How do I set up my RDR-DC100 recorder to record from an external digiltal satellite receiver. I have made the connections as shown on p45 of the manual. I contacted Sony via email, but the advice they gave me seems to be contradictary.
How do I set up my RDR-DC100 recorder to record from an external digiltal satellite receiver. I have made the connections as shown on p45 of the manual. I contacted Sony via email, but the advice they gave me seems to be contradictary.
Welcome to the forum.
You have not said in what way you are coming unstuck here so I'm guessing you need to do the following:
Goto the Initial setup menu/ Video Settings/ Line 3 out [Line 1 in]... and check that the setting is not on anything that includes the word 'Decoder'
Probably the best setting to chose is 'RGB [Video/RGB]'
Once that is done you should be able to select L1 as input and record from the sat receiver.
Also Find Recorder settings [System 1] / Standby Mode and change to Mode 2.
This is page 87 in my manual copy but I suspect we are working from different manuals as the page ref you gave for me was not relevant. [ My manual covers all the model range. I suspect yours may be solely your model ]
I made the settings as you instructed. How do I record - when viewing a programme - using the timer. I pressed the record button but the message 'can't record' appeared in the recorder window.Sorry - must have had a senior moment it should have said p27
I made the settings as you instructed. How do I record - when viewing a programme - using the timer. I pressed the record button but the message 'can't record' appeared in the recorder window.
Dear Mr Ward
Thank you for your recent e-mail received on 26/01/2010 12.34 PM.
I am pleased to read that you are the owner of a RDR-DC100.
In response to your enquiry, the method that you use to record from your satellite decoder varies on the connections available on the satellite box. If the box features a SCART output, I suggest that you connect this to the L1 Jack on the back of the recorder and follow the instructions for other equipment listed on page 45 of the manual.
As SCART is an analogue type connection, it is not relevant whether the satellite box is digital as the signal received by the RDR-DC100 is analogue.
I hope this information is of some assistance. Thank you for your enquiry.
Yours sincerely
Elizabeth Woolard
Customer Information Centre
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LTD
I quite agree. I've had this model for a week now and despite re-programming the channels, as by default for example Ch1 is Nº13, Ch2 Nº12, Ch3 Nº1 (!) etc. and I'm one of these strange people who prefer Ch1 to be Nº1, Ch2 Nº2 for a change and anyway I've done what I have to do (as per the instructions) FIVE times now and it's like the Lotto - sometimes they stay as programmed, sometimes they revert back to the Far Eastern way of understanding logic ...Frankly these machines are proving to be a disaster.
This is what you're looking for:There was an update mentioned on these forums but it was a dead link.