Question:
I bought my Dad one of the Panasonic boxes for his birthday, and set it up (very quickly) for him last night. :clap:
Today he has called me to ask how to video from it.
The way I connected the box was not linking it to the vieo at all - it is simply connected to his TV via the AV2 channel (with AV1 being his video).
The Panasonic box has just one scart connector on the back as I recall, so is it possible to connect this box to a video recorder AND his AV2 channel on the TV at the same time?
Would a scart-splitter box work if I were to connect as follows;
PANASONIC -> SCART SPLITTER -> TV & VIDEO RECORDER
Thanks for any advice.
Couple of suggestions:
1. If you video has two scart sockets you could plug the Freeview Box into the Scart in on the VCR and then take a second scart out of the VCR into the TV.
2. You could get 3 Scart to phono leads with 9 Couplers. Plug one scart into the Freeview box and one into the VRC the other into the TV.
Plug the Video \ Audio Out of the Freeview Scart into the Video \ Auidio in of the VCR Scart and then plug the VCR Video \ Audio out into the Video \ Audio In of the scart thats plugged into the TV. I doubt you would lose to much picture quality.
3. A splitter would probably work to!
the video may have a second scart which may help,
freeview>video>TV
or if you have RF output then connect rf from freeview>video>tv
The VCR does have two scarts.
If I connect as above (Freeview -> VCR - TV), am I correct in thinking to watch Freeview he would have to do so via the VCR (ie have the VCR on and watch it through a VCR channel)?
The VCR normaly would need to be switched on and the AV1 \ AV2 channel selected to watch freeview. I havent seen a video that allows scart pass through.
Today he has called me to ask how to video from it.
The way I connected the box was not linking it to the vieo at all - it is simply connected to his TV via the AV2 channel (with AV1 being his video).
The Panasonic box has just one scart connector on the back as I recall, so is it possible to connect this box to a video recorder AND his AV2 channel on the TV at the same time?
Would a scart-splitter box work if I were to connect as follows;
PANASONIC -> SCART SPLITTER -> TV & VIDEO RECORDER
Thanks for any advice.
Answers:
Couple of suggestions:
1. If you video has two scart sockets you could plug the Freeview Box into the Scart in on the VCR and then take a second scart out of the VCR into the TV.
2. You could get 3 Scart to phono leads with 9 Couplers. Plug one scart into the Freeview box and one into the VRC the other into the TV.
Plug the Video \ Audio Out of the Freeview Scart into the Video \ Auidio in of the VCR Scart and then plug the VCR Video \ Audio out into the Video \ Audio In of the scart thats plugged into the TV. I doubt you would lose to much picture quality.
3. A splitter would probably work to!
Answers:
the video may have a second scart which may help,
freeview>video>TV
or if you have RF output then connect rf from freeview>video>tv
Answers:
The VCR does have two scarts.
If I connect as above (Freeview -> VCR - TV), am I correct in thinking to watch Freeview he would have to do so via the VCR (ie have the VCR on and watch it through a VCR channel)?
Answers:
The VCR normaly would need to be switched on and the AV1 \ AV2 channel selected to watch freeview. I havent seen a video that allows scart pass through.
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