I also have a Magnavox MWR20V6 DVR/VCR combo. I bought it just over a year ago to transfer my VHS home videos to DVD. I only used this about three times before it broke (after the warranty expiration, of course). When powering on, the VCR portion makes a sickening grinding sound, whether or not there is a tape in it. You have to coax a tape in, then it will play for 6 seconds and turn off. When hitting the standby button to reactivate it, it ejects the tape and makes the same noise. I have looked inside, but can't identify the source of the problem. There are no foreign objects. Has anyone else had this malfunction? Is it even worth having fixed?
whitedog, March 2008