m100
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RE: Frustrated with dvd recorder
I hope i can explain this properly. I have a tv set with two scarts and red/yellow/white connection at the front. I also have a sony dvd recorder with built in freeview. An old dvd player is connected to the tv via one of the scarts - if this is switched on the tv automatically defaults to what is playing on it or its screensaver. The dvd recorder is connected via the r/y/w inputs and you have to switch to them to get that picture. So to cut a long story short connect the dvd recorder via the r/y/w if you can - if you've got a tv that doesn't have them - like i have in the bedroom i suspect you're knackered but then i'm not that techno minded so someone else may know if it's possible, either way good luck.
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Dreamlander
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RE: Frustrated with dvd recorder
If you go into 'services' on your Sky box then go to 'system setup' and then 'picture settings' you will see 'Scart control' This should be set to off and the TV will not receive the AV1 trigger and should stay on terrestrial TV.If this doesn't work because some TV's ignore this then do what the above poster suggests.Scart leads have the 'trigger' wire in them so will always try to overrule any other mode the TV is in.If you only have scart connectors on your DVD recorder then you need to get a pair of scart to composite adaptors.This is just a small connector with a scart socket on one side and yellow,white and red RCA connectors on the other. Connect these two with a triple Y,W and R lead and you should be OK.The only down side to this is you will be recording composite video instead of RGB video which is of a higher quality.I have done this though and to be honest you won't notice the difference when recording the 900 channels as most of them don't have a high enough resolution to show any improvement the RGB may offer.
Hope this helps!
Dreamlander
If your setup is Sky>Recorder>TV then this will work.If it's Recorder>Sky>TV then the lead needs to be between Sky>TV.
(This post was last modified: 03-02-2009 09:58 by Dreamlander.)
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03-02-2009 09:28 |
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Dreamlander
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RE: Frustrated with dvd recorder
Unfortunately it is not possible with a standard or Plus box.The Plus box will obviously record two channels itself but will only output the channel you are playing or watching.The amount of times I have wished that the AV2 output could be switched to output recorded programmes so I could convert to DVD and still watch Sky! It would save time and still allow me to not miss something on TV! I would love a Sky Plus box with a built in DVD recorder but I think Sky are worried about the thousands of extra phone calls and call outs they would have to deal with when trying to explain to non techy folk how everything worked!
Glad the fix worked!
Dreamlander
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03-02-2009 20:06 |
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