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Getting the best out of Tivo
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Posted by: chrisrobbo

I cant help but think that i'm not getting the best out of my tivo/sky digitial system.

Can anyone help with the best setup, using scarts.

Posted by: cjhcjh

The "best" setup is pretty much (for most people) the one described in the TiVo manual.

That is:

SKY > TIVO > VCR > TV

I'm not sure why you find this suboptimal!

Posted by: Olly

quote:
Originally posted by cjhcjh
The "best" setup is pretty much (for most people) the one described in the TiVo manual.

That is:

SKY > TIVO > VCR > TV

I'm not sure why you find this suboptimal!

Don't you mean:-

SKY
v
TIVO < >VCR
v
TV

Posted by: slim

Well - that would work, but it depends I guess on the number of inputs on your TV, you'd need two, otherwise you won't be able to playback the VCR -> TV - no?

Hmm does a Thomson unit have two SCART inputs?

Posted by: Matthew Finlayson

Yes, it does,

- IN for Sky
- OUT for the TV
- IN/OUT for the VCR

so you can play the VCR through the Tivo.

Posted by: timjon

The main problem with the SKY > TIVO > VCR > TV layout is that very few VCRs can pass RGB, so you'd lose RGB on everything - not good! TiVo is designed to have the VCR connected to it directly. That way you can play video cassettes and TiVo will just passthough the signal to the output, and TiVo can feed signal out to the VCR when you want to archive stuff to tape.

Cheers,

Tim.

Posted by: cjhcjh

quote:
Originally posted by Olly
Don't you mean:-

SKY
v
TIVO < >VCR
v
TV

Yes that is probably best if your VCR can't handle RGB (which mine can, so not a problem for me).

Either way I'm not sure what the issue is :confused:

Posted by: JonMace

Don't forget that the VCR scart on Tivo is non RGB therefore you are better off with SKY > TIVO > VCR > TV if your VCR DVDR etc has RGB pass through

Posted by: SDV

I Have

Sky
V
TiVo < VCR <DVD
V
TV

My VCR is a Panasonic NV-HD660, it passes the DVD RGB just fine.

The VCR Scart on TiVo is RGB in but not out.

hth

Posted by: MrPhil

After a few month I found the best way to be:

ITVD>TIVO>TV

VCR>Mum, do you want a video?

:D

Posted by: Brangdon

Quite. I have no VCR either. My system feels simpler as a result.

That said, I don't think I can draw a whole setup in single ASCII diagram. It is:

NTL > TiVo > TV
DVD > TV
Ariel > TV
TiVo > DVD

That last line is sound-only; my DvD player has a better sound system than my TV, although I don't often bother switching it on for TiVo. I don't bother to pass the ariel feed through TiVo as I am happy with NTL and it saves some cable.

Posted by: doogie

I have

Sky > Tivo
VCR <> Tivo
Tivo > DVD
DVD > Wireless Sender pass through > TV Scart 1
PS2 >TV Scart 2
Laptop > TV Scart 3

Tivo RF > Portable TV RF (portable TV doesn't have SCART!)

This lets me watch DVD or Tivo or VCR on main TV and TVs connected to the wireless stuff, plus it lets me watch a DVD on main TV while browsing Tivo menus/ setting up things on the living room portable, plus it lets me playback Tivo or VCR to portable TV while I'm playing PS2 on main TV, and optionally broadcast Tivo or VCR or DVD to the wireless recievers.

Actually, now that I've written that down, its way more complicated than I thought...... ! :rolleyes:

Posted by: chrisrobbo

i've got a surveillance camera (scart) but no VCR. How could I set it up so I can record my camera on tivo. But still have it set up to my Sky Digi Box.

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