR7KC on Kijiji in Ottawa so I hope it works. Many years ago I had a beautiful Great Dane that played the bad guy on a Canadian TV show called The Littlest Hobo which I have on VHS. I had a copy made onto a DVD but the format was very small so I hope my new (used) machine will make a better copy. Can I assume I can use the HDMI connections to connect to the TV for use as a monitor?
Has anybody edited the audio. Is it possible? Say put music to a video that your tranfering. If yes do you have to use RW dvd or regular dvd and edit audio while transfer is being done?
To my knowledge, you can't add the audio while you are doing the transfer. It must be done post transfer. There are a lot of software options out there to add music or sound after your make the transfer. I personally use Final Cut Pro. It's great software. An inexpensive option would something like iMovie for the Mac. Good luck!
This was a good video but I have 3 of these machines so maybe I can help a little more. If you put in a new blank DVD in the machine you actually have 5 different time settings to record by. XP = 1 HOURS, SP = 2 HOURS, LP = 4 HOURS, EP = 6 HOURS, AND SLP = 8 HOURS of recording time. Just to the left of the red record button on the remote is a button called RECORD MODE. When you keep pushing that button it will show you on your tv screen how much time is left on that dvd. I have dubbed old home vcr tapes and movies from the TV, close to 5,000 of them so I do know this machine well. NOW the longer you choose to record the worse the quality of what you recorded. If you have older home movies the quality may not be that good to start with so I would use the SP = 2 HR mode, if you use the 8 HOUR mode you will be TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED in the quality even if you record fresh from the TV. Make sure you check the mode for every new dvd you put in the machine. My best advice is for you to set it to the LP = 4 HOUR mode and you will get great quality for almost everything you record.
What type of dvds r u using? I have dvd+Rdl but the machine gives me an error and says this dvd may not have playback feature. So frustrated please let me know!
I wish I would have seen your video when I first got my recorder, you explain it much better than the owner's manual. Until recently I was able to record TV shows directly from my television but now I can't figure how I did it. Any suggestions? Thank you for posting this video.
Thank you ! This was so helpful ! After having the machine for a few years, finally was able to successfully convert 1 VHS to a DVD with ease, following you’re clear instructions :) I’m also curious if you have any insight on this - I have some tapes that have 30 mins long, can I put more than 1 VHS on a DVD? I know the DVD’s are 2 hours long. Would that mean stopping the VHS when the 30mins is up, ejecting and then adding another VHS in ? Also would I have to hit the “dubbing” button again on the remote to make sure the machine knows to start recording again ? Any insights are much appreciated ! I know someone in the comments mentioned something similar but there was no outcome posted
Hey Michelle, glad it's working for you. I no longer have the machine, but I think you have to use one DVD per VHS tape. Try dubbing two and see what happens. Good luck!
Hi, I had a similar question but I just decided to try on my own so I can help you and anyone else that has this question. I had multiple tapes of 30min long and I was able to put more than 1 VHS on a DVD. The DVD can take up to 2 hours of footage. When a VHS finishes dubbing, the amount of "time" left that can be added to the DVD will be displayed on the machine (e.g. 01:30 means 1 hour 30m more can be put into the DVD). I was able to add 3 to 4 ~30m VHS tapes to 1 DVD this way. It will also "separate" them into different files. Hope that answers your question. Also, thanks for the helpful video @MinnesotaValues, was able to convert 10 hours+ of home videos.
Apo thank you so much for taking the time to reply I appreciate it ! I figured exactly what you wrote out as well, by just hitting the dubbing button again - it separates the VHS tapes on its own Thanks again !
Apo Hi there! Did the video just finish dubbing on its own or did you have to hit the dubbing button again once you finished the first VHS before adding the next VHS with the additional 30 minutes? Hope that makes sense - thanks!
Thank you!!! I'm seeing a red circle with a diagonal line through it when I press the Dubbing button (VCR to DVD). Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thank you
I'm trying to figure out why my vhs had content at -3 minutes...? Even when rewound all the way to -3, it skipped past those 3 minutes of recording and started dubbing at 0...?
I have set up a system using my Toshiba DVR620KU. I have been studying your method which you showed on RUclips. And compared it to the instructions given in the manual that came with the Toshiba Recorder. It differed a bit from yours and perhaps you can help me resolve the problem. For one thing I hooked it up to a small monitor using only a HDMI cable and it plays the VHS tape with no trouble and needless to say the picture quality is much better. However when it came to recording VHS to DVD discs. It makes no mention about pushing the dubbing button as you did. Or for that matter tracking. I just want to do a simple transfer or burning of VHS tapes to DVD's. I haven't done any of this yet so I just want to be sure I am using the right sequence which the manual is very vague in explaining. I don't even want to use the remote just manual settings. 1. Do I push VCR button and put in VHS tape? After Put in DVD Disc? Prior to recording do I Push Rec on VCR or REC on DVD side? I will be watching on the monitor the entire length of the movie from the VHS tape. At this point there is no mention of Dubbing or tracking in the manual at least not that I notice. 2. After the end of the film is over I would like to just play it on my TV to view results on the big screen. Am I on track so far if not can you set me straight. I would appreciate it. My email is charles.hili@yahoo.com. Thank you very much Chuck Hili
Hey Charles, the portion of the video that addresses your question, begins at the 8:00 minute mark. Hint: you will need to hit the 'dubbing' button on your recorders remote control. I have not had the machine since creating this video back in 2017. I finished recording all my VHS tapes and returned the machine to my brother, so I can't remember exactly what I did. I have to rely on the video to remind. Once you have recorded your VHS tape to the DVD, you should be able to put it into any DVD player and it will work. I'm on Mac, so I ripped all of my videos to my Mac and stream them on my Apple box for ease of use. Good luck and God Bless!
I have been working on and off to try to get my vhs converted to dvd's. I am having problems with it not recording sometimes. I load the vhs tape and a new dvd, get the tape to where I want it to start. pause it, then hit the dubbing button. The dubbing light flashes on the Toshiba dvr660 recorder for a few seconds and then quits. Why would the process work sometimes just like you show on your video and sometimes I get what I described above. I have tried numerous ways to start again, unplugging the machine, changing out the dvd. I tried three times the other day to get a movie converted. The first two times it didn't record but the third time it did. I can't figure out what I did different. Thank you for any help. Also if you have any suggestion on ways to edit movies? I don't want to transfer a vhs tape made of my kids when they were young on the carnival ride the whole time, just edit out a few minutes of each ride.
Hey Joy, that sounds like a frustrating problem. Although I have not experienced that same problem, it sounds like there may be an issue with the player rather than what you are doing. It should work every time you do it. I converted well over 100 hours of VHS tapes and never experienced that problem. I once put the dvd in upside down, but quickly fixed that. I wish you the best of luck in converting your tapes. Regarding editing your movie, I would suggest converting your entire tape to dvd, that way you are sure to have everything you need. You don't want to miss some precious moments because you tried to save some space. Once you have your recorded dvd, you can 'rip' it with many different kinds of software to your computer. I would suggest ripping it to an mp4 format as its fairly easy to work with. An mp4 format will work well with almost all editing software. Then you can use something like iMovie or Final Cut to edit your final product. I wish you the best of luck!
The instructions on how to finalize are on page 32. I have no idea why there is no mention of it in the dubbing instructions. If they're assuming people are going to read the whole instruction book straight through that's just a bad assumption and even if you did, you might not remember it anyway. I wrote on my dubbing pages to turn to 32 for finalizing.
@@gregcruze I just dubbed a tape yesterday. It's been a couple of years since I've done it and something went wrong. I found your video looking for some help. I followed all the steps correctly, I don't know what happened. But the next try worked. Thanks for your video!
Very good video but I have one question. I have VHS C tapes which are only 30 min. I would like to put them on one DVD. Can you record each VHS-C tape remove and insert another one and continue doing this to get 4 of them on one dvd and then finalize it after. Rather than using 4 separate disk? Thanks.
Hey Doug, unfortunately I no longer have the DVR. I had to return it to the owner. You could try stopping and switching tapes and continuing as you suggested. That might just work! Good luck!
