How to Record off Sky ?

Question

How to Record off Sky ?

I have connected my tv up to my sky box and dvd/vcr player. I am wanting to record off sky and onto dvd. But when i do that,my dvd players recording light stays on for a minute and then it will turn off. And when i go to play to check what its recorded all i find is that its a white screen. Why is this? Please can you help? Any ideas on resolving this problem? As many answers as possible please! thankyou in advance!

Answer 1

consult an expert

Answer 2

Is the DVD player tunes into the correct channel, which is probably the AV channel?

Answer 3

It depends what type of sky box you have as the sky plus ones are coded and if the dvd recorder isnt tuned into the box correctly you wont be able to record programmes anyway, If you go into the tuning menu for the dvd recorder and see what the set up is its recording source should be the signal from the sky box if your dvd recorder lets you monitor the input source put the sky box on a channel that isnt on the normal tv like sky one and tune the input source till you see the programme thats on there then select ok or enter on dvd recorder that should mean when you record thats what youll get whatevers on the sky box if that doesnt work call an engineer sky and independants charge but if you want to record sky youll have to cough up to do it