[Aragorn]

OK, here's the scoop.

The standard NTL/TW STB has two scart sockets, TV & Video/DVD, but only one digital decoder/tuner. It outputs the same digital signal on both scart sockets, so you can only record the channel currently on the STB.

Solutions -
1. The old PACE boxes and some Samsung (if you asked) have an RF bypass which outputs the old analogue signal for terrestrial channels via coax cable. This can be fed into the DVDR and through to the TV. You can then either record BBC 1,2, ITV, C4 or 5 via the coax input and watch digital or vice versa.

2. If you still have a good aerial feed, watch that on TV while recording digital.

3. The V+ box has three digital tuners so you can record two channels to disk while watching a third. The disk recordings can then be recorded to DVD, although with V+ a DVDR is slightly redundant IMO.

If you only have the standard STB with scart from STB to DVDR, you need to set the DVD to record from scart input.

HTH