Video Playback / Recording Devices

The TV is a Schneider STV 1406T and the (brand new) DVD player is a Bush DVD 2041. (I bought the DVD player for an elderly lady in an old people's home).

I connected the TV and DVD player with the supplied scart lead. I inserted a DVD into the player and the TV switched automatically to AV and played the DVD. Fantastic!

Then I switched from AV to TV but the TV picture is not right. There is a horizontal and vertical thick black line on the picture and the picture scrolls around. I checked the scart lead and tried again.

I have a Panasonic TX-32PL1 TV, NV-HD630B VCR and a DVB Digital Set Top box. How do I connect them and set them up so I can record one digital channel whilst watching another ? The instruction manuals do not specifically refer to digital boxes, only satellite receivers, which I don't have.

I recently purchased a Sony RDR-VX511 VCR/DVD recorder. I also recently purchased a Sony CCD-TRV138 Hi8 camcorder solely to transfer old HI8 tapes to a DVD format. I am unable to record a DVD from the new camcorder. I am using the correct DVDs (DVD+R that came with the DVD recorder). I had no problems recording a DVD with the one-touch VCR to DVD option. If I record a minute or so of a Hi8 tape it seems to be fine and playable. However, when I record an hour in high quality or 2 hours in standard quality the tape gets to the end.