Hi Amro, Recording to DVD or video is a different process, because you can do it through the scart socket. You can't however, connect to a laptop to control it. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amro Bilal Sent: 30 September 2007 17:22 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Connecting Sky Plus to a Laptop Hmm, so there's no way of transferring a recorded program to a DVD or a video tape from the Sky digital box internal memory? That doesn't sound right. Sorry if I misunderstood what you're saying. Cheers, Amro ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Farley" <john_farley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 3:42 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Connecting Sky Plus to a Laptop >I looked into this when I first got my Sky+ box and decided there was no >way > of doing it. > > You may want to look at the newsgroup uk.tech.tv.sky for further info. > > > > > Regards, John > > Contact on : (Home) > john_farley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > or : (work) > john.farley@xxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of > Steve Nutt > Sent: 30 September 2007 15:25 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Connecting Sky Plus to a Laptop > > Hi Roger, > > As far as I know, you can't connect Sky Plus to any computer. The serial > port is just for Sky engineers. > > All the best > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of > roger south > Sent: 29 September 2007 08:03 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Connecting Sky Plus to a Laptop > > Hi All > > My son wants to connect his sky plus to his laptop so he can download > recordings on his sky hard drive onto his laptop hard drive to burn discs. > He says the two machines won't talk to each other. Is there a tutorial to > help him do this around somewhere please. > > Many thanks > > Roger > > Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq