Posted by Brian on 09/29/05 11:48

"Michael Weaver" <mdweaverguard-news1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>I am thinking of purchasing a DVD recorder and I am a novice to the
>technology.
>I did purchase one or perhaps I should say my sister purchased it for me, I
>gave her the money for it and she got one for me.
>However I seemed to have a problem setting it up.
>For some reason when trying to tune it in to record from TV all I seemed to
>get was the static noise you get when tuning in TVs.
>Also because I have a Sky digital box I had to disconnect the unit because
>it kept fliping from the TV to DVD, meaning if I was trying to watch
>something on Sky, I would hear a few seconds of dialogue and then it would
>flip over to the DVD recorder.
>My sister has tried to tune in the DVD recorder, for some reason it did work
>once on my previous TV but when I bought a new TV which doesn't have a video
>recorder combined with it, it did work once although I couldn't use the
>video recorder.
>I thought my problem would have been resolved with the purchase of my new TV
>but the problem was still there so I had to give my DVD recorder to my
>sister because she doesn't have Sky.
>Could anyone suggest any models which work with Sky equipment because it is
>doing my wick and contacting Sky about this problem is a complete waste of
>time as when I discussed it with them, they said they could only look at the
>box and that there suggestion was to remove the DVD recorder to see if there
>was a problem with the box which there isn't.
>God knows how people who are novices to these things will cope when video
>recorders are discontinued if Sky boxes don't work with these things plus
>there are people with disabilities who I believe are going to have real
>problems. I happen to be Disabled myself as I am Totally BlinD.
>The only difference is that I am keen on technology unlike some but it is
>still frustrating even for me sometimes.
>I have a friend who is quite a techie when it comes to things like equipment
>because he deals with stuff like computer installations if people have
>problems with their PCs and like myself he is Blind as well and he says
>there has been no thought put into accessability of these things and that he
>believes it may be a bit too late.
>I tried another newsgroup only nobody has got back to me on this matter.
>
To get a reply you need more details such as what was the brand and
model of the DVD recorder you were having problems with?
How did you have the Sky decoder connected to your DVD Recorder?
Most if not all DVD recorders should be able to connect to a sky
decoder.
You might be able to buy a DVD recorder on the condition that it
successfully connects to your Sky decoder.

Regards Brian

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