I was gonna post a new thread but think this is the same problem I'm having....
Here's what I was gonna post. Did you get it sorted? Anyone else help?
"I've got a TV and video (both Sony) that both support the Smartlink function.
The idea was supposedly that on the TV I could scan through the listings (it's a digital TV) and select a programme and when the program starts and finishes the video would do so too without setting it manually. However, when I came to use it, it would say 'recording is about to start' but then say 'check vcr' and it wouldn't record. I wasn't too bothered about this and just thought I hadn't set it up right.
Anyway, I needed to record a digital programme last night (to record from that tuner you need to keep the TV on or in standby). It was on late so I just programmed the vid as normal to record L1 and put the TV in standby. Checked the recording this morning and it's fine while the TV is on but then blackness from when I went to standby..
Checked connections and all was fine so had a read of both manuals. In the video manual it mentions something about 'direct tv record' which it says allows you to record whatever you're watching at the time. I turned this on and now when I programme a recording on the TV, sure enough the video starts and records it. If I turn the TV to standby and the standby light flashes every 20 secs or so from green to red to show it's doing something.
Fine I thought. However, now if I'm watching something, say a digital channel, and want to record something on say itv, I change the video channel to ITV and press record but it turns the video to L1 and records what I'm watching!
How can I enable the Smartlink functionality (seemingly by enabling 'direct tv' on the video) but also record other channels that I'm not watching????
Sorry for the long post but hopefully gives enough info.."
Sj