I am not a technie &amp; I dont know about tuners. I have a digital cable box. Will I be able to record TV shows onto blank DVD with no extra hardware?
1082002
If you can connect to the output rca port of your tv tuner. Since the dvd recorder does not have a tuner it cannot record directly.
1266494
My Toshiba DR560 only plays DVDs, it doesn't record. I have 2 older DVD recorders with digital tuners that can be programmed to record on DVDs for any time, day or night, whether I am home or not home. Once programmed, they are turned off and they start and stop automatically based on the start & stop times you programmed them for, recording quality, channel, etc. Please note: I have only "antenna TV". I don't have cable, dish, etc. TV. I use my recorders to record programs that I receive with my antenna from local TV stations. I don't know how a DVD recorder with a digital tuner would work on a cable, dish, etc., setup. Hope that helps...?
1940179
If you wish to record 'live' TV, you must be hooked into a cable box with the 3-wire output (Video + R&L; Audio). This cable (3-wire) IS supplied. You can also use the S-Video input if your cable box has an S-Video out port. (S-Video cable is NOT included) The screw-on standard RF connector on the cable has no input on this machine - it has NO tuner. I had to upgrade my cable box to use the signal through this machine. This is the NEW standard. You 'should' connect the DVD machine to the TV with an HDMI connector (NOT included) for best picture quality.
1868757
No, it can only be done with an external tuner, after many internet searches by me and two stores that sell this I find no such tuners. I returned mine to the seller for a refund. What you have is a VHS/DVD player only, not a Recorder.
1940178
If you wish to record 'live' TV, you must be hooked into a cable box with the 3-wire output (Video + R&L Audio). This cable (3-wire) IS supplied. You can also use the S-Video input if your cable box has an S-Video out port. (S-Video cable is NOT included) The screw-on standard RF connector on the cable has no input on this machine - it has NO tuner. I had to upgrade my cable box to use the signal through this machine. This is the NEW standard. You 'should' connect the DVD machine to the TV with an HDMI connector (NOT included) for best picture quality.
353794
You can only set the programmer to record the channel your external tuner is set to. You need a digital converter or cable/satellite box to pump a channel into this unit.Also, dont plan on using this to burn DVDs. This only records to VHS tapes.
1431068
This recorder does not have a built-in tuner, I use an old VCR which no longer records, but does have a tuner in it to tune in the channel I need to get the programs from my TV service to record. Once this is accomplished I can record anything showing up on my TV.I hope this helps. It also gives new use to a machine which is no longer worth keeping.
805272
u would only through the DVDR only be able to watch what u r recording but switch inputs if you have an HDTV and watch something else on the TV's tuner..Just buy a spiltter and a couple of short cables and feed whatever to both tv and the dvdr...
1945288
This is not a tuner. If your tv is an analog one you need this. It works with your antennae to receive regular tv stations. If you have cable or satellite you don't need it. Your DVD/VHS recorder should connect directly to tv with RCA jacks.
684654
I don't use the tuner as I get input from my DirecTV box. However, as I look at the specs, it has a PAL-BGH tuner. In you search wikipedia for this tuner, it appears to be analog not digital.
130733
Yes. With an old-fashioned TV antenna hooked up to the unit, its built-in DTV tuner (like the one Congress, in their infinite wisdom, basically forced everyone to buy in order to be able to use their old TV's and VCR's at all) will pick up local TV stations, which you can then record on the unit. There's a timer function allowing you to record programs automatically (as you could with your old VCR). Additionally, it automatically records whatever you're watching from the time you turn it on, saving up to 6 hours. When you turn off the unit, that part all "disappears" -- UNLESS, you decide before you turn it off that you want to keep all or part of it. You just have to know from the instructions how to transfer that to the built-in hard drive. One disadvantage is that, unlike your typical old TV-and-VCR hookup, you CANNOT watch one program while at the same time recording another, since the unit has the only tuner that works... unless you have one of the newer TV's with a built-in DTV tuner, and you know how to hook up the two units to take advantage of that function. Or you can get extra units to simultaneously record (or watch) separate channels. I have 2 units both hooked up to the single antenna through a splitter, with a switch to select which one I want to watch through my single old-fashioned "functionless-tuner" 50-inch TV. I also have quite a nice old-fashioned TV antenna mounted outside. Rabbit ears will work, too. It depends on the strength of the local TV signals. And just to be extra clear, I do NOT have any type of cable or satellite TV service in my house. (IMHO, there are a million better uses for my money than that.) Nevertheless, it seems to me (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) you could probably manage to hook up any cable or satellite service to it and record or watch that, too.
270476
I don't know anything about a tuner. As for recording shows, Did you have an instruction booklet in with the player when you got it. The booklet should tell you what to do.
1608883
Tunerless is no big deal. The tuners in VCRs were for ANALOG signals. Now it is all digital, so either some kind of cable service or a digital converter box, connected properly, is what is needed.. The tuning is done by either of those devices. The VCR just accepts the signals and either records them or just passes them on to the TV, depending on how it is set..
1023132
I was curious about this too. With old VCR units in the past, you could set the VCR to a public station like channel 3 and have it record from the TV tuner itself.Perhaps one could use a cable box output via coax to this unit and set the unit tuner to channel 3 or similar. This would however remove any automatic facets unless you set your EyeTV software to record channel 3, and make sure the cable box was set to the correct channel ahead of time.Anyone know if this would hold true?
1552800
no, it does not. actually, I have had it over a year and it has never been used-apparently when the FCC mandated a completely digital signal after Jan. 31, 2009 it created a situation where the tuner does not "see" channels so they can be loaded. I also have a Toshiba machine with the same problem. This is a pet gripe of mine-none of the Tivos or cable co. dvrs contain a computer drive like these did; you used to be able to record to the hard drive, and then edit and save to a blank disc if it was something you wanted to archive. The fact that I PAY for cable and can't even do what I want with it makes me nuts!
1349821
Will this work for recording dvds off Dishnetwork. Do I need a separate tuner? Would I be better off buying a recorder with a built in tuner? Right now I'm using a Panasonic DMR-EZ47V Up-Converting 1080p DVD-Recorder/VCR Combo with Built In Tuner which works fine.
2092855
If you have dvr service, you won't need an external tuner. The dvr (or if you just had a cable box) would serve as the external tuner. However, with this recorder you can only watch what you are recording at the time. You can't watch one show and record another.