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gsdlover · 14-05-2005, 11:02

i have a tv, vcr and digibox/dvd that i am having trouble sorting the connections for Ideally i would like to connect them so that if i have the digibox/dvd player off i can watch tv with its own remote and if possible record from both or either onto vcr can anyone help sort the spaghetti

Paul K · 14-05-2005, 11:15

We go digibox, vcr, tv here and it works the way you want it. Do you have a normal RF aerial going to the VCR or TV and how many scarts have you got to play with on the telly etc?

gsdlover · 14-05-2005, 11:28

yes do have rf and digibox/dvd has 2 scarts tv has 2 scarts vcr has 2 scarts

Paul K · 14-05-2005, 11:56

VCR will probably have 1 input scart and 1 output so you will probably find you need to use the digibox as a passthrough for the DVD signal (or visa versa). RF will normally go into digibox, fly lead to video and then fly lead to TV. You can probably get away with going Aerial to Video to tv though.
DVD may work by passing it through the Digibox and then from the Digibox to the TV. Normally you will need to turn off the digibox to view the DVD player though as they will be sharing the SCART socket and therefor the AV channel but if your TV has 2 SCART ins you may have 2 AV channels to use.
What make/ model are the TV, video, dvd and digibox? It will help us figure out what scarts you can use for what.

gsdlover · 14-05-2005, 12:35

the tv is toshiba the vcr aiwa and the COMBINATION(all in one) digibox/dvd player is thomson

Paul K · 14-05-2005, 12:42

I would assume that Combi box to VCR to TV should work but I'm not sure what channel you would need to set on the VCR to record from the combi box, think you need to put the vcr onto an AV channel to record from the digibox as it will be input via a scart. Your RF should just patch through the combi to the VCR and then onto the TV. Have used a similar setup before and it's just a case of knowing what channels to switch the VCR to when recording.