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Originally Posted by tredders  I'm just about to click 'buy" on the Amazon site on one of these, but wondered if someone could help me with a couple of questions first? I've searched this thread, but can't find the definitive answers, so any help would be gratefully received.
I bought a new KDL32T3000 last weekend, along with a DAV-X10 home cinema. I'd already got Tivo, but quickly found out that Tivo wouldn't work with the in-built Freeview tuner on the new tele, hence I've been on the lookout for a decent PVR.
My questions are: -
1. How does the pausing of live TV work with the tv's inbuilt tuner? Or does it have to use one of the tuners in the PVR?
2. If the PVR tuner has to be used for watching live TV (in order to use pause etc), then does that mean that I can only watch one channel whilst recording another? i.e. both tuners in the PVR? Or can I still watch via the inbuilt tele tuner?
3. What would be the best way of setting up my kit? As I said, I've got a KDL32T3000, a DAV-X10 2.1 home cinema, Apple TV and a PS3. At the moment, the PS3 is connected via HDMI, as is the Apple TV (which also connects to the home cinema via phono cables). Finally, the home cinema connects to the tv via HDMI.
4. Finally, can I use the inbuilt TV EPG to record to the PVR, or do I have to switch to that to record something?
Thanks a lot in advance, and apologies if any of these have already been answered (or if they're really dumb questions  )
Cheers
Mark. |
the sony has two tuners , not one , it has 1 digital tuner and 1 analogue tuner , and can only use one at once
1) it does not do pause live tv ( unlike some pvr,s ) it does have a chase tv so you can set it recording and then watch the recording while its still ongoing , or watch any recording that it was preset to record , or any previous recording , or a dvd , but its actually chase live tv and not pause live tv
2) normally it uses its own tuner in the recorder , so your tv needs its own tuner or another source as an alternative in order to watch a different live program. so the recorder records on its own , and you watch tv using its own tuner or using an external source like sky or virgin or a freeview box
3) the sony has hdmi , component, rgb scart and composite , and thats the order in which they are best to worst too , so connect it in the best way you see fit according to the number of connectors on the equipment
4) I think you may be able to set it to use the tv tuner but its a waste of time as the recorder has its own tuners and line in sources too , so you normally use the epg in the recorder and set it from that , not from the tv epg
you can download a pdf manual for the whole range from their website if you want to check something