Hi all,

Have had one of these machines for a few months now, but connected via component. I'm now using it with a different TV, and was planning to loop a Sky+ box through it, however when I put the ES10 the looped signal reverts to composite. Is this normal behaviour, or is it refund time? I could of course connect it on other ways, but this seems the only way for consistent RGB quality (the Sky+ box has one RGB output, but can loop through, and the TV has on RGB SCART).

Of course the manual states it has RGB In, but I can't find a definate answer on whether it should loop RGB on standby.

TIA

It should loop through RGB in standby - make sure your connections are as follows:

1. Scart cable from TV scart socket on Sky box to AV2 on ES10

2. Scart cable from AV1 on ES10 to AV1 (or RGB scart input) on the TV

3. Make sure the Sky box is set to output RGB on the settings menu and similarly on the ES10

4. Turn the ES10 and make sure that you can see the Sky output when you select AV2 as the source. When you switch the ES10 into standby the picture should disappear for a second or two but then reappear. If it doesn't then it could be a dodgy scart lead that isn't fully wired, or there may be a fault with the ES10

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the reply - had the set-up menu OK, but alas a dodgy SCART lead was what was causing the issue. (Pity, I don't need the recorder any more and could do with taking it back!).