Thank you so much for your simple explanation! The manual is overwhelming! I bought the double layer DVD+R discs so I could get 4 hours of recording time on one disc instead of 2 hours, but it gives me an error message when I try to press the dub button. Do you know if the double layer is not usable with this machine? Thank you!
I'm doing this with a laserdisc player connected and it is telling me it's recording to the disc right now but I have no Idea what that even means because I know it's going to have to burn to the disc. I honestly don't even know if it's capturing or not. It's behaving oddly but the timer does seem to match with my laserdisc players time because I hit record right when the disc was read. I'm trying to figure out if this is a better way to capture my laserdiscs. I plan on ripping with MakeMKV. My other capture device is done through computer called Hauppauge PVR but that's hit a miss. Is this thing actually working with my laserdisc player or does this dvd-r only capture the vhs player connected to it? It's telling me it's recording but I don't know if it really is. I'm quite anxious to find out. I also don't know if I hit the stop button or the red/orange record button to stop it.
I'm not familiar with ripping laserdiscs, but I did find two links that may be helpful: ruclips.net/video/QDlbwl3f39Q/видео.html & ruclips.net/video/RduEpIiG0O0/видео.html These are part 1 & part 2 respectively. Good luck.
@@30katm eBay or Kijiji but watch what you buy as 95% of decks are broken in some way. Just had to put a $2K VCR into the shop as the caps went in the video output section. For cheapie decks it can be even worse with all around bad electronics, plastic parts, no more rubber parts available, cheap DVD drives, etc. No wonder these were considered throwaway. My bud has gone through 6 units in the past 8 years. Are any fixable? Maybe, if i can cannibalize parts from one or more to get another working...
Hello: I was able to successfully connect my unit to the television and visually see the VHS material on the TV screen when played. However I was unable to successfully record or transfer the VHS over to the blank DVD I inserted into the DVD tray. The DVD went through the formatting process and completed. That's where my attempt ran into a wall and I was not able to complete the recording of the VHS tape to the DVD. The blank DVD is an "DVD RW" disc. Can you tell me where I went wrong? Thank you.
Hey Terry, I'm sorry to hear you went through the entire process and had nothing recorded on the DVD. That must be very frustrating. I must confess I no longer have the DVR unit so I'm not able to give you any feedback. You are using the right DVD disc and that should work. The only thing I could suggest is to restart everything and re-do the recording process. If you have a different blank DVD, I would try that too. It's possible your first DVD was bad. I does happen, but not very often. Good Luck and I hope you can get your videos recorded. God Bless & Go Flyers!
Thanks for this video - very helpful - but when I hit "setup" - it is not allowing me to access DVD options - that is not highlighted and I cannot get to that to finalize the videos - what can I do????
Hey Patty, unfortunately I no longer have the machine. I had to return it to my brother. Hopefully someone reading this thread can respond and answer your question. God Bless!
I own a Toshiba DVR620 also. When I inserted a new disc (DVD+R) into the unit for dubbing it begins formatting, but most usually results in an error message telling me to remove the disc because the reading of it would not work. Occasionally the machine proceeds in formatting and allows me to record (dub). But, after the tape ends playing, the machine will not finalize the DVD resulting in an error which tells me it cannot write to the disc. I have thought of three possibile souces of these failures and would appreciate your thoughts. First, I believe the unit's instructions said the machine does not record on DVD-R. Is okay to use DVD+R or DVD +/- R instead? Second is the speed of the disc. A google article says older machines require a disc of lesser speed (perhaps 4x instead of 8x or 16x). Which speed have you successfully used? Third, does the time taken (perhaps a day or two) in between dubbing one tape to one DVD matter?
I used dvd+R and it worked. Then all of a sudden, I get the red circle with the slash. Can't dub. I have used 20 or so of the 100 disks on previous dubs. Any ideas? (I did read manual. I also started messing with buttons. Only thing I can figure it the general set up has 4 items listed. I can only click the first two.) Any help is appreciated.
Hey Julie, I returned the DVR some years ago after I transferred all of my tapes, and I no longer have the machine. The only thing I can think of might be the disk somehow may have been damaged after the dub? maybe not. My suggestion might be to re-dub a new disk and see what happens. Sometimes those disks go bad. They usually all do over time. Good luck!
When I go to set up it only has general settings and timer programming. The Titleist and DVD menu are not highlighted. Is there any way to get to the DVD menu?
MinnesotaValues : I have exactly the Toshiba VHS/DVD DVR620 DVR with 1080p upscaling. I actually have a problem with the VHS system,that turns off after 6 seconds of playing and then,when I turn it on (fire it up), the vhs cassette ejects. And it happens to ALL of the VHS cassettes. it's highly likely worn out,because of a faulty digital board (79105753,model dvr620ku,series d34r4632ku0602) And great thing ,the digital board that I am talking about is discontinued and it won't be fixed/replaced,because of that case-scenario. I was told about it,back on 9-30-2016.
A ton of these do this, it seems like they were just cheaply made. I found a stack of them in a storage unit once and only one of them didn't have this problem. If you really want to convert VHS to DVD, the cheapest way is to get a TV tuner card for a PC and convert it with your computer. Some cards are only $20.
@@hawleygriffon9290 You have to remove the entire mechanism from the board. Problem is, it's soldered to the board. Without some really great soldering skills you're going to destroy the board. Sell it for parts on eBay.
I was watching your video with regard to attaching a Toshiba DVR620KU to a monitor. I tried following your instructions in trying to connect to my desktop computer. It didn't work so can you please tell me how to connect the above Toshiba recorder to my computer. I am running Windows 10 64gig.
Hey Charles, thanks for the question. You will need to burn the video onto a DVD, then 'rip' it to your machine. I'm on a MAC, but I'm sure there are many software options on the PC that will allow you to rip the DVD to your machine. It's not the cleanest way to go, but at least it gets you there. Also, with the DVD, you will have a backup to your precious videos! I hope nothing ever happens to my machine, but at least I will have a DVD backup. Good luck!
Tape to dvd worked but...dvd won't play in my Sony blue ray, computer anywhere but the Tosiba. Any thoughts? ahh haaa maybe I didn't finalize. I did as you suggested-finalized now it plays everywhere. Thanx for the tip...George F
Hey George, sorry the dvd did not work in your Sony blue ray. I have had issues with some of the dvd's that I authored playing in a Sony blue ray. There is/was an issue, but I'm not sure if the new Sony's have corrected. God Bless!
I’m not d original poster but I believe it’s in the DVD mode. I got my eBay find to start dubbing but it stops after a few seconds and cannot record - my problem might be the DVD disc (Imation DVD +R 8x) so I’ll try other ones.
What blank dvd's do you use? My friend has one of these and it says it can take BOTH DVD - R/RW's & DVD + R/RW's. But it didnt do anything with the + R/RW's.
@@gregcruze Bro, THANK YOU FOR THE REPLY! We have some - RW's coming in a few days, I'll let you (and any others who might need to know) how it works out. I did notive there is a DVR620 AND a DVR620KU. We have the one without the "KU", but both say they can take either the + or -'s. We'll see.
I have the same set up but my vhs on my vhs/dvd combo doesnt work, so I have a little TV with vhs like yours and a DVD player that works, so cam I hook up my TV with vhs up to my combo vhs/DVD still?
Hey Shannon, I no longer have the Toshiba DVR, but there is a hook up for your camera on the back of the DVR. You can then record from your cam directly to a DVD. I hope that helps!
In the dubbing process for recording a VCR onto a DVD using a DVD+RW, I'd like to know to record onto a 6 hr. DVD say a 2-hr. movie from one VCR & another 2-hr. movie from a different VCR. If at the end of recording the first movie, can I stop the recording process (thus only taking up 2 of the 6 hrs. available on the DVD) and then change the VCR and record more on the same DVD +RW?
Hey Sally, I have never tried that, but it seems like it should work. I think you can 'pause', then swap in a new VHS tape and continue recording onto the same DVD until you go the 'Finalize' step. The only thing I can say is to try it and see what happens. One word of caution is that DVD recorder may be hard coded to stop after 2 hours of recording, but I'm just guessing. No real hard facts. Let me know what happens.
Yes, and I highly recommend it. There are a number of DVD rippers for the iMac. You might find a few free rippers, or one that may let you try it out for free. Find one you like, then download it. If you have a number of DVD's to rip, I suggest finding one and buy it. Good luck!
