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Posted by Gary A. Edelstein on 01/09/06 18:49
On 8 Jan 2006 10:00:16 -0800, "John C" <joaoalex@rcn.com> wrote:
>Hi
>
>My set-up involves a Sony DVR HX715, a Sony Trinitron, and a digital
>cable box (not HD).
>
>1. The DVR is connected through its Line 1 Video/Audio output to the
>Cable Box.
>2. The DVR is connected through its Line 3 Video/Audio output to the
>television, with the exception of the video jack. For this, I'm
>running an S-cable between the DVR and the TV.
>3. The Cable Box's OUT TO TV is connected to the TV's TO VHF/UHF
>IN.
>
>The DVR comes with a Set Box control, which allows one to control the
>cable box through the DVR's remote control. I got this to work after
>struggling with the Motorola folks.
>
>So when I move through the DVR and TV's inputs, the outcome is
>basically the following ("WORKS" means the channel tuned through
>the box comes in):
>
>DVR TV
> Video 1 Video 3
>L2 Nothing WORKS
>L3 Nothing WORKS
>DV Nothing WORKS
>L1 WORKS WORKS
>
>What I can't figure out is how to separate the channels, i.e., to
>record one channel while watching another, which the guide says can be
>done. If I tune the Box through the DVR, and then change the channel
>through the box (so that the numbers are different), the DVR records
>the channel displayed on the box, ignoring its own (displayed on L3).
>Then, if I go through the inputs on the DVR, when it gets to L3, it
>changes the box's number and the channels get coordinated. Surfing
>through the TVs own inputs never modifies the channel.
>
>The bottom line is that I'd like to know how to "split" the
>tuning of the channels, so to speak.
>
Another poster suggested splitting the raw cable and hooking one leg
to the TV antenna in and the other to the cable box. That will work,
however, you might want to try hooking up the leg to the DVR instead
of the TV and then the RF out from the DVR to the TV antenna input.
This will allow you to record on the analog tuner within the DVR, if
you can set it up to do that at as well as set it up to record from
the cable box. If you can't set up the DVR that way, or it doesn't
have a built-in analog tuner, then use the other poster's suggestion
or get another cable box.
Gary E
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