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I have a Compacks DVD recorder that has one Scart socket titled `Scart Out`. It also has a couple of S Video sockets.

I have a Sky box with two scart sockets....TV Out and VCR Out.

I have a new widescreen TV with two scart sockets.

Once connected, the auto tune on the DVD recorder picks up mthe terrestrial channels, but It doesn`t see the Sky signal.

I have connected the TV out on sky to my TV. I have connected the `VCR out` on my Sky box to the single VCR on the DVD Recorder and I`ve also tried connecting a scart (that converts to S Video and the three audio type cables) into the `S Video input`, but the dvd recorder still doesn`t pick up the sky signal. I called sky who told me how to connect it all up, and they made it worse.

Basically, I`ve tried every way i can think of connected them up, but the dvd still doesn`t see the sky signal. Everything else works perfectly, but i can`t record sky.....and I had the same problem with my old vcr.

Can anyone help before the lot gets chucked through the window????

Thansk

Is the Scart to S.Video in & out. You may have a Scart to S Video in but you need one that is Scart to S Video OUT (going IN to the DVD recorder). Assuming you have this then (I don`t know your recorder so I`m guessing) there should be an A/V switch. Usually it`s A/V 2 that is best but sometimes A/V 1 or A/V 3 can be used. Try this first then we can progress further.

This item was edited on Thursday, 21st October 2004, 16:11

I have a scart adaptor that I can switch to input or output, so i switch it to output and connect to the vcr out on sky. The S video connector and the three other leads are in the `input` on the dvd recorder....but nothing?

I will have another look tonight and get back to you......

Thanks for your help!

Try this:

TV scart on Sky to the TV.
Scart from Compacks to VCR Scart on Sky.

now, when you watch Sky, it`ll automatically come up on the TV AV channel.
When you hit "play" the DVD recorder will override Sky and show on the same AV.
To record from Sky, Record on the DVDR AV1

If turning on the DVDR overrides Sky completely that you cannot view it, you need to double the output from the Sky TV scart, one to another AV on the telly, and one as mentioned above.

Technically should work, but I don`t know how the Compacks is wired (if it`s 21 pin in and out, it`ll work ok), no switchbox required

Jimbo : oÞ

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I have a scart adaptor that I can switch to input or output, so i switch it to output and connect to the vcr out on sky. The S video connector and the three other leads are in the `input` on the dvd recorder....but nothing?

Something just jumped out at me here-you say you`ve connected an s-video connector and 3 `other` leads. IS this a Scart lead to S video/composite out lead?

.I`m assuming these three `other` leads go into phono sockets, right? If so, it sounds like you have connected the two audio leads and also the video phono lead as well to give you a composite connection, and you also have the Svideo coming from the same output (i.e. your Sky box) connected at the same time.

Some recorders that have Svideo and composite connections share an input-in other worlds you can attach either SVideo OR Composite, but not both.

If this is the way you are set up, pull out the phono plug marked `Video` from the back of your recorder-it may then work. You need to leave the two audio ones in though

I had this problem with a panasonic vcr .

sky uses channel 69 on the rf bandwidth . but on the vcr it would only receive channel signals between 21 and 68 .

Might be worth checking this on yours . best of luck .

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sky uses channel 69 on the rf bandwidth
Sky uses whatever output frequency you set it to, but this is AV connections, not RF :/

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but on the vcr it would only receive channel signals between 21 and 68 .
UK spec is UHF channels 21-69 minimum, if it didn`t (doesn`t) do that and under warranty I would promptly return to the store and request a replacement or my money back.....nicely of course :D

Unless it was a belter of a video...then I`d just shove summat onto another frequency to handle it...

...although come to think of it, I`d never have found the problem as I`ve never had a unit output on channel 69! Lol

Jimbo : oÞ