[penny_s]

I have a Sony integrated digital tv which I'm trying to connect to a cyberhome DVDR.

I've connected it up as per the instructions in the manual but I'm having problems recording. I can't record terrestrial tv at all, the Cyberhome can't seem to detect the tuner.

I can record digital but can only record what I'm watching... I can't record digital and watch terrestrial! ...and if I turn the tv off whilst recording the recording stops!

I've tried every combination of cables that I can think of and it's driving me mad... can someone help please?

Thanks

[broadz]

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Originally Posted by penny_s

I have a Sony integrated digital tv which I'm trying to connect to a cyberhome DVDR.

I've connected it up as per the instructions in the manual but I'm having problems recording. I can't record terrestrial tv at all, the Cyberhome can't seem to detect the tuner.

I can record digital but can only record what I'm watching... I can't record digital and watch terrestrial! ...and if I turn the tv off whilst recording the recording stops!

I've tried every combination of cables that I can think of and it's driving me mad... can someone help please?

Thanks

I doubt you'll be able to record analogue terrestrial TV via your Sony TV. You do that through the aerial cable on your roof or in your loft - just make sure that it runs into and out of your DVDR before it reaches your TV. Then go into the initial setup section on your DVDR and start auto-tuning. Your DVDR should pick up the five terrestrial channels for you (and depending how clever it is, might also set them up correctly as channels 1,2,3,4 and 5, and even set the clock on your DVDR through them).

You've proved that you can record digital TV (Freeview) from your TV to your DVDR, but you've also noticed that you can only record the channel that you are watching (makes sense - you've only got one Freeview receiver, the one in your telly) and that you need to have your TV switched on to record it (again, makes sense, you can't record from something that isn't switched on).

If you want to (a) record a separate Freeview channel to what you are watching, (b) watch analogue terrestrial TV on your TV but still want to record Freeview or (3) want to be able to record Freeview without having your TV switched on, then basically you want to feed a Freeview signal to your DVDR that is not dependent on your television being either switched on or tuned to the Freeview channel you want to record.

You either need to buy a DVD recorder that has its own built in digital tuner (most have nowadays), or you need to buy a set-top box that you can run the TV aerial through, let that pick up Freeview channels for recording to DVD and use your TV's digital tuner for watching only.

[penny_s]

Thanks for your response broadz. I was following the manual which doesn't have the rooftop ariel through the DVDR but what you've said makes much more sense so I'll try it that way and invest in a separate Freeview box. These integrated jobbies aren't all they're cracked up to be!

[bobcar]

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Originally Posted by penny_s

Thanks for your response broadz. I was following the manual which doesn't have the rooftop ariel through the DVDR but what you've said makes much more sense so I'll try it that way and invest in a separate Freeview box. These integrated jobbies aren't all they're cracked up to be!

They do the job they're supposed to, you can watch Freeview directly on them without a separate box. Once you get your external box to record off of you can watch one channel and record another, that,s all you could ever do with a VCR, the thing that's lacking is your DVDR not doing Freeview, it's not a TV problem.

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by bobcar

the thing that's lacking is your DVDR not doing Freeview, it's not a TV problem.

Exactly, the TV is doing what it's supposed to, it's the recorder which is the problem - as it's an old non-Freeview one.