have just bought a hs2 recorder to replace my toshiba dvd player and wonder if it was possible to keep my phillips video connected as well as my skybox using scart sockets.
Connect the video to the VCR socket on the digibox and the TV scart on the digibox to the HS2. If you want to archive a VHS tape to DVD you will need to change the AV2 input to composite video assuming you are using RGB with Sky. Alternatively, you could connect the video to the AV4 connection, using a scart to phono lead, to avoid this hastle. Dave
but what about the aeriel and rf cables. my dvd instruction book shows the aeriel going into the back of the dvd but my digibox book shows it going into the sky box. also what should go into the av2 scart socket on the dvd recorder. also which scarts should go back to the tv.
Sky TV scart to HS2 AV2 HS2 AV1 to TV AV1 Sky VCR scart to VCR VCR to TV AV2 ( if you have one ) Sky set to RGB HS2 set to RGB HS2 AV2 set to RGB AV2 connection "Normal" Sky passes through HS2 when HS2 is in standby to TV AV1. If HS2 is on watch Sky by selecting AV2 on the HS2. To record Sky select AV2 on the HS2. To record from VCR onto DVDR select AV2 but change AV2. connection to composite video. To record Sky onto VCR do as you presumably do now. RF - HS2 - VCR - TV. You don't need the RF going into the Sky digibox.
tried the above connections and they work fine but my dvd is not picking up the stations from sky. The other channels are ok. Also my vcr is not picking sky up either when on the same channel i used to record sky from.
What channel are you selecting on the DVDR? You should be using AV2. Again - what channel do you select on the VCR when you want to record from Sky? It should be AV1 or AV2 depending on what scart socket on the VCR you connected your digibox to.