Ext Link hasn't got anything to do wth the TV (not normally anyway - see (*) below). It hands over recording control to a set top box (STB) so recordings can be scheduled in the STB.
(*) I don't know if any iDTVs have programme schedulers for controlling external recorders.
as soon as I press the Ext link button it starts recording immediately, even though nothing is scheduled to record until the following day
Where are the recordings scheduled? (They should be in the Sky personal planner, not in the recorder's timers.)
I have ... the "VCR Scart" from the digibox into AV2 in the DVD Recorder
Should be fine. Have you set the Ext Link option in the recorder to Ext Link 1?
Some points about Ext Link that may help:
- There are two options, Ext Link 1 and Ext Link 2, which provide different types of control
- Ext Link 1 is for Sky boxes, using the personal planner, and relies on signalling in a fully wired SCART lead from the Sky's VCR SCART connector
- Ext Link 2 is for any STB that, when in timer mode, only provides a video signal on its SCART output during the scheduled programmes
- Ext Link 2 recording is controlled by the presence or absence of composite video on AV2's composite input pin, if Ext Link is selected and composite video is present the recorder records the type of video selected in the AV2 input setting (composite, s-video or RGB), and it stops recording whenever the composite video disappears
- If you want to record RGB from Sky, try Ext Link 2
- Ext Link doesn't work with Sky+ (because the planner only controls recording on the Sky+'s internal hard disk)