connection problem
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I have a toshiba TV with 3 scarts, Video recorder with 2 scarts & a Sky box. I am buying a DVD recorder. I want to record onto DVD form Sky, Playback from DVD recorder and Playback from the Video recorder. Also record From Video recorder to DVD recorder. Can anybody help me with the connections. Thanks
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I would suggest TV>Sky>DVDr>VCR as the first one to try. Make sure the SCART marked 'TV' (or AV1 etc) on each device is on the TV side, and then try everything out that you want to do. It's a case of trial-and-error really, be careful not to bend the pins on the SCART plugs when you move the plugs around.
Sky output to VCR input.
VCR output to DVD recorder input
DVD recorder output to TV input.
With that order (assuming everything passes through the signals) the VCR will be able to record Sky, the DVD recorder will be able to record both Sky and the VCR and the TV will be able to view all three. You may run into problems though since the video will only handle (at best) s-video, and may not pass through RGB (which is what the TV, Sky and likely the DVD recorder will use). This is further complicated by the fact that one of the pins used by s-video on SCART is the same as one of the pins used by RGB on SCART.
Actually, a better solution would be to get a SCART switcher. The problem with "chaining" devices as above is, for example, if you were copying a tape to DVD, you wouldn't be able to watch Sky while the copying was in progress.
Choosing a SCART switch isn't simple either, as there aren't many that handle RGB correctly and none that I know of that can cope with two devices capable of recording, one RGB and one s-video. You'd need at least two switches to give you full flexibility (so you could record from anything to anything while watching something else at the same time).
Or resort to low quality UHF (through the aerial) connections.
Graeme