@@gregcruze I just dubbed my first DVD. I had 40 minutes worth of content on my VHS tape. After finalizing my DVD-R, it only has the first 3 minutes of footage? Not sure where I went wrong? Any suggestions?
@@mojodelgado - that is very strange. I have not experienced that, maybe some one on this board has and can comment. My suggestion is to re-do it, and this time babysit to be sure its recording.
@@gregcruze Thank you for the reply. I am doing it again...another question. Since I am only taping 40 minutes, I will still have about 1 hour and 20 minutes left on my DVD. How can I use the same DVD to convert other contact onto the same DVD? I'm assuming i should not "finalize" the DVD just yet?
I am having trouble transferring VHS to DVD on my Toshiba DVR630KC using DVD-RW .. I have followed all the step but then the DVD is formatted into DVD-RTAV folder and I can not open it on my Mac Why is this and what step am I missing?
Hey Marilyn, when you put the DVD into your Mac, you will want to launch your "DVD Player" found in your applications folder. Your Mac should recognize your DVD right away, but sometimes it doesn't. I hope that helps! Good luck.
I'm not good how to explain, I have Toshiba DVR620KU and when I recorded it on dvd couple times and start to play it work fine then it stop for 2 to 4 sec before next chapter. is there the way can continue without stop before next chapter like vhs tape? Sorry for not being good grammar and explain. Thanks
That must be very frustrating. I'm sorry to hear that. When you record, are you adding anything to the chapters like titles or anything? If so, its possible your Toshiba is adding a few seconds for the titles. That might be causing your delay.
Great video everything proven people like myself are fixing a break vhs movies with Scotch tape it starts playing again with out no problem's plus people like myself are cleaning out mode switches in VCR players it starts playing again with out no problem's everything proven people don't let people know about mode switches in VCR players needs a cleaning every now and then everything proven vhs tapes are not the problem at all it's the people who is more of the problem
Hey Ann, the finalized dvd is not the deciding factor in whether it plays in a particular DVD player or not. It has more to do with the way you burn it on to a DVD. A fact I found out the hard way when playing a wedding video for my daughter and her new husband a few years ago. I'm on a MAC, and the way I burned it, the DVD would not play on a Sony device. Ugh! Very embarrassing. If you need to play it on specific device, burn it and then test it out. Good luck!
Hey Horacio, I don't remember exactly as it has been a few years since I had the machine, but I can tell you that I was able to rip the DVD on my Apple. If you are using a PC, I'm sure you can do the same thing. I hope that helps! Thank for watching.
When I try to dub from a VHS to a DVD and when I press the dubbing button, the three icons blink together (tape icon, DB icon, disk icon that are lined up one on top of the other) and nothing happens.
Mathew Hart If I remember correctly, my problem was that I needed a different brand/type of dvd to record on. The manual lists some specific types that are guaranteed to work.
Dan Pittsley I’ve tried 4 or 5 different brands now, plus different types like -R, +R, and +RW with no luck. Whenever I hit the Dubbing button I just get the red circle with a line through it on the screen. Have also tried formatting the dvd before hand as well with no luck.
Hey Jazz, I no longer have the DVR unit, but if I remember correctly, I needed the remote. Maybe there is a way to navigate to the proper screen via the buttons on the DVR, but if there is, I don't remember. You might be able to use another, similar, remote to navigate too. I wish you the best of luck.
I believe so, but remember you have a 2 hour limit on your DVD. Please try it and respond to this thread as to what you found out. I'm curious myself. Thanks for the question.
Sure, I just got this machine and still messing around with it, both the vhs are less than 2 hrs combined so once I try I'll let you know, thanks for the video by the way.
I wonder if your issue is related to '123456RaulMorales' comment below? It should continue regardless of a change in segments. Many of my tapes did have multiple segments on them and it transferred fine. I know its a pain, but are you able to copy the segment after restarting the tape? If so, you will end up going through more DVD's than you would like, but you could rip them all to your PC/Mac and put them all together with Final Cut Pro or something like that.
Hello MinnesotaValues, First, thank you for this tutorial. Straight forward, and easy to watch. Very helpful. I'm hoping you can help me with something. I bought this model in 2013, and have had it in a sealed container when not using. A couple days ago, I recorded a tape I bought on Ebay (vintage skateboarding), and the tape played and I recorded it to DVD. I noticed flickering/flashing throughout the video. When I went to rewind, the tape split, but I was still able to eject with no problems. I might have gotten a bad tape. I also experienced the issue where the model shuts down when inserting a vhs. However, I've played another vhs all the way through, noticed the flickering/flashing, but let it play. I was able to rewind the whole tape, and I went to record it to dvd and it is still flickering/flashing. It's not the end of the world, but it would be really nice to know how to figure out a solution to this problem. I've looked into vhs head cleaners, dry and wet, and based on mixed reviews online I'm just not so sure I should use these products. Also, there is a component that can be cleaned to solve this issue, but I don't think that's the problem. Can you help me out, or give any advice/links to where to find the correct information to solve this issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated, and thanks again for making this tutorial. - Paul Harwood
Hey Paul, I had a similar issue with one of my very old tapes. I was able to get it to work by adjusting the 'tracking' button. That may not work on the entire tape, but it might help. Here is a link to the User Guide. Good luck! support.toshiba.com/support/modelHome?freeText=2805106
Hey MinnesotaValues, Thank you so much for the quick reply. And thank you for the tip. I did try tracking, which did help. Can you check out this sample video I posted? ruclips.net/video/aYd4mNPYPYg/видео.html At around 2 seconds into the video the white flash occurs. I've researched for hours and it could be a number of things causing this, and possibly the tracking. Any other input would be great. Thanks. - Paul
It's a cute video, but the flash is very odd. I've never seen that before. I don't think there is any way to eliminate it even if you used FinalCut. It almost looks like a camera flash. I wonder if its some kind of artifact of the tape itself? I know that is a stretch. It is something that I could live with myself. I don't know of any filter you could apply to get rid of it either. Sorry wasn't much help. Good luck!
Hey MinnesotaValues, Thanks. That was me as a kid. I'm 27 now lol. It's odd because the Toshiba player does this with every tape. However, I plugged the rca to the Toshiba, and the 3.5mm end to a Sony minidv cam. This is a pass through, and when I play the vhs from the Toshiba on the minidv camera, it doesn't flash. So I ordered a Firewire card, and am going to transfer the vhs tapes to my computer using this method. The only thing I'm worried about is image degradation. When I used the rca cables and burned a minidv tape from the minidv camera to dvd, the quality was lower than using a firewire cable. So I'm not sure if the quality will suffer or not, but I cannot think of another way to get this to work unless buying another vhs/dvd combo or getting this one repaired. I called a technician and in 45 years of this business he's never heard of this issue. He thinks it could be the processor and would be expensive to fix. Have you by any chance captured vhs tapes in the method I described? And if so, was there a significant hit in quality? Sorry for the all the questions lol. I do appreciate your feedback. - Paul
Hello MinnesotaValues and anyone else reading this, I have an update on the white flash issue. It seems to be the main board that is at fault. I tried multiple things, and found this out with using justanswer.com. I was able to pay $5 for a week trial and got some answers to my questions. If anyone has a Toshiba TV, and the screen is just flickering on that TV, you can unplug everything from the TV except the power cord, hold the power button on the TV for 60 seconds. Let go, and then unplug the TV from the wall socket or surge protector. Then wait 10 minutes, and see if the flickering has gone away. Another solution is take the backlight down to 70 or 50. Anyways, I was able to purchase a used Toshiba DVR (different model but apparently the same as the one I have). I'm waiting for it to be delivered, but I will provide an update because I think it might help anyone who is reading this. I don't mean to write too many comments on your RUclips video, I just appreciate that you tried to help me, and figured I would let your audience know what helped in my current situation. Anyways, I hope all is well with you. Thanks again for your help. - Paul Harwood
Having issues here. Need help. When I do all of the steps i get the Red Circle with a slash through it.. Using DVD+R Sony brand. Does a DVD+R need to be formatted? 1. Insert DVD 2. Play and Pause Tape 3. DVD button 4. REC MODE XP selected 5. Push DUBBING After that process i get a Blue screen No video playing and big Red Circle with a slash.
