Panasonic DMR-EH80VE VCR DVD/HD Recorder Combo

Thanks to Keith Riding for providing this information

With Panasonic DMR-EH80VE VCR DVD/HD combo recorder you can copy protected VHS to DVD/HD without any external VCR.
The DMR-EH80VE is an European model (E states for Europe) and it has SCART inputs & outputs. To connect Grex to the SCART connector you can use Xdimax SCART adapter.
Here is step by step guide on how to setup DMR-EH80VE to record protected VHS to DVD/HD.

STEP 1

Select HDD or DVD with your remote. After that using INPUT SELECT button choose AV3 as Input channel.

STEP 2

Hook up Grex between AV2 SCART Video Output and AV3 Video input. For details refer to the picture on the right. Click the picture to enlarge it.

STEP 3

Hook up Audio leads from DMR-EH80VE AV2 SCART Audio Left/Right output to AV3 Audio Input.

STEP 4

Place Blank DVD Disk into DVD Recorder (If you are going to record to DVD not HD ) & press RECORD. If you are recording to HD select HDD and press RECORD.

STEP 5

Immediately after that Select VHS and press PLAY to start VHS playback.

* Note that this way you could not copy Protected DVD to HD as DVD to HD connection has only internal path. So to copy protected DVD to HD on DMR-EH80VE you will have to use External DVD Player and Grex.