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Posted by Tom on 09/29/48 11:44
Thanks andy.
I got it.
Oh wait... now I remember how my cable box works.
My cable box has some sort of infrared thingy. It shoots the beam to the
wall and then bounces back the beam to turn on my VCR. (never work well
though)
So, the question is does the codes for a DVD recorder the same as the codes
for a VCR?
I doubt that my cable box has the codes for DVD recorder.
Have you tried this before?
"Andrew Rossmann" <andysnewsreply@no_junk.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ea08b4de41b29179897d0@newsgroups.comcast.net...
> In article <S8yZf.56062$F_3.24562@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
> nospam@yahoo.com says...
>> I want to replace my VCR with a DVD recorder.
>> One thing I am confused is that how the DVD changes the channel with the
>> built-in TV Guide?
>>
>> With my VCR, I need to set the VCR to channel 4, set the timer, and then
>> I
>> need to change the channel myself in the cable box.
>>
>> How does the DVD change the channel in the cable box?
>
> If the DVD recorder has an IR blaster, it can control the cable box.
> If not, it will need to be configured to always use channel 4 (or
> better, an A/V input) and you have to set up the box beforehand.
>
> If you are only going to record analog channels (typically below 100),
> you may be better of with a splitter before the cable box. One output
> goes to the cable box, the other to the recorder. That way, the recorder
> can directly tune unscrambled analog channels.
>
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