Page 1 of Compacks 101 DVD Recorder - Connecting up With Sky

I have just purchased a Compacks 101 DVD Recorder, and I`m trying to figure out how to connect it in to my existing devices.

I am able to plug it directly into my TV using scart to watch DVD`s, but I am having problems trying to record.

I believe I need to use the white/yellow/red connectors to connect up.

I am a Sky customer too, so would need to be able to record from Sky.

I do also have a Tivo box - But if I can just get it working with the Sky box to start with, I would be happy.

Has anyone managed to do this.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Daniel

This item was edited on Tuesday, 14th September 2004, 08:13

Anyone ??

Thanks
Daniel

I had two of these devices which i took back because they were faulty. shame as it was a good player. I had my player connected up using the scart from the out of the sky box to the in box on the dvd recorder. i then connected the scart from the out on the dvd recorder to the in scart on the tv. I also had the svhs cable from the (out) sky box to the svhs (in) on the dvd recorder. i then connected the vcr using the phono cables audio red and white and video yellow from the vcr to the dvd recorder. the rf cable from the aireal plugged into the dvd recorder and then from the recorder to the telly. i also connected my digital camera to the player using the input sockets on the front of the player. I was sad to see my player go as it had a lot more going for it than the one i have got at the moment primarly the svhs inputs. hope this helps you.

Thanks Bluenose1 - I will give that a go.

Does a s-video cable do the same thing as a red/white/yellow phono cables ?? - Or is one better than another ??

Thanks,
Daniel

the red/yellow/and white are normal video which will do but if your output device has an svhs cable then use that as the picture will be much better using rgb signal compared with normal pal using the other.

If I use the s-video cable, would I still need a phono cable for the audio ??

Thanks
Daniel

If I use the s-video cable, would I still need a phono cable for the audio ??

Also, I have just connected up the DVD recorder to a DVD player, to try recording from the player, and it works, but the image shown on the screen seems to be a bit `blocky` and not very good quality.

Is this to do with the phono cables ?

Thanks
Daniel