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Saving programms from BT vision box
rob_simon
02-09-2013
I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times but I'm stuck!

We have a BT Vision box on which some programmes are recorded which I would like to transfer to DVD.

We have a 2005 panasonic TV that does not cope with digital ariels, the vision box is connect through a scart cable.

I have a 2005 Panasonic DMR-E50 hard disc recorder and theoretically, it should be possible to play the television signal into the DVD recorder which will pick it up as a channel in its own right.

The problem is that I haven't been able to get the E50 to recognise any channels. Oddly, the manual makes no mention of the two scart sockets it has! Years ago, I managed to connect a video recorder with no problem doing it this way but I think I was using a RGB input.

If anyone can suggest the wiring needed, I'd be most grateful. Appreciate that this will be an analogue transfer.

Yours hopelessly

Rob
chrisjr
02-09-2013
The best (and possibly only) way to do thius is connect the Vision box to the recorder via SCART. Not familiar with the Vision box but not many PVRs these days have a UHF modulator which produces a signal you can tune the recorder into.

But in any case SCART is higher quality and potentially easier. The recorder should be able to record from SCART. You just have to identify what it calls it, usually something like AV, AUX, EXT, LINE or just L and a number if there is more than one SCART.

Ideally you would use the "TV" SCART on the Vision box (if it has two) rather than the "VCR" (may be called other things, if a number use SCART 1) as that is often the only SCART wired for full RGB video mode which will give you the best quality recording. You will also need to connect the SCART lead to the correct socket on the recorder, again only one might be wired for RGB input.

I would be very surprised if the manual didn't mention the SCART sockets at all. Panasonic normally do describe everything reasonably well.
rob_simon
02-09-2013
ChrisJr

Thanks for your generosity of time. The answer was under my nose and you gave me the final push!

I finally got a setting that produced a direct picture via scart and of course, all I have to do is press "record"!

Thanks again!
chrisjr
02-09-2013
If you go here

http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_G...239/index.html

enter DMR-E50 as the model number you can find the online manual.

I picked the first two Instruction Manual entries in the list. Download either of those. In both you can click on the Table of Contents at the start to find a page, so click on "Recording from a VCR". That suggests that you can plug the Vision box into AV2 on the Panasonic, select RGB mode and record from that.
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