I use DVD+R Verbatim, but, no, it doesn't need to be formatted. The only issue I see is step #4 Rec Mode XP. I think if you try and select a slower mode than what your source tape is, I don't think it will work. Can you use default mode? I think the default is 'standard' speed. Otherwise, It should work for you. Let me know what happens when you use the standard mode.
One other comment, if you look at my video above beginning at the 7:00 minute mark, I mention that you have to wait a period of time for your blank DVD to load. If you try and dub before its ready, you will get that circle with a slash through it. That may be the issue, if not, see my other comment below.
Crs Holmes thank u! I am closer to being able to dub. This simple change got my dubbing started except it stopped less than a minute later though I think that’s a disc problem so I will try another brand.
VCR players are 55 dollars online and clean tapes are 10 dollars everything proven people like myself are buying everything off eBay now days how hard finding is that
I found one of these and it's a great machine, however, for the price they're asking on eBay ($200-ish) it's cheaper to buy an entire used PC and a video capture card. If you already have a PC, you can just buy a video capture card for as cheap as $20. Connect any old VCR to the capture card, and use whatever software you want to import the video onto your computer. Then, if you want, you can burn a DVD from the footage you captured. The added benefit of using a computer is you can edit the video in any way you want.
This Toshiba DVD recorder has a auto finalizing on it you got to go into the setup and all that you'll figure it out do anything I can't figure out is how to change the DVD speed from EP 2 SP 2 exp 1 hour you set it up on SP and that's standard speed to record a 2-hour VHS tape where is it on this bloody machine how do you change that
Please don’t ever take this video off of RUclips. every time I pull out my Toshiba to transfer a VHS to DVD, I forget the steps. this video is so helpful and so reassuring and it has helped me transfer dozens of family videotapes onto DVD. sir you’re helping my family preserve its memories. so grateful thank you.
Ah Mary that is soooo sweet! I'm glad that you found the video so helpful. Your descendants will appreciate you were able to save all those irreplaceable keepsakes! I never plan on taking the video down, but you never know what RUclips/Google will do. Thanks for the nice words and Gold Bless!
This was soooooooo helpful! I wish they made that finalizing step more clear.
I found out about it and then turned around my whole house to find the remote.
I saw that it needs to be finalized somewhere else but here it is all clear thank you so so much. (For a bit of context I'm a teenager, I didn't exactly grow up with these stuff...)
Hey Joesph! I'm so glad you found it useful.
Fortunate to have access to this model. I watched several RUclips tutorials on this unit, BUT, this one is the most informative and straight forward. Very simpled and to the point. Skip the instructions and watch this video. It worked for me perfectly. Using these instructions, I just completed dubbing over 35 full VHS-c tapes to DVD... WARNING!!! while simple, dubbing vhs to dvd is EXTREMELY time consuming. Now I understand why commercial companies that offer this type of service are so expensive. it took me 4 days to complete my conversion.. But worth every single second
Joe! Your comment makes the effort for the video worth while. You can see why people charge a lot for what you just accomplished! God Bless.
When you randomly find one of these units and are, again, randomly asked to use it, videos like these are a lifesaver.
Just for anyone else with a 620KU, the unit itself has a Dubbing button behind the glass panel on the front. It swings down to reveal button controls.
Thank God for this guy - I found his solution for why my family and friends could not view the copies of VHS to DVD I made for them! And shame on Toshiba for leaving it out of their manual!! It should be listed there in at least 100 places! Anyway, I haven't done a conversion for over a year, and forgot to write down what I learned here -- so I googled him again and voila -- I found it! This time I wrote the "finalization" steps down!! Again, thank you thank you thank you!!
Karen, Thank you for those kind words!
How were you able to play the copies?
Thank you for your video. My friend and I were trying to convert 20 year old VHS of family to DVD, and the Toshiba instructions were worthless. You were able to talk us through it, and we recorded it onto 3 DVDs. In short, you were a lifesaver - thanks again!
Carol! That is music to my ears! I'm so glad you were able to save you precious video's, I am so happy I could help! Good luck!
oh my gosh! I was going to ship a bunch of old family VHS tapes to an expensive company to copy to DVD but dug out my Toshiba DVR620...that I NEVER used! It seemed too complicated but you made this soooo easy! This is awesome! Thank you!!! You have provided a valuable service!
Hey Marie! That is so great to hear. I'm always glad to help people save money and time. You old family VHS tapes contain priceless memories. Now you can provide that same valuable service to your family! Have a Merry Christmas! God Bless.
THANK YOU for simplifying a tedious process. I don't use my Toshiba that much, and only copied one VHS tape to DVD a while back and did not remember what I did. The Toshiba manual is overly complex but your video made it easy to follow. Thanks so much!
Hey James! That's music to my ears! Glad it helped.
you are so awesome. explained so clearly. Im a 21 year old and my mom asked me to use this converter to save our old tapes. Im tech savy but not with this type of old tech, I appreciate your video alot I was starting to lose hope that id figure out how to do this.
Hey YetiSnack, that is great to hear! Those old tapes are precious memories and they will be cherished by everyone who see them! God Bless you and your mom.
@@gregcruze God bless you and your family aswell. thanks again! :^)
OMG this saved my life. I was about to throw this unit out the window but I watched the video and it made it as easy as possible. THANK YOU.
OMG .... thank you so much for these easy to follow instructions. I took one look at the manual and just sat with my head in my hands. I will now start transferring my old VCR tapes this weekend. Hurrah. You're a twinkly star MinnesotaValues. xx
Debbie! That is music to my ears! Good luck!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've been fighting with this all day and you showed that it's so easy! You explain it so much more clearly than the manual. I'll do my 2nd wave pandemic project now. Thanks!
Thanks for the info, I was wondering why I couldn't record VHS to DVD, I thought it was broken... but that dubbing button was the answer. Thanks again.
Thanks for the informative video. If you don't go through the DVD finalization process I believe you can still play the DVD on your Toshiba unit; you just can't play it back on any other DVD player.
Thank you so much for making this video! I was ready to chuck this thing through a window and send them off to be copied! Your instructions are so easy to understand. Transferring the first of several tapes now.
That is so great to hear! Good for you. You know that your friends are going to hear about your success and want you to transfer their video's too. Good luck!
The instruction manual that came with my Toshiba was unnecessarily complicated. Too many different pages to look at trying to accomplish one task. Your video made it easy. Thank you! I guess I'll keep my machine. I was ready to trash it.
Thank you so much for this! I couldn't understand what the manual wanted me to do, and I was afraid of ruining my tapes. This made it really easy to understand, thank you so so much!
Thank you for that great comment. I'm glad the video made it easier!
Sam as dvr630?
Thanks so much for this wonderful video! Your instructions are so clear and I’m preserving precious family memories by transferring vhs to dvd.
Hey Mary, that is soooo great to hear! I hope your family appreciates what you are doing for them! God Bless!
Thank you so much for this helpful video!! Just finished converting the first of a few of my childhood dance performances from VHS to DVD and therefore preserving those memories :)
That is music to my ears! Keeping those memories are alive are so important. God Bless!
Just picked up one of these with remote at a goodwill for $7.00....works perfect.
Awesome
Can you record VHS movies onto DVD's
@@maryhodges9418 Not if they are commercially recorded ones like Disney, Warner Bros, etc. as they are copy protected...
Thank you very much for your very easy tutorial demonstration and the necessary explanations how to transfer a vhs cassette into a DVD disc.
I have watched many of these videos, but yours is one of the bes I was copying these vhs cassette for getting DVD discs and I forgot to finalised
Thank you for this easy to follow video! Made so much more sense than reading the manual! :)
Hey Melissa, that is great to hear! I'm glad you liked it and found it useful.
Thank you for the easy and nice demonstration on how to transfer(copy) a vhs into a DVD disc. I liked the way you were showing us beginning from the connections from the vhs/DVD device to the TVs set through the corresponding in and out connections.
You are very welcome. It's why I did the video in hopes that I could help someone like yourself keep those precious videos. God Bless!
