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Old 09-08-2007, 12:44
oxford4eyes
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Brought a new lcd 42inc tv last week thought i had all the scart leads in right but when i went to watch sky last night i could not cos i was recording on my dvd recorded so it would not come though ext1 which i watch sky on.
this is my set up
TV scart 1 is pluged to a 3 way link
TV scart 2 surround sound dvd 1 only 1 scart on this
SKY BOX scart 1 to dvd recorder scart 1
SKY BOX scart 2 to link 1
DVD RECORDER scart 2 to link 2
Hope this help this is how i think it worked before?
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Old 09-08-2007, 14:30
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You need to select Link1 on the link box rather than Link2.
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Old 10-08-2007, 11:40
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tried that did'nt work
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Old 10-08-2007, 11:52
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Try swapping the Sky and DVD Recorder scart connectors at the scart switch end to see if it makes any difference. If it worked before then maybe the scart switch is kaput.

Does the Sky box do scart pass through? I'm wondering if you actually need the the scart switch.

Another other option maybe is to connect the Sky box directly to TV scart 1 and use the scart switch on TV scart 2 between the DVD recorder and DVD Surround sound.
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Old 10-08-2007, 15:03
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Shouldn't the Sky box scart 1 go to the switch and Sky scart 2 to the DVD recorder?
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Old 10-08-2007, 15:42
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Sky boxes don't have "scart 1/scart 2"...they are marked TV Scart (which can output RGB/Composite video) and VCR Scart (which can only output Composite video but will pass-through an RGB signal).
Connect as follows...
Sky TV Scart to DVDR AV2
DVDR AV1 to TV AV1
You haven't given the make/model of DVDR but if it can input/output RGB set the AV2 in/AV1 out to RGB.
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Old 10-08-2007, 16:07
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Sky boxes don't have "scart 1/scart 2"...they are marked TV Scart (which can output RGB/Composite video) and VCR Scart (which can only output Composite video but will pass-through an RGB signal).
Connect as follows...
Sky TV Scart to DVDR AV2
DVDR AV1 to TV AV1
You haven't given the make/model of DVDR but if it can input/output RGB set the AV2 in/AV1 out to RGB.
the dvdr is a
Philips dvdr3452h model
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Old 12-08-2007, 14:10
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the dvdr is a
Philips dvdr3452h model
Does that help?
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Old 12-08-2007, 20:40
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Sky boxes don't have "scart 1/scart 2"...they are marked TV Scart (which can output RGB/Composite video) and VCR Scart (which can only output Composite video but will pass-through an RGB signal).
Connect as follows...
Sky TV Scart to DVDR AV2
DVDR AV1 to TV AV1
You haven't given the make/model of DVDR but if it can input/output RGB set the AV2 in/AV1 out to RGB.
Did this help? This is the accepted connections for Sky/DVDR/TV combination.

However, if your DVDR cant 'pass through' the Sky signal while it is recording from its internal tuner, you need to watch sky via a different route.

I have this same issue and get round it using Svideo out of my Sky+ to TV AV2. If you only have Sky (not +) you will need to connect the sky VCR scart to TV AV2 and watch Sky in composite on TV AV2 (only while DVDR is recording - otherwise watch Sky in RGB on TV AV1).

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Old 13-08-2007, 16:33
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Cheer's thanks for all your help i think i got it working recorded itv last night and watched the footie on sky so better than it was.
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