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Posted by Roderick Stewart on 10/30/32 11:35
In article <1135545940.872862.205760@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, Ed
wrote:
> I have set up my new Panasonic DMRES20 as per the manual, but have a
> problem - I cannot watch Sky programmes when recording anything, and
> unless I switch the DVD machine on and tune it to AV2 I dont get an RGB
> from the Sky box.
>
> The satellite decoder is connected to AV2 on the DVD machine, and AV1
> goes to the TV as per the manual.
That's correct.
> With my old set up, the decoder was in between the recorder (vcr) and
> the tv in the chain, meaning if I wanted to record something (eg BBC1
> analogue) I could do that and still watch the satellite.
The Panasonic will output whatever it's recording, like most recording
machines, so if you want to watch anything else while it's recording from
its own tuner, you'll need an RGB switch box.
With composite signals and VCRs, it was possible to put the receiver
*after* the recorder (provided it had two SCARTs), because a received
signal could be fed back to the recorder on one wire while the recorder's
output was looped through to the TV on another wire, but this isn't
possible with RGB because SCART hasn't got enough wires. So the receiver
has to go *before* the recorder. If your receiver has an extra SCART
output, feed this to another input of the RGB switch box.
> I cannot believe that it is not possible to watch a satellite programme
> when recording something from the aerial using this unit, but connected
> this way it seems so.
Exactly the same is true of VCRs. They output whatever they're recording.
It's not a fault with your DVD recorder, it's to do with the way it's
connected.
It might be possible to revert to the old VCR-style arrangement with the
receiver after the recorder if you're prepared to configure everything to
composite and accept lower quality, but if so, why did you buy a DVD
recorder?
Rod.
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