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This video is simple to follow & simply amazing! Thank you for taking the time to explain it step by step. I got everything ready to convert a homemade VHS tape my father made of his grandkids, however, when I pressed the Dubbing button a red circle with a slash through it popped up in the lower right-hand corner. In the display window, 2 little circles or wheels flashed along with red DB letters underneath it and a disc picture. Can't find what it might mean in the troubleshooting guide. Any ideas?
The only thing this very thorough video didn't cover is when the video and dvd are completely finished, does the machine automatically finalize the dvd once the vcr has finished playing the tape? Or do I have to finalize each one? Just getting started on a big project for Christmas, will probably get the answer once I get to that point. But it would be helpful to others to know the answer. Thanks
Joe, good question. Once you have finished playing your tape, you will need to manually finalize the DVD. Good luck on your Christmas project!
Great walkthrough. One thing I got stuck on was the unit will not dub if the input is on L3. It must be on L1 or L2. I thought I bought the wrong dvds but that was my issue. Not sure if it was mentioned in the video…
Hey Kyle, thanks for taking the time to let us know! I'm sure someone will find that information useful. God Bless.
I just bought a used Toshiba D-VR7KC on Kijiji in Ottawa so I hope it works. Many years ago I had a beautiful Great Dane that played the bad guy on a Canadian TV show called The Littlest Hobo which I have on VHS. I had a copy made onto a DVD but the format was very small so I hope my new (used) machine will make a better copy. Can I assume I can use the HDMI connections to connect to the TV for use as a monitor?
Hey there this is a really good demonstration, you did a great job. I just bought one of these cant wait for it to get here
You are very welcome. You are making a great decision to preserve your videos! Good luck.
Bought it used its a 2016 model
Has anybody edited the audio. Is it possible? Say put music to a video that your tranfering. If yes do you have to use RW dvd or regular dvd and edit audio while transfer is being done?
Thank you, I hope you are able to convert all those important videos!
To my knowledge, you can't add the audio while you are doing the transfer. It must be done post transfer. There are a lot of software options out there to add music or sound after your make the transfer. I personally use Final Cut Pro. It's great software. An inexpensive option would something like iMovie for the Mac. Good luck!
This was a good video but I have 3 of these machines so maybe I can help a little more. If you put in a new blank DVD in the machine you actually have 5 different time settings to record by. XP = 1 HOURS, SP = 2 HOURS, LP = 4 HOURS, EP = 6 HOURS, AND SLP = 8 HOURS of recording time. Just to the left of the red record button on the remote is a button called RECORD MODE. When you keep pushing that button it will show you on your tv screen how much time is left on that dvd. I have dubbed old home vcr tapes and movies from the TV, close to 5,000 of them so I do know this machine well.
NOW the longer you choose to record the worse the quality of what you recorded. If you have older home movies the quality may not be that good to start with so I would use the SP = 2 HR mode, if you use the 8 HOUR mode you will be TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED in the quality even if you record fresh from the TV. Make sure you check the mode for every new dvd you put in the machine. My best advice is for you to set it to the LP = 4 HOUR mode and you will get great quality for almost everything you record.
My empty DVD's will not load. I have tried several different kinds. Any suggestions
Thanks for the video. Unfortunately I do not have the remote. How can I finalize the DVD? Is there another way to access settings?
@@cajun5454 they have them pretty cheap on Amazon I got one for $10 bucks I didn’t even have to program it. Hope it helps.
Thank you very much for your video, excellent and easy explanation, blessings.
great help, thank you from Scotland
You are so welcome!
What type of dvds r u using? I have dvd+Rdl but the machine gives me an error and says this dvd may not have playback feature. So frustrated please let me know!
i should have searched this first. But I guess taking a week on and off to get my clock set was worth it. lol
I wish I would have seen your video when I first got my recorder, you explain it much better than the owner's manual. Until recently I was able to record TV shows directly from my television but now I can't figure how I did it. Any suggestions? Thank you for posting this video.
Thank you ! This was so helpful ! After having the machine for a few years, finally was able to successfully convert 1 VHS to a DVD with ease, following you’re clear instructions :) I’m also curious if you have any insight on this - I have some tapes that have 30 mins long, can I put more than 1 VHS on a DVD? I know the DVD’s are 2 hours long. Would that mean stopping the VHS when the 30mins is up, ejecting and then adding another VHS in ? Also would I have to hit the “dubbing” button again on the remote to make sure the machine knows to start recording again ? Any insights are much appreciated ! I know someone in the comments mentioned something similar but there was no outcome posted
Hey Michelle, glad it's working for you. I no longer have the machine, but I think you have to use one DVD per VHS tape. Try dubbing two and see what happens. Good luck!
Hi, I had a similar question but I just decided to try on my own so I can help you and anyone else that has this question. I had multiple tapes of 30min long and I was able to put more than 1 VHS on a DVD. The DVD can take up to 2 hours of footage. When a VHS finishes dubbing, the amount of "time" left that can be added to the DVD will be displayed on the machine (e.g. 01:30 means 1 hour 30m more can be put into the DVD). I was able to add 3 to 4 ~30m VHS tapes to 1 DVD this way. It will also "separate" them into different files. Hope that answers your question. Also, thanks for the helpful video @MinnesotaValues, was able to convert 10 hours+ of home videos.
Apo thank you so much for taking the time to reply I appreciate it ! I figured exactly what you wrote out as well, by just hitting the dubbing button again - it separates the VHS tapes on its own
Thanks again !
Apo Hi there! Did the video just finish dubbing on its own or did you have to hit the dubbing button again once you finished the first VHS before adding the next VHS with the additional 30 minutes? Hope that makes sense - thanks!
2019 and still usefull! thanks man!
Hey TequiilaShotss, thank you for that comment. I think I'm going to have a shot myself!
Many Thanks ! Very complete instructions.
Thank you!!! I'm seeing a red circle with a diagonal line through it when I press the Dubbing button (VCR to DVD). Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thank you
I'm trying to figure out why my vhs had content at -3 minutes...? Even when rewound all the way to -3, it skipped past those 3 minutes of recording and started dubbing at 0...?
I have set up a system using my Toshiba DVR620KU. I have been studying your method which you showed on RUclips. And compared it to the instructions given in the manual that came with the Toshiba Recorder. It differed a bit from yours and perhaps you can help me resolve the problem. For one thing I hooked it up to a small monitor using only a HDMI cable and it plays the VHS tape with no trouble and needless to say the picture quality is much better. However when it came to recording VHS to DVD discs. It makes no mention about pushing the dubbing button as you did. Or for that matter tracking. I just want to do a simple transfer or burning of VHS tapes to DVD's. I haven't done any of this yet so I just want to be sure I am using the right sequence which the manual is very vague in explaining. I don't even want to use the remote just manual settings. 1. Do I push VCR button and put in VHS tape? After Put in DVD Disc? Prior to recording do I Push Rec on VCR or REC on DVD side? I will be watching on the monitor the entire length of the movie from the VHS tape. At this point there is no mention of Dubbing or tracking in the manual at least not that I notice. 2. After the end of the film is over I would like to just play it on my TV to view results on the big screen. Am I on track so far if not can you set me straight. I would appreciate it. My email is charles.hili@yahoo.com. Thank you very much Chuck Hili
Hey Charles, the portion of the video that addresses your question, begins at the 8:00 minute mark. Hint: you will need to hit the 'dubbing' button on your recorders remote control. I have not had the machine since creating this video back in 2017. I finished recording all my VHS tapes and returned the machine to my brother, so I can't remember exactly what I did. I have to rely on the video to remind. Once you have recorded your VHS tape to the DVD, you should be able to put it into any DVD player and it will work. I'm on Mac, so I ripped all of my videos to my Mac and stream them on my Apple box for ease of use. Good luck and God Bless!
I have been working on and off to try to get my vhs converted to dvd's. I am having problems with it not recording sometimes. I load the vhs tape and a new dvd, get the tape to where I want it to start. pause it, then hit the dubbing button. The dubbing light flashes on the Toshiba dvr660 recorder for a few seconds and then quits. Why would the process work sometimes just like you show on your video and sometimes I get what I described above. I have tried numerous ways to start again, unplugging the machine, changing out the dvd. I tried three times the other day to get a movie converted. The first two times it didn't record but the third time it did. I can't figure out what I did different. Thank you for any help. Also if you have any suggestion on ways to edit movies? I don't want to transfer a vhs tape made of my kids when they were young on the carnival ride the whole time, just edit out a few minutes of each ride.
