[ramjet]

you will probably have to use the tv out scart from the sky box into the recorder line input , and then up to the tv to cure the widescreen problem ( its a known sky box problem ), and also try turning off scart control on the sky box , and set it to rgb 16:9

and use a fully wired scart lead from the recorder to your av1 scart socket on the tv

now see if any or all of your problems have gone