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  1. Reception problems
  2. Recording – different kit / features
  3. Recording – connecting equipment
  4. Help for older & disabled users
  5. Converting multiple TVs to digital
  6. Converting TVs without SCART socket
  7. Digital switchover
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Recording – connecting equipment

How do I connect a STB to a VCR to an iDTV?
See our diagrams on Connecting up recording equipment

How do I connect a DVD recorder to an iDTV?
See our diagrams on Connecting up recording equipment

How can I record from a STB to a VCR?
See our diagrams on Connecting up recording equipment

If I connect an iDTV and PVR will there be problems with having two on-screen TV guides?
There should not be a problem. When using the iDTV to select and view a live programme, you would use the TV guide in the iDTV. When selecting a programme to record, you would use the TV guide in the PVR. But there is an option. If the PVR is a twin tuner model, you could dispense with the tuner in the iDTV altogether - don’t even connect the aerial to it. The twin tuners in the PVR will automatically take care of both the TV and the recording. This has a subtle advantage because with terrestrial digital TV each iDTV or set top box manufacturer can design their own TV guide layout and these can be quite different. By using the PVR for both live viewing and recording, you have to get used to only the one design of TV guide.



Are you over 75 or have a disability?
Are you over 75 or have a disability? Yes


Why does the picture break up or freeze?
Why does the picture break up or freeze? More


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