Hey Joy, that sounds like a frustrating problem. Although I have not experienced that same problem, it sounds like there may be an issue with the player rather than what you are doing. It should work every time you do it. I converted well over 100 hours of VHS tapes and never experienced that problem. I once put the dvd in upside down, but quickly fixed that. I wish you the best of luck in converting your tapes. Regarding editing your movie, I would suggest converting your entire tape to dvd, that way you are sure to have everything you need. You don't want to miss some precious moments because you tried to save some space. Once you have your recorded dvd, you can 'rip' it with many different kinds of software to your computer. I would suggest ripping it to an mp4 format as its fairly easy to work with. An mp4 format will work well with almost all editing software. Then you can use something like iMovie or Final Cut to edit your final product. I wish you the best of luck!
Thank you.
Thankyou!!!! So helpful!!!!
You are very welcome!
The instructions on how to finalize are on page 32. I have no idea why there is no mention of it in the dubbing instructions. If they're assuming people are going to read the whole instruction book straight through that's just a bad assumption and even if you did, you might not remember it anyway. I wrote on my dubbing pages to turn to 32 for finalizing.
Thank you for that very important observation! I no longer have the machine or the manual, so your comment is greatly appreciated.
@@gregcruze I just dubbed a tape yesterday. It's been a couple of years since I've done it and something went wrong. I found your video looking for some help. I followed all the steps correctly, I don't know what happened. But the next try worked. Thanks for your video!
@@leighann-sl8fc That is great to hear. Thank you for your contribution to this string. I hope users find it helpful!
Hi. The indicator flashes when I push ‘dubbing’ and then stops flashing, but nothing happens. Any ideas?
Very good video but I have one question. I have VHS C tapes which are only 30 min. I would like to put them on one DVD. Can you record each VHS-C tape remove and insert another one and continue doing this to get 4 of them on one dvd and then finalize it after. Rather than using 4 separate disk? Thanks.
Hey Doug, unfortunately I no longer have the DVR. I had to return it to the owner. You could try stopping and switching tapes and continuing as you suggested. That might just work! Good luck!
Thank you so much for your simple explanation! The manual is overwhelming! I bought the double layer DVD+R discs so I could get 4 hours of recording time on one disc instead of 2 hours, but it gives me an error message when I try to press the dub button. Do you know if the double layer is not usable with this machine? Thank you!
Says in the manual you can't use double layer discs, only single layer...
what type of dvd do I use? I have dvd+r. cd-r. amd cd-rw. which is best to transfer vhs to disc? Thanks, Kathie
Hey Kathie, I use DVD+r. It has never failed me. Good Luck1
Kathie, for video you have to use the DVD+R, cd's are for music and pictures.
I'm doing this with a laserdisc player connected and it is telling me it's recording to the disc right now but I have no Idea what that even means because I know it's going to have to burn to the disc. I honestly don't even know if it's capturing or not. It's behaving oddly but the timer does seem to match with my laserdisc players time because I hit record right when the disc was read. I'm trying to figure out if this is a better way to capture my laserdiscs. I plan on ripping with MakeMKV. My other capture device is done through computer called Hauppauge PVR but that's hit a miss. Is this thing actually working with my laserdisc player or does this dvd-r only capture the vhs player connected to it? It's telling me it's recording but I don't know if it really is. I'm quite anxious to find out. I also don't know if I hit the stop button or the red/orange record button to stop it.
I'm not familiar with ripping laserdiscs, but I did find two links that may be helpful: ruclips.net/video/QDlbwl3f39Q/видео.html & ruclips.net/video/RduEpIiG0O0/видео.html These are part 1 & part 2 respectively. Good luck.
where can I find an AFFORDABLE VHS/DVD combo machine to record? they are all over $500 online that I see
I'm guessing they don't want people to be able to record to DVD's...
Amazon
@@30katm eBay or Kijiji but watch what you buy as 95% of decks are broken in some way. Just had to put a $2K VCR into the shop as the caps went in the video output section. For cheapie decks it can be even worse with all around bad electronics, plastic parts, no more rubber parts available, cheap DVD drives, etc. No wonder these were considered throwaway. My bud has gone through 6 units in the past 8 years. Are any fixable? Maybe, if i can cannibalize parts from one or more to get another working...
Found one at my local Goodwill for $20 went another day and got one for $12 bucks a different brand though
Why did these units stop putting headphone jacks on them?
Hello: I was able to successfully connect my unit to the television and visually see the VHS material on the TV screen when played. However I was unable to successfully record or transfer the VHS over to the blank DVD I inserted into the DVD tray. The DVD went through the formatting process and completed. That's where my attempt ran into a wall and I was not able to complete the recording of the VHS tape to the DVD. The blank DVD is an "DVD RW" disc. Can you tell me where I went wrong? Thank you.
Hey Terry, I'm sorry to hear you went through the entire process and had nothing recorded on the DVD. That must be very frustrating. I must confess I no longer have the DVR unit so I'm not able to give you any feedback. You are using the right DVD disc and that should work. The only thing I could suggest is to restart everything and re-do the recording process. If you have a different blank DVD, I would try that too. It's possible your first DVD was bad. I does happen, but not very often. Good Luck and I hope you can get your videos recorded. God Bless & Go Flyers!
What are you guys doing to finalize your recording on your dvd’s if you don’t use a monitor ? or can it be done?
Thanks for this video - very helpful - but when I hit "setup" - it is not allowing me to access DVD options - that is not highlighted and I cannot get to that to finalize the videos - what can I do????
Hey Patty, unfortunately I no longer have the machine. I had to return it to my brother. Hopefully someone reading this thread can respond and answer your question. God Bless!
Thanks
I own a Toshiba DVR620 also. When I inserted a new disc (DVD+R) into the unit for dubbing it begins formatting, but most usually results in an error message telling me to remove the disc because the reading of it would not work. Occasionally the machine proceeds in formatting and allows me to record (dub). But, after the tape ends playing, the machine will not finalize the DVD resulting in an error which tells me it cannot write to the disc. I have thought of three possibile souces of these failures and would appreciate your thoughts. First, I believe the unit's instructions said the machine does not record on DVD-R. Is okay to use DVD+R or DVD +/- R instead? Second is the speed of the disc. A google article says older machines require a disc of lesser speed (perhaps 4x instead of 8x or 16x). Which speed have you successfully used? Third, does the time taken (perhaps a day or two) in between dubbing one tape to one DVD matter?
Thanks, this is very helpful!
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I used dvd+R and it worked. Then all of a sudden, I get the red circle with the slash. Can't dub. I have used 20 or so of the 100 disks on previous dubs. Any ideas? (I did read manual. I also started messing with buttons. Only thing I can figure it the general set up has 4 items listed. I can only click the first two.) Any help is appreciated.
Hey Julie, I returned the DVR some years ago after I transferred all of my tapes, and I no longer have the machine. The only thing I can think of might be the disk somehow may have been damaged after the dub? maybe not. My suggestion might be to re-dub a new disk and see what happens. Sometimes those disks go bad. They usually all do over time. Good luck!
When I go to set up it only has general settings and timer programming. The Titleist and DVD menu are not highlighted. Is there any way to get to the DVD menu?
MinnesotaValues : I have exactly the Toshiba VHS/DVD DVR620 DVR with 1080p upscaling. I actually have a problem with the VHS system,that turns off after 6 seconds of playing and then,when I turn it on (fire it up), the vhs cassette ejects.
And it happens to ALL of the VHS cassettes. it's highly likely worn out,because of a faulty digital board (79105753,model dvr620ku,series d34r4632ku0602)
And great thing ,the digital board that I am talking about is discontinued and it won't be fixed/replaced,because of that case-scenario. I was told about it,back on 9-30-2016.
That's terrible. I did not know that. Thank you for that information.
A ton of these do this, it seems like they were just cheaply made. I found a stack of them in a storage unit once and only one of them didn't have this problem. If you really want to convert VHS to DVD, the cheapest way is to get a TV tuner card for a PC and convert it with your computer. Some cards are only $20.
