Freeview TV/DVD - Recording

[HibeesChick]

hi guys Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got an Acoustic Solutions 15 inch tv with integrated freeview and i connected it to my Bush DVDR 3006 recorder with a scart lead, however when i am recording from my freeview via the scart lead and i turn my tv off or put it on standbye the dvd player stops recording so i have to leave my tv on ALL the time if i want to record, does anyone know why this happens and if there is any way i can stop it happening.

[Ethel]

I have just googled your dvd recorder - as far as I can see it does not have a digital tuner.

As soon as you turn your tv (and the digital tuner) off it can no longer access or record the freeview station.

There is nothing you can do to stop it happening.

[Buenchico]

As Ethel states, your DVDR takes its signal from the tuner circuit inside your TV. If you turn the TV off, there's no signal for the DVDR to record.

The cheapest solution would be to buy a 'cheapo' Freeview set-top box (for about �25) to feed a signal to the DVDR. This will not only enable you to record programmes with the TV turned off, it will also enable you to watch one Freeview channel while recording another one.

Connect them as follows:

Aerial lead to Freeview box.

Scart lead from the Freeview box to the DVDR Scart input. (***See below)

Aerial fly lead from the Freeview box to the TV

Scart lead from the DVDR Scart output to the TV Scart input (***See below)

***NB: Those instructions assume that your DVDR has two Scart sockets. However, the Amazon description of it only refers to 'Scart socket' in the singular. If there's only one Scart socket, you'll either have to keep switching the plugs around or, easier, buy a Scart switch box.

Chris