How come my DVD recorder does not tune in any digital cable, digital terrestrial (such as Freeview) or satellite TV channels (besides the one that I have turned on)?
The majority of DVD recorders have an analogue TV tuner, which means that these will only tune in analogue terrestrial or cable broadcasts. While there are a few DVD recorders that have a digital tuner, due to the nature of how satellite TV works, it is not possible to get a DVD recorder with an integrated satellite TV tuner, unless your satellite provider happens to offer such a device. As a result, you will need to connect your receiver up to the DVD recorder using AV cables. To make a recording, set your DVD recorder to record from the AV-in socket the receiver is connected to and put the receiver on the desired channel to record from. When a digital cable, terrestrial or satellite receiver tunes in a channel, most modulate the channel on a broadcast frequency such that this can be tuned on early TV sets, VCRs, etc., which do not have AV inputs. As a result, if your RF cable is looped through the receiver and then your DVD recorder, when you do a scan for TV channels, it will pick u
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