If the Freeview box has two SCART sockets, you need two SCART leads! Connect one between Freeview - TV and the second between Freeview - Recorder. You then record Freeview by selecting the relevant SCART socket - on the recorder - as the source of the signal. Typically, instead of having the Preset selector on numbers 1 to 5, you'll have it on (for example) AV1, AV2, E1, E2, L1 or L2 when recording Freeview.
If the Freeview box has only one SCART socket, one SCART lead runs from it to the recorder and the second runs from the recorder's (second) SCART socket to the TV. Connecting-up this way, you must:
1. Choose the SCART sockets on the recorder correctly; frequently, only one of them outputs signal, though both can accept input signal. Therefore, connect the socket which does output to the TV and an input-only socket to the Freeview box. To distinguish the two sockets: examine the recorder's back panel for symbols with an arrow pointing only outwards from a rectangle and arrows pointing both inwards and outwards; or, "read the flipping manual (RTFM)"; or, experiment to find the socket which allows you to see the recorder's playback (via a SCART lead) on the TV - and use the other one for the Freeview box!
2. Set the Freeview box to output Composite Video (CVBS) not RGB, from its SCART socket.
If you also want to connect a DVD Player to the TV, but it doesn't have enough SCART sockets, you can alternatively use the DVD player's and the TV's S-Video sockets (if both have them) or second alternative, use the TV's "camcorder input" which usually takes the form of three audio-type sockets (coloured yellow, white and red). You can buy a lead with a SCART plug at one end (the DVD player end) and these three smaller plugs at the other (the TV's "camcorder" input end).
Regards
SS, November 2007
