I have a wharfedale dvd recorder and its worked perfectly (except for the occasional lock up, then I just unplug it and plug it in again).

But it was recording a programme to the HDD and I noticed that the little screen (with the timer etc...) had blanked out, but the light around the record button was still on. I turned on my TV, and if I remember rightly, it was frozen on a black screen, and nothing worked.

I unplugged it, and pluged it in again, and the fan started up and the off light came on. But the screen was still blank. And there was still no response from the remote or any buttons.

I left it overnight but it still doesn't work.
Does anyone know what is going on and what I can do to try and resolve it?
I'm desperate and I really don't want to return it because I have lots and lots of important recordings I hadn't yet put onto DVD.