Sony RDR-HX725 DVD Player/Recorder set up problems

gandalf43

Hi folks...
just recently bought this..Sony RDR-HX725 DVD Player/Recorder with 160 gb HDD but I am having terrible difficulty setting it up. Has anybody got any experience of this recorder and how did you overcome your problems. Any help greatly apperciated
gandalf

big_moe

terrible difficulty in what respect??

what can't you do?

where'd u get it/how much??

moe

gandalf43

Hi big_moe..
I've made some progress since posting but I still cant get guideplus set up.. has anybody managed to set up guideplus properly?.I followed a couple of links on this board but I still can't manage to get it working properly...
I bought from Pixmania for 270 quid..very quick turn around..purchased on sunday and it arrived on Tuesday
cheers
gandalf

big_moe

the guide plus is a bit ropey to get working. i havent used that feature of it yet... i just use the oldskool timer record.


moe

gandalf43

Hi big_moe..
Am I right in assuming you have one of these? and if so what set up do you have,are you using a sky box? I'm trying to set up with a Pace skybox and an NTL cable. And am I right in thinking when I do the channell scan it will only pick up the cable channels and not the ones from the Sky box..I was trying to scan for Sky..but was not getting anything.
cheers
gandalf

big_moe

no i don't have that one, i have a Pioneer. but i have a lot of experience working with them all!

the tuner is only an analogue tuner. so it will only pick up the ntl channels. you can set up a timer record for them as they are tuned onto the machine itself.

to record sky, use a scart cable from the sky box to the sony recorder. then select the correct input on the recorder (probably Line 2-In) and record away. the only draw back with recording from sky, is that you CANNOT change the channel on the sky box. i.e. you have to watch what you record.

to do a timer record, set up the recorder to come on and record at whatever time on the Line-In (or whatever one you use) then make sure the sky box is on the channel you want to record.

the reason for the issue with sky recording is that the sky box can only output one channel.

moe

gandalf43

Hi big_moe..
With the set up you describe here for me is it possible to record a sky channel while watching an NTL one and vice versa..It's just that the blurb that came with the recorder says this is possible (although it doesn't specifically mention sky)
cheers
gandalf

big_moe

once you watch the other channel thru the tv.

e.g.

put sky sports 1 on sky box. record this thru your recorder. then change the channel on the tv to watch an NTL channel.

when recording NTL (that is tuned into the recorder) you can change the channel on the tv to another NTL channel or sky.

moe

gandalf43

Cheers moe...
just noticed your location..I'm only round the corner in Palmerstown..hopefully I'll get this thing sorted out now,thanks for the info
gandalf