Model SD-26VBSB DVD Player/Vid​eo Cassette Recorder.

Question

Your search engine does not recognise this model; I realise that it is quite old [October 2005] but it still works. I want to copy some VHS tapes to DVD and I'm not sure how to do it. I was hoping to get a manual but can't because the message just comes up: 'not found, please check number' ID plate says model is a DVD Player/Video Cassette Recorder.
Do you have any instructions for carrying out this task? Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This is the Toshiba link for manuals:
http://www.toshiba-om.net/DVD/dvd_chooser.php?coun​try=United%20Kingdom&language=English
It gives another link to get to pre-2008 manuals, which is here:
ftp://CCFTPcustomer:[email protected]/CCFTP/M​anuals
As for your question about creating a file on your hard drive... do you have a USB device that accepts RCA video and audio inputs, and software that will convert the incoming stream into a movie file (AVI, MPG, etc.)? If you do, you can certainly use the VHS component of this machine to play the tape back, but the DVD component won't enter into it at all. You'd need DVD authoring software on your computer to convert the AVI/MPG/etc. file into an ISO DVD image that could then be burned to a DVD.
I'd advise you to get the UK equivalent of the US model Toshiba DVR620. Presumably there is such a UK model. There may be a Toshiba UK community forum like this one; if so that would be a better place to check with other users.