[jem]

With something like this, I always think a 'divide and conquer' approach is best. Break it down into a number of stages, working out first what needs to be done.

Firstly we need to get the picture from the V+ box to the TV. HDMI is the way to go, so connect the HDMI out from the V+ into one of the TV's HDMI sockets. Now there is a bit of a problem here in that the V+ box will need to be told to use the HDMI output rather than SCART but unfortunately you won't be able to see the display to switch it. Your best bet is to (temporarily) connect a SCART cable from the V+ box (top SCART socket I think without checking but I'm sure someone else will correct me if I've gotten it wrong), switch the TV to this SCART input, switch the V+ box over to HDMI output (this should disable the SCART output), switch the TV to the HDMI feed, check you can see the picture OK and if so you can then remove the SCART cable.

Secondly you will want to see DVDs so connect a SCART cable from the output socket on your DVD recorder to one SCART input on the TV. Switch to this input and test playback. Just to add to the confusion, there are two 'flavours' of SCART which are RGB and composite. RGB will give the best picture if both the DVD recorder and the TV support it. Often one TV SCART input is RGB enabled and the other isn't so you'll need to check the manual for this and also the manual for the DVD recorder to see if it supports RGB output.

Lastly you will probably want at some point to archive recordings from the V+ box onto the DVD recorder. I've only done this twice in the year or so that I've had the V+ but its a useful feature.
This only works via SCART so connect another SCART cable from the V+ socket (I think its labeled VCR and is the bottom of the two sockets) to the input SCART socket on the DVD recorder. You can then use the archive facility on the V+ to copy programmes onto DVD. Lots of people seem to have trouble with this but its always worked for me first time. Just be sure that you have plugged into the correct SCART on the V+.

My final bit of advice is that when you get the TV and start to connect up, pull out ALL of the existing cables and start from scratch. Doing it bit by bit and testing each stage is generally the best and most trouble-free method of getting everything working.