Recording from TV with Freeview

ritchie

I have a TV with integrated Freeview box included, and wish to use my DVD recorder to record some programmes on the freeview...through the DVD player all i can receive is the normal 1-5 channels.
main aerial is connected to DVD recorder, which in turn is connected to TV via scart. any tips/advice?

cheers

sicker

Sorry if this sounds stupid but have you switched your T.V. to aux channel ?

John

ritchie

sicker wrote:

Sorry if this sounds stupid but have you switched your T.V. to aux channel ?

John[/QUOTE}

stupid sounding...but what do you mean aux channel?

sicker

As well as buttons 1 - 0 for channel selection there should be an aux. button on your remote control to switch between normal viewing and your digi box channels.

John.

ritchie

Hi there
Theres a button on remote to switch from digital TV to normal transmission TV. Also button to seect the input source for the TV.

But if i use the DVD player/recorder (LG make) it only lets me view the normal 1-5 channels..what i need my DVD player to know is can a TV with integrated Freeeview have an output so that i can record to via DVD recorder?

sammyy

Have you tried running the aerial to the tv instead of the dvd recorder?

peterfleet

With an integrated digital tuner in your TV, you will need to have a type of TV that has one of its scart sockets able to output what is displayed on the TV.

Your TV operating instructions will show you if this is the case and how to set the operating mode of the scart socket to feed the signal from the TV to your recorder.

Please note that while you are recording in this way, you cannot watch a different channel from what is recording. To overcome this you would need a second but independent digital tuner connected to your recorder.

ritchie

sammyy wrote:

Have you tried running the aerial to the tv instead of the dvd recorder?

the DVD player handbook suggests the aerial to the DVD player first..but i could give it a go...

Woby_Tide

Peterfleet is correct. Read the manual(stating the obvious) but most Integrated TV's will either automatically output the digital TV signal via one of the scarts on the TV(If it also has an analogue tuner then the system setup may allow you to output analogue or digital so you will need to select digital as the option to output. You'll then need to set your DVD recorder to record from the signal being output from the TV. I.e. if the scart cable from the TV goes into the DVD recorders AV1 socket, then switch your DVD recorder to be channel AV1 or A1 before recording.

You won't be able to change the digital channel on the TV whilst recording, but you can always swicth to the analogue tuner and it will still be outputting the digital signal via the scart. likewise if you switch the TV off the signal will stop going to the recorder. You will need to use the TV's in built timer recorder to ensure the digital signal is still being output if you wish to turn the TV off.