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Recording digital signal from television with in-built tuner?

I have a recent model Sony television that has a digital tuner built-in. With the remote control I can switch from the five terrestrial stations to all the freeview channels (I am in the UK). What I want to do is record freeview programmes so if I buy a hard-disc/CD recorder also with a built-in digital tuner, would I be able to plug the domestic tv aerial into the recorder then another aerial/scart into the tv, essentially then allowing the normal signal to be received by the tv which would allow it to get the freeview channels, whilst letting the recorder let me record the freeview channels from its own internal tuner?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    That's the setup I've got - it works fine for me!

    Wall socket -> aerial lead -> DVD recorder with HDD and Freeview -> aerial lead -> TV with Freeview.

  • ribbs
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    If the signal entering the television is analog there's no thanks to record digital. you favor to have a digital signal with the intention to get carry of and record in digital. It makes no sense in any respect to make investments in an liquid crystal show HDTV and a DVD/HDD recorded and in no way pay some more beneficial money to get a digital set suitable container to get carry of the perfect a threat digital signal out of your cable service. you aren't any more taking complete earnings of each of the severe tech equipment you in simple terms bought.

  • 1 decade ago

    this is how to set it up 1 dvd recorder aerial in 2 scart from recorder to tv scart 3 loop out from recorder to tv aerial sorted

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, that will work.

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