I own a similar Video Cassette Recorder - Mitsubishi HS-U59(C).
We cannot program a recording date past Dec. 31, 2007. This must be a form of built-in obsolesence. There is nothing in our manual to indicate how to get past the year 2007.
Gary
January 2008
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