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Tutor

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Friday, August 12th, 2011 9:26 PM

hooking up and using a dvd recorder

i bought a dvd recorder at a yard sale recently its a cyberhome dvr 1200 dvd recorder with progressive scan playback i would like to hook this up to my hd dvr reciever .... its a directtv hd dvr the model is HR24-200 ... my tv is a rca 32" inch flat screen model # L32HD31R...PLEASE HELP ME IM USALLY PRETTY TECH SAVY BUT THIS ONE IS OUTTA MY HANDS.IVE NEVER HOOKED ONE OF THESE UP BEFORE

ACE - Sage

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46.4K Messages

14 years ago

Start with the connection instructions here ....

http://forums.directv.com/message/10483657#10483657

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Expert

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20.7K Messages

14 years ago

Keep in mind that the DVR recorder is strictly SD and that you already have a state of the art HD recording device in the HR24.

Tutor

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7 Messages

14 years ago

yeah i know the dvr is awesome its just getting full and i want to record some stuff on to dvd so i can free up some space because college football is bout to start lol thanks by the way

Tutor

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7 Messages

14 years ago

so do i have to have a seperate av cord (red yellow white)

ACE - Sage

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46.4K Messages

14 years ago

Quote: Originally Posted by tward24 

so do i have to have a seperate av cord (red yellow white)


Probably.  Just follow the steps in the link I posted earlier.  

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