Why can't I record the movie channels?????? (1 Viewer)

[Brad Newton]

I have a Samsung VR-325 & have tried to record a couple of movies this weekend since Dish network was offering HBO free. When I set up a timer recording, I got the sound but no picture, but when I just recorded without out setting the timer, everything was fine. Why the different results?

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

How do you have it all connected? Satellite box to Samsung? (What connections?) Samsung to TV? (Ditto) Or are you going from the satellite to the TV and then out to the Samsung?

Regards,

Joe

 

[Brad Newton]

Satellite to Samsung via svideo. Samsung to tv via rf. This setup would capture the audio, but not video. If I started watching through the dvd recorder, it would record, but not with timer recording. I have since switched the connection from the satellite receiver to the Samsung to composite & have no problems. It must have been the blocking feature of the premium channels.

 

[JohnDG]

Better would be S-Video or Component.

jdg

 

[Brad Newton]

Yes I know it would be better, but it's not better if all I get is a black screen with sound

 

[JohnDG]

Warning: uninformed post.

I don't know anything about the Samsung recorder, but I had to manually activate S-Video inputs for my Sony GX7.

jdg