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More info?)
On Sat, 14 May 2005 12:03:34 -0400, Tony D <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> Replays are supposed to hook up like this
>>
>> Cable in-->Cable box-->Replay-->television or monitor
>>
>> Not cable in-replay------TV
>> --- cable in-cable box---TV This simply will not work properly
>>
>No,
>
>You never want to record one tuner's output with another unless you have to.
>
>The cabe should be split before the converter, one leg to converter, one
>to the Replay. The audio/video outputs of the box should go to the
>Replay Input 1. Replay setup should define the rf in as "cable" and
>input one as "cable box".
That would be "digital cable box". It will not work with "analog cable
box", since Replay cinsiders that a duplicate input.
> Audio/video outputs from the Replay should be
>connected to the TV's audio/video input.
>
>This will produce 2 guides on the Replay, 1 for the tuner, 1 for the
>box.
The guides will be combined. The rules for numbering are complex and
not user-selectable. You will probably have digital cable in the 0-999
range and analog cable in the 1002-1099 range.
>On the input for the Replay rf you delete all the scrambled
>channels, on the cable box input series you delete all the channels the
>Replay can delete on its own.
Shouldn't the word "delete" above be "receive"?
Note that deleting a channel will remove it from the guide, but will
not keep you from selecting it manually and will not change the range
assignments.
> You connect the IR blaster and the Replay
>will select the proper input, change the box channel if necessary, and
>record.
>
Note that it will not control the "power" function of the cable box.
Leave this on. If makes very little difference anyway.
>So you can watch anything while the Replay is using its' own tuner to
>record something else.
That would be assuming the box has a different output as well (the one
connected to the Replay is unusable at this time). Note that on many
devices you can use the composite (RCA connector) and S-video outputs
at the same time. Avoid the RF output.
Also, you must not be doing this when the Replay wants to record
anything from the cable box. This will become more of a problem as you
learn to have the Replay make automatic recordings (which can happen
at almost any time). In fact, you may decide to use automatic
recordings for everything. For example, if you like a show called
"Ellen", you can set the Replay to record all episodes of "Ellen",
regardless of time or channel.
--
Mark Lloyd
has a Replay 5xxx
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