[jhb] Re: OT TECHNICAL QUERIES
- From: Mike Lucas <mhlucas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 18:11:04 +0000
I'm not familiar with Sky boxes but I am with the Humax kit. Does the Sky
box have a USB port (as the Humax does) to allow you to copy the two
recordings on to a USB stick?
Mike L
On 3 December 2014 at 17:52, Gerry Winskill <gwinsk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I tried that when DVD, Sky Box and old TV were all connected together but
> the it produced a message saying there was no link. Just had another
> thought, I could try the techie who I call in whenever the PCs throw a
> wobbly.
>
> Gerry Winskill
>
>
>
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> On 03/12/2014 17:39, John Woodside wrote:
>
>> You can copy content from the Sky box to a DVD Recorder - assuming you
>> still
>> have one.
>>
>> Here’s how to do this:
>>
>> Connect a SCART lead from the Sky+HD box to a spare SCART socket on a
>> DVD recorder.
>> Set the DVD recorder to the Line In feed (labelled AV, Line or Aux)
>> Insert a formatted blank DVD into the recorder
>> Cue up the programme on the Sky+ box that you want to copy
>> Put the DVD recorder into ‘record’ and then start playback on the
>> Sky+
>> box
>>
>> Note that some content, such as Box Office movies, can’t be copied in this
>> way, to prevent piracy / unauthorised copying.
>>
>> John
>>
>> fossil@xxxxxxx
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Gerry Winskill
>> Sent: 03 December 2014 17:25
>> To: JHB Restricted
>> Subject: [jhb] OT TECHNICAL QUERIES
>>
>> I suppose I should really be asking these questions on Social Media but
>> fear
>> I'm too aged to use these new fangled devices. Apart from anything else,
>> who
>> out there is interested in the fact I didn't have breakfast etc?
>>
>> To the matter in hand. I've just replaced our disfigured TV with a 46"
>> Samsung, at almost a quarter of the cost of the smaller unit it's
>> displaced.
>> To gain access to Smart TV, I've invested £44 in a marvellous TP Link
>> system
>> that allows me to plug the TV into my router, sitting several rooms away,
>> via the power plugs in the two rooms. Amazing.
>>
>> Next step is to set up the Humax Freesat Recorder unit that I bought to
>> replace our ageing Sky HD box. That leaves me with two posers that someone
>> may be able to shed light on.
>>
>> 1) For the Humax unit to access previous days' programmes as with the TV
>> unit's Smart TV function, it also needs to be connected to the Router. I
>> can
>> achieve this by either plugging it into the TP Link instead of the TV, or
>> buying another TP Link unit so that both TV and Humax are wired in. Has
>> anyone coped with this already and able to offer advice please?
>>
>> 2) This one could save me from serious strife. The old Skybox is showing
>> its age and sometimes alleges that there's no signal. Swapping channels
>> brings the picture back. Sometimes fast forwarding stops the whole gubbins
>> and I have to power down then up again to get it to work.
>> If I just swap to the Humax these problems disappear(?) but leave me with
>> the crisis caused by the swap. Amongst the easily sacrificed recorded
>> progs
>> on the Sky box are two whose loss would leave me in deep doodo! They are
>> two
>> recordings of Songs of Praise, in the IOM, on which SWMBO can see herself
>> singing. Is there any way of copying these onto, say, a laptop, so that
>> she
>> can still see them. Perhaps there's a commercial outfit offering this type
>> of service? I approached the BBC to see if I could buy a copy. I
>> can.....price £147 !
>>
>>
>> Replies in the usual unmarked brown envelope please.
>>
>> Gerry Winskill
>>
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