All you need to do is clean the mode encoder switch.
@@NunYa953 Where is that exactly? Without the service manual, no one will be able to find it. And clean it with what? Alcohol? Something else?
@@hawleygriffon9290
You have to remove the entire mechanism from the board. Problem is, it's soldered to the board. Without some really great soldering skills you're going to destroy the board. Sell it for parts on eBay.
I was watching your video with regard to attaching a Toshiba DVR620KU to a monitor. I tried following your instructions in trying to connect to my desktop computer. It didn't work so can you please tell me how to connect the above Toshiba recorder to my computer. I am running Windows 10 64gig.
Hey Charles, thanks for the question. You will need to burn the video onto a DVD, then 'rip' it to your machine. I'm on a MAC, but I'm sure there are many software options on the PC that will allow you to rip the DVD to your machine. It's not the cleanest way to go, but at least it gets you there. Also, with the DVD, you will have a backup to your precious videos! I hope nothing ever happens to my machine, but at least I will have a DVD backup. Good luck!
Tnx. Visual learner here. Manual was 2 confusing.
Tape to dvd worked but...dvd won't play in my Sony blue ray, computer anywhere but the Tosiba. Any thoughts? ahh haaa maybe I didn't finalize. I did as you suggested-finalized now it plays everywhere. Thanx for the tip...George F
Hey George, sorry the dvd did not work in your Sony blue ray. I have had issues with some of the dvd's that I authored playing in a Sony blue ray. There is/was an issue, but I'm not sure if the new Sony's have corrected. God Bless!
Before you hit the dubbing button do you have the machine set in the dvd mode or the vhs mode
Thats the only reason I came to this video :)
11 months later and still no answer? I would love to know the answer to that question
I’m not d original poster but I believe it’s in the DVD mode. I got my eBay find to start dubbing but it stops after a few seconds and cannot record - my problem might be the DVD disc (Imation DVD +R 8x) so I’ll try other ones.
What blank dvd's do you use? My friend has one of these and it says it can take BOTH DVD - R/RW's & DVD + R/RW's. But it didnt do anything with the + R/RW's.
Kidwave1, I use the +R/RW's, but both should work fine. If you can get your hands on a -R/RW, try it, but your +R/RW should be fine. Good Luck!
@@gregcruze Bro, THANK YOU FOR THE REPLY! We have some - RW's coming in a few days, I'll let you (and any others who might need to know) how it works out. I did notive there is a DVR620 AND a DVR620KU. We have the one without the "KU", but both say they can take either the + or -'s. We'll see.
I have the same set up but my vhs on my vhs/dvd combo doesnt work, so I have a little TV with vhs like yours and a DVD player that works, so cam I hook up my TV with vhs up to my combo vhs/DVD still?
Hey Shannon, I no longer have the Toshiba DVR, but there is a hook up for your camera on the back of the DVR. You can then record from your cam directly to a DVD. I hope that helps!
In the dubbing process for recording a VCR onto a DVD using a DVD+RW, I'd like to know to record onto a 6 hr. DVD say a 2-hr. movie from one VCR & another 2-hr. movie from a different VCR. If at the end of recording the first movie, can I stop the recording process (thus only taking up 2 of the 6 hrs. available on the DVD) and then change the VCR and record more on the same DVD +RW?
Hey Sally, I have never tried that, but it seems like it should work. I think you can 'pause', then swap in a new VHS tape and continue recording onto the same DVD until you go the 'Finalize' step. The only thing I can say is to try it and see what happens. One word of caution is that DVD recorder may be hard coded to stop after 2 hours of recording, but I'm just guessing. No real hard facts. Let me know what happens.
Once I dub my VHS tape to a DVD, can I take that DVD and then download it onto my iMac?
Yes, and I highly recommend it. There are a number of DVD rippers for the iMac. You might find a few free rippers, or one that may let you try it out for free. Find one you like, then download it. If you have a number of DVD's to rip, I suggest finding one and buy it. Good luck!
@@gregcruze I just dubbed my first DVD. I had 40 minutes worth of content on my VHS tape. After finalizing my DVD-R, it only has the first 3 minutes of footage? Not sure where I went wrong? Any suggestions?
@@mojodelgado - that is very strange. I have not experienced that, maybe some one on this board has and can comment. My suggestion is to re-do it, and this time babysit to be sure its recording.
@@gregcruze Thank you for the reply. I am doing it again...another question. Since I am only taping 40 minutes, I will still have about 1 hour and 20 minutes left on my DVD. How can I use the same DVD to convert other contact onto the same DVD? I'm assuming i should not "finalize" the DVD just yet?
@@mojodelgado - Personally, I would use another DVD, but you can try and add on to it. However, once you finalize the DVD, the DVD cannot be added to.
I am having trouble transferring VHS to DVD on my Toshiba DVR630KC using DVD-RW .. I have followed all the step but then the DVD is formatted into DVD-RTAV folder and I can not open it on my Mac Why is this and what step am I missing?
Hey Marilyn, when you put the DVD into your Mac, you will want to launch your "DVD Player" found in your applications folder. Your Mac should recognize your DVD right away, but sometimes it doesn't. I hope that helps! Good luck.
Awesome video. Thank you!
Mine Toshiba doesn't have the option of doubling.
Can you do this without the remote? Can you just plug in a HDMI cord?
Kim, I no longer have the recorder, but if I remember correctly, you do need the remote to get some of the functionality to work properly. Sorry.
I'm not good how to explain, I have Toshiba DVR620KU and when I recorded it on dvd couple times and start to play it work fine then it stop for 2 to 4 sec before next chapter. is there the way can continue without stop before next chapter like vhs tape? Sorry for not being good grammar and explain. Thanks
That must be very frustrating. I'm sorry to hear that. When you record, are you adding anything to the chapters like titles or anything? If so, its possible your Toshiba is adding a few seconds for the titles. That might be causing your delay.
Same as dvr630kc?
Great video everything proven people like myself are fixing a break vhs movies with Scotch tape it starts playing again with out no problem's plus people like myself are cleaning out mode switches in VCR players it starts playing again with out no problem's everything proven people don't let people know about mode switches in VCR players needs a cleaning every now and then everything proven vhs tapes are not the problem at all it's the people who is more of the problem
Hey Josh! That is music to my ears! I hope you enjoy your home movies for many, many years.
can you play the finalized dvd in any dvd player?
Hey Ann, the finalized dvd is not the deciding factor in whether it plays in a particular DVD player or not. It has more to do with the way you burn it on to a DVD. A fact I found out the hard way when playing a wedding video for my daughter and her new husband a few years ago. I'm on a MAC, and the way I burned it, the DVD would not play on a Sony device. Ugh! Very embarrassing. If you need to play it on specific device, burn it and then test it out. Good luck!
I have that exact same TV you had there
Let the tunction tube warm up!! 3:54
THANKYOU SIR!!! Great video!
You are welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@@gregcruze Thanks to you I've figured it all out and now I'm enjoying all my movies from years ago on DVD's thanks again much appreciation!
How doest it record the video on the DVD?, mp4, avi or mpg???
Hey Horacio, I don't remember exactly as it has been a few years since I had the machine, but I can tell you that I was able to rip the DVD on my Apple. If you are using a PC, I'm sure you can do the same thing. I hope that helps! Thank for watching.
When I try to dub from a VHS to a DVD and when I press the dubbing button, the three icons blink together (tape icon, DB icon, disk icon that are lined up one on top of the other) and nothing happens.
Larry D Bass I have the exact same problem, have you found a solution to that problem? Thank you
Me too. Did you ever figure it out?
Dan Pittsley I am having the same problem. Did you ever figure it out?
Mathew Hart If I remember correctly, my problem was that I needed a different brand/type of dvd to record on. The manual lists some specific types that are guaranteed to work.
Dan Pittsley I’ve tried 4 or 5 different brands now, plus different types like -R, +R, and +RW with no luck. Whenever I hit the Dubbing button I just get the red circle with a line through it on the screen. Have also tried formatting the dvd before hand as well with no luck.
Good video. Is DVD+R compatible with this player?
Yes! Good luck!
