i have a tv with tqwo scart sockets, i want to get a freeview box installed. i have a video recorder running off one scart socket, someone told me that if i have freeview i will no longer be able to record of tv is this true?
2007-02-11 01:34:59 · 10 answers · asked by princess s 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
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2007-02-11 01:38:28 · answer #1 · answered by stuartalan w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you can see from one of the answers it depends how you connect them but in principle yes. I made a different choice: I bought a hard drive recorder with a freeview tuner built-in. No need for a separate freeview box + remote. Plus it actually has two tuners so I can record two programs, or record one program and watch another and pause it, rewind then back to the live program etc... Mine is a Humax but I think there are others on the market. I paid less than 200 pounds. Still need a VCR to play back older tapes, and a CD/DVD player (no need for a recorder) and here again I found a combined unit that works well. My old CD player had just packed up so that was an easy 3-in-1 decision. Sony 150 pounds one year ago. So that's two boxes plus the TV, 'just' three remotes (but I mostly use the HDD unit's) and it does all I want. And when I buy an LCD screen (prices are coming down so I may do that soon), I just plug it in and that's it. Maybe this would work for you too. Good luck.
2007-02-11 04:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by Me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. Remove the scart lead from the back of your TV ( the other end stays in the VCR). Now plug it into the VCR scart socket on a freeview box. Take a second scart lead from the TV scart socket on the freeview box and plug the other end of this second scart lead into the first scart socket on your TV.
Now take the RF lead that should be supplied with your freeview box. Plug one end into the RF Out on the back of the freeview box and the other end into the Aerial In on the back of your VCR. You should already have another RF lead connected from the RF out of your VCR to the Aerial in socket on the back of your TV. (YOUR AERIAL GOES INTO THE AERIAL IN ON THE FREEVIEW BOX )
This setup will allow you to record 1,2,3,4 and 5 (if you have ch 5) while you watch freeview on your TV. Or you can record any freeview channel by having AV or AV1 (it may be shown as EXT1 or L1) on the window of your VCR and can then watch 1,2 ,3, 4 or 5 on your TV.
Sounds comlicated, but follow what I have written above step by step and you will be fine.
2007-02-14 09:27:53 · answer #3 · answered by Dave P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be done - I set it up for my Dad and he records from Freeview, can't recall exactly how I did it but it wasn't complicated.
Try running the signal from the Freeview box through the video then to the TV. You may need to do some retuning.
Hopefully you'll get a better answer than this - sorry I can't be more specific other than to confirm it is possible.
2007-02-11 01:38:21 · answer #4 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hello,yes you can do this..Run a scart cable from the output of the freeview box to the input scart on the video.Run the co-axial aerial cable to the freeview then from the freeview to the video recorders aerial input then the aerial output to the tv.The freeview can then be recorded by selecting the scart input of the video and the channel you want to record on the freeview box.The tv tuner will work as normal due to the aerial signal being passed through from the freeview to the tv...Best of luck....Barry.....
2007-02-11 01:44:36 · answer #5 · answered by barry bucknell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just buy a digibox with two scarts and connect one to the video recorder.
I've got digital, digital satellite, analogue satellite, video recorder and DVD all connected without any additional SCART boxes!
2007-02-11 09:19:34 · answer #6 · answered by Do not trust low score answerers 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.
you can record directly off freeview.
connect tv scart on freeview box to tv and vcr scart on freeview box to vcr recorder.when you record you must set the vcr to scart mode.this will connect you to the box.
some freeview boxes have menus for timer recording.
unfortunately you have to set both box and vcr timers.
manual recording is simpler.
2007-02-11 01:51:20 · answer #7 · answered by phelps 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i've installed thousands of these things, and the answer is yes!
has you can see, the digital box only produces one picture at anyone time, ie:- you cant watch to channels at once!
you can get freeview boxes with a built in pvr, or dual tuner!
these can record one channel, while you watch another.
2007-02-14 03:41:40 · answer #8 · answered by aerial engineer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-12 13:05:36 · answer #9 · answered by natalie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why ? You dont need that .
2007-02-11 01:51:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