DVD Scart connection

[janeyanne]

I would appreciate it if someone could tell me the EXACT connections to make from my Sky+ box to my TV and DVD/Video tape recorder.

I do not have an RF aerial connection as we do not get terrestrial channels where I live so it's just the Scart connections I need to get correct.

The equipment has the following sockets marked:
The Sky+ box has a TV socket and a VCR scart socket.
The DVD recorder has an AV1 (TV) socket (DVD/VCR)
and an
AV2 (Decoder) socket (DVD/VCR).

I would like to be able to copy programmes from my Sky+ planner onto DVDs.

Thanks.

[Smithy99]

Originally Posted by janeyanne

I would appreciate it if someone could tell me the EXACT connections to make from my Sky+ box to my TV and DVD/Video tape recorder.

I do not have an RF aerial connection as we do not get terrestrial channels where I live so it's just the Scart connections I need to get correct.

The equipment has the following sockets marked:
The Sky+ box has a TV socket and a VCR scart socket.
The DVD recorder has an AV1 (TV) socket (DVD/VCR)
and an
AV2 (Decoder) socket (DVD/VCR).

I would like to be able to copy programmes from my Sky+ planner onto DVDs.

Thanks.

Ok,

Sky+ TV scart to scart1 on TV (AV1)
Sky+ VCR scart to AV2 (decoder)

DVD/VCR to scart2 on TV (AV2)

To watch Sky+ put TV on AV1
To watch DVD/VCR put TV on AV2

To record from Sky+ to DVD/VCR chose copy on the Sky+ and put DVD/VCR on AV2 and record.

[janeyanne]

Thanks for your reply.

I connected as you suggested. The picture on AV1 is fine but when I go to AV2 with the DVD recorder switched off, I get the same picture as AV1 but without sound. When I switch on the DVD recorder, I just get a scrolling distorted picture.
Obviously, I have something wrong.

When the Sky engineer set up Sky+, I could put the TV on, put a DVD in the recorder and either play or copy from Sky+ planner - without changing AV1/AV2 etc. I had one less Scart lead too!

Problems have only started since moving the stuff to redecorate in the TV corner - everything else is working fine.

Help would be much apprecated.

[Woodster]

Take the scart out from TV AV2/Decoder. On your DVD/VCR, one of the scarts should be an "IN/OUT", normaly designated to AV2 and should have a small rectangle with a 2 headed arrow crossing one side moulded into the socket on the dvd, but not always. Use this one and connect it to the VCR socket on the sky box.

[janeyanne]

Done that.

Now when I switch on the DVD recorder, it loads but I can then do nothing - it does not respond to the Setup or Timer, etc. on the remote nor, when I press Play, does it show a picture (although the counter moves on).

[Woodster]

Strange??
Just to clarify, you have a scart going from TV scart on sky box to AV1 on TV, and you have a scart from VCR on sky box to AV2 on the DVD/VCR. This setup should work!

[janeyanne]

Yes.
Sky box: TV to TV AV1
Sky box VCR scart to DVD AV2 (decoder)

Just checking - I have 2 Scart leads only
"empty" sockets:
TV: AV2
DVD: AV1 (TV)

Is this OK?

[Woodster]

Should be fine!! Make sure the scarts are pushed fully in,but if it don't work, try the TV scart on the DVD.

[janeyanne]

Scarts fully fitted.
A bit confused now. You say try the TV scart on the DVD. Do you mean move the lead from DVD AV2 to the AV1 (TV)?
I tried that but then if I switch the DVD on, I get "Toshiba DVD" and a display of the loading on the TV screen - didn't get that before!

[Woodster]

Thats what should happen if you use the TV scart on the DVD!! The DVD over-rides the sky box on AV1. But it should do the same thing if you plug into AV2 on the DVD. If you can get that screen using AV2 on the DVD, you just need to select the input channel on the DVD to AV2, then it should display the sky box until you put a disc in and press play.