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Just been given a Samsung sh853m dvd recorder for my 60th birthday. I have an Amstrad Skybox DRX550. When the recorder does its scan it doesn't find any channels. I think i have made the right connections. Its probably something obvious because i'm not very good at this sort of thing. Please give me some ideas.
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Just been given a Samsung sh853m dvd recorder for my 60th birthday. I have an Amstrad Skybox DRX550. When the recorder does its scan it doesn't find any channels. I think i have made the right connections. Its probably something obvious because i'm not very good at this sort of thing. Please give me some ideas.
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Can I ask the obvious thing: have you plugged an aerial cable into the back, and can you receive Freeview all right in your area? That is the signal that the recorder is looking for when attempting to tune.

However, perhaps you have only connected the Sky box into the external input of the recorder. The idea is that you select the external input as the recording source for the recorder, and change the channels on the Sky box.
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Thanks for your help guys. You are right i can't receive Freeview, the signal is too weak. That's why i got a Sky box. I know it might sound daft to you but i thought the dvd recorder would do the same as a Sky + box. The dvd recorder has gone back and i'm reliable informed that there will be a good deal on Sky + boxes next month.

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