Can I record from a Humax freeview box?

martin57

Hi folks,

Just wondering if I can record from a Humax freeview hd box onto a dvd recorder that uses the blank media, doens't have a built in hard drive?

Thanks
martin57

santer_2

Should work if you connect the scart sockets

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/digital-tv-receivers/humax-hd-fox-t2-668320/review?artc_pg=3

Which DVD Recorder have you got?

martin57

Thanks for reply. I have a panasonic dvd/recorder hooked up to the the Humax, the humax is last in the chain before the tv.

If I am watching the Humax and I switch on the panasonic I can watch dvd's no problem, but can't see the Humax channels on any of the AV channels of the dvd recorder, I have tried adding an extra scart but no good.

Martin

torbrex

I always thought that the device doing the recording had to receive the channels as well.

santer_2

Have you got the exact model as panasonic only show these as current

http://shop.panasonic.co.uk/DVD-Recorders/DVD%20Recorders,en_GB,sc.html

Hopefully it isn't analogue

googler

santer wrote: »

Have you got the exact model as panasonic only show these as current

http://shop.panasonic.co.uk/DVD-Recorders/DVD%20Recorders,en_GB,sc.html

Hopefully it isn't analogue

It won't make any difference whether the DVD recorder has an analogue or freeview tuner, if the OP is feeding it via a SCART from the Humax.....

EDIT - the DVD recorder would have to be 'last in the chain before the TV' for this to hold........


OP, what do you mean you can't 'see' the Humax on any of the AV channels? Are you taking an output from the DVD recorder to the TV to monitor it?

santer_2

I understood that you might be able to record the channel the TV is tuned to

googler

No, the OP is trying to record from the channel the Humax is tuned to....

OP, does the TV have two AV (SCART) sockets? If so, connect the Humax to one and the DVD recorder to the other. Connect a SCART between the Humax and the recorder using their other SCARTs.

To watch the Humax, select on the TV the AV that the Humax is plugged into

To watch the DVD or monitor what you're recording to it from the Humax, select that AV on the TV.

googler

martin57 wrote: »

Hi folks,

Just wondering if I can record from a Humax freeview hd box onto a dvd recorder that uses the blank media, doens't have a built in hard drive?

Does HD in this context mean High Definition or Hard Drive?

If you mean Hard Drive, then Yes - take a SCART out from the Humax to the DVD recorder SCART in, press Play on the Humax and Record on the DVD, and Mildred's your Auntie....

martin57

Thanks for replies. I have everything set up the way I want it except for the panasonic not being able to record the humax.

I have 2 scarts on my tv, one is occupied by the sky box another by cctv camera, the humax goes to the tv through RCA.

I need the humax to receive the Irish digital channels in case you are wondering why have sky box as well.

Its a panasonic DMR-ES10EB

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DMR-ES10EB-S-DVD-Disc-Recorder/dp/B0009EFO6C

about 7/8 years old I think.

I switch on the humax and then switch on the panasonic and the panasoic channels show up fine and will play dvd's no problem (the signal going from the panasoic through to the humax through scart) but on the panasonic's 4 av the humax channels don't show up, I have tried running a second scart from humax to panasonic but still no good.

Maybe the panasonic recorder is too old and not meant to reveive the humax channels.

its a standard humax hd (high definition) no hard drive in it.

Thanks a lot for all the help

Martin57

santer_2

If post 6 here doesn't help then maybe someone there can pinpoint things

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=316407

It mentions a different freeview box but the Panasonic settings may be similar