[thechat] satellite tv recording problem

Ashok Hariharan Ashok at MagicalKenya.com
Sat Feb 1 08:48:00 CST 2003


I have a problem recording satellite tv programs, heres my setup:

I have a satellite tv decoder through which i recieve various channels like
cnn, bbc, discovery, movie channels etc.  -- to switch between sat-tv
channels
i have to switch the channels on my decoder remote (and not on the tv).

I am able to record sat-tv programs on my vcr -- unfortunately i am able to
record only the current channel on the decoder

this leads to some problems :
--- if i want to use the VCR timer to record bbc from 1 am to 2 am and CNN
from 2 am to 3 am , i cant ! because the VCR cannot "change" channels on
the decoder automatically...

I asked a few people, and everyone told me i have  to buy
a second sat-tv decoder ...:-(... which seemd pretty insane to me.....
there must be a way !

can anyone suggest a solution ?

--ashok











More information about the thechat mailing list