Copying From Sky+ Box to DVD-R

[Lordbenny]

Ok, so I've set all the cables up and gone through the necessary checks, pressed 'copy' on the sky planner and hit record on my DVD recorder. 2 hours later, recorded perfectly, only......no sound! Is the sound carried by the scart lead? I've got an optical cable coming out of the sky box as well should I disable this? Also if I go into 'services' 'system set-up' then 'sound settings' I've got stereo & Dolby D, I presume this is right?

Thanks for your help

[grumpyscot]

I have an optical cable runing from Sky+ to Home Cinema. I also have a scart running to my DVD recorder. I never have to disconnect anything to record a prog on DVD. So YES, sound is carried by the Scart lead. However, my DVD recorder uses DVD +R not -R as your seems to use - are you sure you're using the correct type? The sound setting on Sky+ shouldn't make any difference, but I keep mine on Stereo and let Home Cinema decide if it's Dolby or not. Have you checked all the pins on your Scart lead - you often find one or two pushed back - and make sure your Scart lead is "all pins wired" - some aren't.

[Lordbenny]

grumpyscot said:

I have an optical cable runing from Sky+ to Home Cinema. I also have a scart running to my DVD recorder. I never have to disconnect anything to record a prog on DVD. So YES, sound is carried by the Scart lead. However, my DVD recorder uses DVD +R not -R as your seems to use - are you sure you're using the correct type? The sound setting on Sky+ shouldn't make any difference, but I keep mine on Stereo and let Home Cinema decide if it's Dolby or not. Have you checked all the pins on your Scart lead - you often find one or two pushed back - and make sure your Scart lead is "all pins wired" - some aren't.

Thanks for your reply Grumpy - I've got 2 scart inputs on my LG DVD, AV1 & AV2-Decoder, I'm presuming its the AV2-Decoder input? My lead is fine & my DVD excepts DVD+R & DVD-R I'm using DVD-R.

[headcase]

Just make sure the scart is seated properly at both ends and that non of the pins have been pushed in, no sound is a real common scart problem caused by them coming dislodged.

[Lordbenny]

headcase said:

Just make sure the scart is seated properly at both ends and that non of the pins have been pushed in, no sound is a real common scart problem caused by them coming dislodged.

I'll try a different one then