Is there a way to finalize the Dvd without the remote? My guess is no:)..
Hey Jazz, I no longer have the DVR unit, but if I remember correctly, I needed the remote. Maybe there is a way to navigate to the proper screen via the buttons on the DVR, but if there is, I don't remember. You might be able to use another, similar, remote to navigate too. I wish you the best of luck.
I have tried different dvd's. They all come up showing disc error playback function may not be available when I try loading. What am I doing wrong
I no longer have the machine, but I believe you need DVD r+ to record.
@@gregcruze no DVD will load. I did try DVD +r
Can you pause this if you want to add another VHS tape to the dvd?
I believe so, but remember you have a 2 hour limit on your DVD. Please try it and respond to this thread as to what you found out. I'm curious myself. Thanks for the question.
Sure, I just got this machine and still messing around with it, both the vhs are less than 2 hrs combined so once I try I'll let you know, thanks for the video by the way.
Dang, this is the answer I was looking for and there's no update 😔
3:59 Hey tech setup (DVD/VCR combo and TV), can you make up your mind? Are we on input LINE2 or L1?
line2, but you can use any input you like.
@@gregcruze I was making jokes.
I have that model and it keeps stopping after it goes to the next segment.Is there a way I can get it to transfer my whole vhs?
I wonder if your issue is related to '123456RaulMorales' comment below? It should continue regardless of a change in segments. Many of my tapes did have multiple segments on them and it transferred fine. I know its a pain, but are you able to copy the segment after restarting the tape? If so, you will end up going through more DVD's than you would like, but you could rip them all to your PC/Mac and put them all together with Final Cut Pro or something like that.
this video is GREAT! the instructions that came with the recorder sucks!
Glad it worked for you Violet!
Hello MinnesotaValues,
First, thank you for this tutorial. Straight forward, and easy to watch. Very helpful. I'm hoping you can help me with something. I bought this model in 2013, and have had it in a sealed container when not using. A couple days ago, I recorded a tape I bought on Ebay (vintage skateboarding), and the tape played and I recorded it to DVD. I noticed flickering/flashing throughout the video. When I went to rewind, the tape split, but I was still able to eject with no problems. I might have gotten a bad tape. I also experienced the issue where the model shuts down when inserting a vhs. However, I've played another vhs all the way through, noticed the flickering/flashing, but let it play. I was able to rewind the whole tape, and I went to record it to dvd and it is still flickering/flashing. It's not the end of the world, but it would be really nice to know how to figure out a solution to this problem. I've looked into vhs head cleaners, dry and wet, and based on mixed reviews online I'm just not so sure I should use these products. Also, there is a component that can be cleaned to solve this issue, but I don't think that's the problem. Can you help me out, or give any advice/links to where to find the correct information to solve this issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated, and thanks again for making this tutorial.
- Paul Harwood
Hey Paul, I had a similar issue with one of my very old tapes. I was able to get it to work by adjusting the 'tracking' button. That may not work on the entire tape, but it might help. Here is a link to the User Guide. Good luck! support.toshiba.com/support/modelHome?freeText=2805106
Hey MinnesotaValues,
Thank you so much for the quick reply. And thank you for the tip. I did try tracking, which did help. Can you check out this sample video I posted? ruclips.net/video/aYd4mNPYPYg/видео.html At around 2 seconds into the video the white flash occurs. I've researched for hours and it could be a number of things causing this, and possibly the tracking. Any other input would be great. Thanks.
- Paul
It's a cute video, but the flash is very odd. I've never seen that before. I don't think there is any way to eliminate it even if you used FinalCut. It almost looks like a camera flash. I wonder if its some kind of artifact of the tape itself? I know that is a stretch. It is something that I could live with myself. I don't know of any filter you could apply to get rid of it either. Sorry wasn't much help. Good luck!
Hey MinnesotaValues,
Thanks. That was me as a kid. I'm 27 now lol. It's odd because the Toshiba player does this with every tape. However, I plugged the rca to the Toshiba, and the 3.5mm end to a Sony minidv cam. This is a pass through, and when I play the vhs from the Toshiba on the minidv camera, it doesn't flash. So I ordered a Firewire card, and am going to transfer the vhs tapes to my computer using this method. The only thing I'm worried about is image degradation. When I used the rca cables and burned a minidv tape from the minidv camera to dvd, the quality was lower than using a firewire cable. So I'm not sure if the quality will suffer or not, but I cannot think of another way to get this to work unless buying another vhs/dvd combo or getting this one repaired. I called a technician and in 45 years of this business he's never heard of this issue. He thinks it could be the processor and would be expensive to fix. Have you by any chance captured vhs tapes in the method I described? And if so, was there a significant hit in quality? Sorry for the all the questions lol. I do appreciate your feedback.
- Paul
Hello MinnesotaValues and anyone else reading this,
I have an update on the white flash issue. It seems to be the main board that is at fault. I tried multiple things, and found this out with using justanswer.com. I was able to pay $5 for a week trial and got some answers to my questions. If anyone has a Toshiba TV, and the screen is just flickering on that TV, you can unplug everything from the TV except the power cord, hold the power button on the TV for 60 seconds. Let go, and then unplug the TV from the wall socket or surge protector. Then wait 10 minutes, and see if the flickering has gone away. Another solution is take the backlight down to 70 or 50. Anyways, I was able to purchase a used Toshiba DVR (different model but apparently the same as the one I have). I'm waiting for it to be delivered, but I will provide an update because I think it might help anyone who is reading this. I don't mean to write too many comments on your RUclips video, I just appreciate that you tried to help me, and figured I would let your audience know what helped in my current situation. Anyways, I hope all is well with you. Thanks again for your help.
- Paul Harwood
Having issues here. Need help. When I do all of the steps i get the Red Circle with a slash through it..
Using DVD+R Sony brand.
Does a DVD+R need to be formatted?
1. Insert DVD
2. Play and Pause Tape
3. DVD button
4. REC MODE XP selected
5. Push DUBBING
After that process i get a Blue screen No video playing and big Red Circle with a slash.
I use DVD+R Verbatim, but, no, it doesn't need to be formatted. The only issue I see is step #4 Rec Mode XP. I think if you try and select a slower mode than what your source tape is, I don't think it will work. Can you use default mode? I think the default is 'standard' speed. Otherwise, It should work for you. Let me know what happens when you use the standard mode.
One other comment, if you look at my video above beginning at the 7:00 minute mark, I mention that you have to wait a period of time for your blank DVD to load. If you try and dub before its ready, you will get that circle with a slash through it. That may be the issue, if not, see my other comment below.
Figured out the problem. Didn't think it was needed for dubbing but the Source needs to be set on L1. Took a while but I got it dialed in.
Crs Holmes I think I have the same problem. What did you do? You changed the set up to l1? Not sure to understand what it means ! Thank you :)
Crs Holmes thank u! I am closer to being able to dub. This simple change got my dubbing started except it stopped less than a minute later though I think that’s a disc problem so I will try another brand.
VCR players are 55 dollars online and clean tapes are 10 dollars everything proven people like myself are buying everything off eBay now days how hard finding is that
Thank you for this. I read the comment from Karen Requa. I cannot play the copies I made. What do I do?
Oh i see the answer...Finalize
I found one of these and it's a great machine, however, for the price they're asking on eBay ($200-ish) it's cheaper to buy an entire used PC and a video capture card. If you already have a PC, you can just buy a video capture card for as cheap as $20. Connect any old VCR to the capture card, and use whatever software you want to import the video onto your computer. Then, if you want, you can burn a DVD from the footage you captured. The added benefit of using a computer is you can edit the video in any way you want.
does it play s-vhs tapes
You da man
I had that exact same crt tv
Thanks for the video! Is it possible to finalize without the remote?
The remote is the only way I know of. I hope you didn't lose your remote!
Dvd record remote 9:04
This Toshiba DVD recorder has a auto finalizing on it you got to go into the setup and all that you'll figure it out do anything I can't figure out is how to change the DVD speed from EP 2 SP 2 exp 1 hour you set it up on SP and that's standard speed to record a 2-hour VHS tape where is it on this bloody machine how do you change that
And it’ll start it 5:34
How to copy tv-shows to the Toshiba DVR620 DVD Recorder