Which leads go where????????

susi

Help!!!!
my daughter bought me a dvd recorder for xmas, just trying to set it all up, can any of you people tell me what leads go where, I have the TV, a video recorder, freeview box and now the dvd recorder and numerous scart leads etc, its like spaghetti junction behind my tv!!!!!!!!! I suppose I could do without the video recorder now..........................HELP!!!!!

trisontana

Is this any help ? :-

http://ws4.richersounds.com/information.php?cda=static&cst=tips_setting-up-system&SID=5db0faf738ba2aaed724744bea20dc93

coolagarry

and this might help
http://www.solihull-online.com/elec-main.htm

OK_Sauce

Do you intend keeping your VCR or are you replacing it with the DVD recorder. How many Scart sockets do your new DVD, TV, and Freeview box have?

susi

Well Im still scratching my head here!!!!!!
Right I have one of those multi scart sockets attached to my tv (allows 3 scart plugs to be inserted) The way I have it now is ariel into my freeview box, the out lead from my freeview to my tv. Scart socket into my tv, then scart from socket into the freeview box, 2nd scart from freeview box to the dvd recorder. I can get them both to work independantly but not all together. I thought about putting a scart from the dvd to the tv but would I still be able to record from the freeview box................sorry If I sound a bit on the dumb side, my ex used to do all this techie stuff I just used the remotes!!!!

susi

O.K. (bare with me here) ariel straight into freeview, out of freeview in to dvd recorder, out of dvd recorder in to tv
Scart out of tv into freeview, out of freeview into dvd recorder?????
is that about right

gizmoleeds

susi wrote:

O.K. (bare with me here) ariel straight into freeview, out of freeview in to dvd recorder, out of dvd recorder in to tv
Scart out of tv into freeview, out of freeview into dvd recorder?????
is that about right

That sounds good

(Don't you have a video recorder too? )

susi

Yeh giz, but have decided to forget about that until I have got this lot sorted, I still dont seem to be able to set it up yet????????

gizmoleeds

susi wrote:

Yeh giz, but have decided to forget about that until I have got this lot sorted, I still dont seem to be able to set it up yet????????

It all sounds correct from what you have described

susi

Wheww managed to get it in the end, thanks all who helped!!!!! Just one more question................should I be able to tune the extra channels (from the freeview) on the dvd and will I be able to record these also?

gizmoleeds

susi wrote:

Wheww managed to get it in the end, thanks all who helped!!!!! Just one more question................should I be able to tune the extra channels (from the freeview) on the dvd and will I be able to record these also?

Yes, if the Freeview is connected to the video by scart. There will probably be an "AV" button on the DVD remote. You will only be able to record the channel you are watching though (not physically watching, but the Freeviewbox will only output one channel at a time so you couldn't record E4 while watching Sky News if you see what I mean (but you could record E4 while watching BBC1)).