doing my head in

[mickeyboy]

I have up graded from a vm box to a hd box,And i need some help as to where all the leads go ,I have tried every way known to man ,but to no avail,I am trying to connect my Toshiba rdxv47kb,dvd vcr ,hdd ,to ,VM hd box then on to the toshiba tv ,my tv has 2 scarts ,one says scart1 (ext1) the other says scart2(ext2) ,plus 2 hdmi sockets ,my toshiba vcr,dvd,hdd,box also has 2 scarts ,the top one says 1 av2 (decoder) the bottom one says av1( tv), on the hd box i have 1 scart plus 1 hdmi socket ,i hope this makes sense ,I had no problem with the old vm box which had 2 scarts

[tubs]

go from dvd to tv and virgin to tv as virgin is only hdmi

[chris31560]

hi m8, ok i will try to help ya with this,
from v+ box were it says scart vcr take scart from there to the input of ur dvd,
then were it says vcr out take scart lead to tv in,
then were it says vcr out on back of tv take that scart lead and connect it to input of v+ box,(i think), give it a go and let me know if it works...

[mickeyboy]

[QUOTE=chris31560;813811]hi m8, ok i will try to help ya with this,
from v+ box were it says scart vcr take scart from there to the input of ur dvd,
then were it says vcr out take scart lead to tv in,
then were it says vcr out on back of tv take that scart lead and connect it to input of v+ box,(i think), give it a go and let me know if it works...[/QUI
I will try both ways tomorrow ,as i have a headache ,let you know ,thanks

[mickeyboy]

vcr dvd says ,only av2 decoder ,and av1 tv, back of tv only says 1 ext 1 ,and 2 ext 2 ,so which is which ?

[chucklor]

You will not get HD TV if you connect via a scart, if you have 2 HD inputs on the back of your TV then connect one to you DVD( if your DVD has a HD port) and the other to your virgin box, and with this way when you play you DVD it will overide your TV, if your DVD does not have a HD port then connect it via a scart, if you daisy chain it ie Virgin-DVD-TV with scarts then you will not get HD...chuck

[mickeyboy]

You will not get HD TV if you connect via a scart, if you have 2 HD inputs on the back of your TV then connect one to you DVD( if your DVD has a HD port) and the other to your virgin box, and with this way when you play you DVD it will overide your TV, if your DVD does not have a HD port then connect it via a scart, if you daisy chain it ie Virgin-DVD-TV with scarts then you will not get HD...chuck

i have no hd connections at all ,i am using scarts ,and 1 hdmi cable ,i cannot get any signal from the dvd /hdd player ,has my dvd/vcr player got to be hd ready as well ?

[chucklor]

You can now connect your virgin box via the scart to the input on the DVD input, then from the DVD output to the TV. A lot of TV's you buy say HD ready, but they do not show true HD, you have to have one that say full HD 1080 to recieve full HD, sorry it's a bit confusing....chuck

[mickeyboy]

that is exactly what i have done ,but no joy

[chris31560]

hi m8 i will have a look how ive got my box,dvd,tv, connected and post results tomoz, thats if u havnt got it sorted by then..chris....

[mickeyboy]

hi m8 i will have a look how ive got my box,dvd,tv, connected and post results tomoz, thats if u havnt got it sorted by then..chris....

thanks ,don't get a headache

[chucklor]

Mickeyboy have you gone into the settings on your tv a made sure that your tv is tuned in correctly. Also did you get the box off virgin and is the box paired to the card?

[mickeyboy]

had box of virgin yesterday ,didn't know you had to tune tv in again ,had to phone vm to activate card

[barrowmanandrew]

connect tv to vermin box via hdmi cable

then connect vermin box to dvd via scart lead.

then set yuor tv input to hdmi 1

this is all you should need to do.

your vermin box should come up on your tv

then if you switch dvd player on it will override box...
if you press record on dvd it will record whatever channel vermin box is switched to

[mickeyboy]

Cracked it me thinks,
I put hdmi lead from tv to hd box,
put tv scart into audio video 2 to the av1tv on dvd player,
Then a scart from hd box to the av2 decoder on the dvd player,
+1 lead antenna out of dvd ,to antenna on tv .
Now i can record hdmi on tv ,but play back on av2 on dvd ,
But got to switch to av2 on tv to watch it ,
Hope this makes sense in case any one else has same problem ,
THANKS AGAIN LADS