Page 1 of connection hook up probs any info ? /baztheman or clayts s.o.s

got myself a jvc svhs vcr from currys to replace my mono hitachi al i done was disconnect the 2 scarts from the back removed old vcr put new one in cabinet i can not get it to work like the other vcr pevious i had av2 on tv and vcr and dvd all on one channel and just my sky digibox on av1 and record sky on av1 its doing my head in good style you can either watch dvd of sky but the way it was connected before will not work what is the correct way to set up the leads the tv has 2 scarts av1 av2 the vcr has 2 scarts av1 and av2 although it says in the booklet that av2 on the vcr is for sat from my dvd i have scart. any info please model of vcr is hrs6722ek cheers folks!

Best way to go about it is :

SKY digibox : Scart from VCR-out to AV2 on VCR
SKY digibox : Scart from TV-out to AV2 on TV
DVD : Scart from AV1 to AV1 on TV (assuming this is the RGB enabled socket on the telly)

Can you disable Macrovision on your DVD ?

Anyway, if you want to tape off SAT, just set the VCR to record off LINE2 or INPUT2 or AV2.

The other glaringly obvious thing you may have neglected to do is to ensure that you have the old fashioned RF lead between the digibox and the new VCR, and again from the new VCR to the TV (if you didn`t do this you wouldn`t see analogue terrestrial TV, or be able to tape it the same time as watching Sky).

Give it a go and see where you end up. (I have to confess I got a bit lost in the melee of non-punctuation there, Mickey !!!)

chers clayts im gonna have another go my rf leads are connected and my dvd is macro disabled

How many SCART sockets do you have on your DVD player, Micky ?

The other thought that popped into my head during last night`s mad thunderstorms was that sometimes equipment can interfere with each other - you may be able to tweak the RF output on the Sky box a little.

ive got my dvd and my digibox on av1 on my vcr is i put my dvd onto av2 when i switch to av2 i get nothing at all i can either record off dvd or digibox on av1 on my old vcr i could record dvd on av2 and my sky was on av1 theres only composite to scart lead from my dvd 1 only i cant rember what the configuration was with the previous way i had it but ive tried that many combos i must of tried it it seems the vcr somwhow works different than the other i had any suggestions cheers clayts !

I bought the same video from Currys on Sunday. My NTL box has a TV and a Video Scart. I connected AV1 on the video to the video scart on the ntl box and AV2 to my nintendo. Cable gets sent to the TV from the TV scart on the ntl box. Cable can be recorded on AV1 (L1) and by selecting L2 I can view (and I assume record) the nintendo, but I have to switch off the ntl to see it as the nintendo doesn`t do scart switching. Press play on the video and I see videos on the TV. So if I had my dvd on AV2 I guess it would work OK like this for me.
Let me know if you want more.
Dave

i cant get it to seperate the 2 av channels i can either copy dvd or sky and not watch the other also how do you rate the vcr in picture quality i was a bit dissapointed and im using svhs tapes cheers.

Ah I see, I understand your problem now. You need a seperate connection for both your dvd and sky box to both your TV and video to get around that problem I`m thinking, how many scarts/connections do you have on the TV and DVD?
I was impressed by its playback of pre-recorded and homemade tapes done on other machines, I haven`t tried recording with it yet. I`ll get some s-vhs tapes and let you know what I think.
Dave

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cheers bud my tv has 2 scarts av1 av2 my dvd 1 scart out which is composite/scart its just racking my heed in i know that they worked ok before on my old vcr

Watching either while recording the other?
I tried to think it through with my setup tonight, I don`t think it can be set up to do what you want with the connections you have. You should be able to set it up so you can watch dvd while recording cable, fine. If you want to occasionally back up a dvd or two while watching sky I think you`ll need to swap cables around in order to do it, that is if you want digital picture and stereo, otherwise just pick up the RF signal on the tv, as clayts suggested, while legitimately backing up your dvds.

UEFA got in the way of me testing recording in s-vhs, but I`ll post a new s-vhs topic once I`ve done it.

Dave

This item was edited on Wednesday, 16th May 2001, 23:19