The scart socket on your video recorder
The scart socket on your television
The scart plugs and cable
How to connect a video recorder onl
y
Connect the video recorder scart socket to the scart
socket on your television set. If your video recorder
has two scart sockets, use the one marked TV. The
television aerial should go to the video recorder, then
to the television.
How to connect a satellite receiver onl
y
Connect the satellite receiver scart socket to the scart
socket on your television. If your satellite receiver has
more than one scart socket, use the one marked TV.
Your television aerial should go to the satellite
receiver, then to your television.
How to connect a satellite receiver with one
scart socket and a video recorder with one
scart socket
If your video recorder has only one scart socket,
connect it to the scart socket on your television. Your
television aerial should go to the satellite receiver,
then to the video recorder, then to your television. So
that you can record satellite broadcasts, you will have
to tune one programme number on your video
recorder to the satellite receiver (please see your video
and satellite instruction books for details of how to do
this). So that you can watch satellite television while
you are recording normal television, you should also
tune one programme on your television to the
satellite receiver (please see ‘ Tuning in the
programmes’ on pages 2 to 3 for details),
How to connect a satellite receiver with one
scart socket and a video recorder with tw
o
scart sockets
If your video recorder has two scart sockets, connect
one (which may be marked TV) to the scart socket on
your television and connect the other to your satellite
receiver. Your television aerial should go to the
satellite receiver, then to the video recorder, then to
your television. You may need to read your video
recorder instructions to find out which is the best
scart socket to connect to your television and how to
record from the scart socket you have connected to
your satellite receiver. So that you can watch satellite
television while you are recording normal television,
you should also tune one programme on your
television to the satellite receiver (please see ‘Tuning
in the programmes’ on pages 2 to 3 for details).
How to connect a satellite receiver with
three scart sockets and a video recorder
with one or two scart sockets
If your video recorder has two scart sockets, only use
one of them. Connect your video recorder to the scart
socket marked VCR on the satellite receiver. You may
need to read your video recorder instructions to find
out which is the best scart socket to use and how to
record from the scart socket you have connected to
your satellite receiver. Connect the scart socket
marked TV on the satellite receiver to the scart socket
on your television. Your television aerial should go to
the satellite receiver, then to the video recorder, then
to your television.
• For all of these connections you must put the
satellite receiver on stand-by to send the audio and
video signals from the video recorder to your
television. If you want to watch satellite while you
are recording normal television, select a channel
on the satellite receiver and press the 0 button on
your television remote control.
• If you decide to watch normal television while you
are recording satellite, you may find you
automatically get satellite pictures and sound from
your television. If this happens, use your remote
control to select the programme number you want
to watch.
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How to connect scart cables