Recording to VCR from Telewest...

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  1. Lee

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    Wanting to record 'Lost' from Sky One tonight, and having problems getting Telewest tuned into the VCR.</p>

    Got TV ariel going into VCR, and it has found BBC 1 - Channel 5 ok. Then have scart from Telewest to VCR, and another scart from Telewest to TV.</p>

    What am i doing wrong?</p>
     
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    Don't think you need the aerial in the VCR, just the scart. Not sure the VCR will take two feeds in at the same time.

    Also, is there a setting to tell the VCR which input to use (possibly channel 0 or Aux )?
     
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    Dunno...

    but i'll have a look. Cheers.
     
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    See, having the scart from the video to TV, the video is currently set up on AV1, with telewest on AV2. Its not on a normal channel, like 0.</p>

    Its proper confused me.</p>
     
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    Does the VCR have an Aux Channel ? n/t
     
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    I think this is what i need to find out...

    and i'm not too sure it does.</p>

    Been reading through the internet, apparently if i set the VCR to record from AV1 then that should work fine.</p>

    Now its just finding channel AV1 on the VCR.</p>

    Cheers for your help.</p>
     
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    usually...

    if you scroll down the channels below 1 is 0 then Aux, or on the remote there will be an aux button.
     
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    Cheers...

    at work at minute so will look when home.</p>

    Thanks for all the help.</p>
     
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    RE: Cheers...

    Try putting Telewest on and seeing what channel it shows as....
    e.g. I have Telewest set as number 6. When I press 6 on the remote Telewest actually shows as CH64. So to record from Telewest I set the DVD to CH64....
     
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    I have telewest on AV1 though...

    and when tuning the video it failed to pick it up, it only picked 1-5. Need to see if the video has an AV/Aux channel i think.
     
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    RE: I have telewest on AV1 though...

    On yourremote when manually setting the timer, see if there is a button on your remote that says &quot;input select&quot; or av. Try that if there is one.</p>

    If not, why dont you have a standard aerial from telewest to vcr like me? If you need really good quality it will need to be scart, mind. But if you dont mind about it being super-duper quality, aerial will work fine. You need telewest aerial to your vcr. Then make sure that you have the telewest box power on, then do a scan through your vcr for channels again. You should then have the channel allocated to possibly ch6.</p>
     
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    RE: I have telewest on AV1 though...

    Cheers everyone. Sorted it. Found the AV button on the remote. Working a treat.</p>

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