How to Connect DIRECTV HD DVR to a DVD Recorder

Television programs, unfortunately, never air according to our schedules. As people we tend to get very busy and we find ourselves wanting to relax in front of the television because it is relatively cheap, safe and we do not have to go anywhere to see it--just to the comfort of our own living room or television. With the invention of the VCR and now, subsequently, the DVR we can save our much loved television shows and movies directly to the hard drive that is included inside the DirecTV receiver. The bad side to this technology is not being able to take it with us. We are paying to watch the shows which gives us limited ownership to them so now we an add a DVD recorder to the rest of our video equipment so that we can record from the DVR to the DVD recorder. Read on to learn how to connect DirecTV HD DVR to a DVD recorder.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Satellite dish
• Satellite receiver with a digital video recorder
• Television with multiple inputs
• DVD recorder
• S-video cable
• RCA composite cables
• Audio video cables

1. Connect the satellite receiver with DirecTV HD DVR to the television set and make sure everything is working properly.

2. Connect the DVD recorder to the television set according to the directions in your manual that came with the unit.

3. Using the S-video cable connect it to the S-video input on the television set to the S-video input on the DVD recorder.

4. Disconnect the composite cables that are connected to the DirecTV HD DVR.

5. Reconnect the composite cables you disconnected in Step 4 to the composite cable output located on the back on the back of the DVD recorder.

6. Use the audio video cables that came with the DVD recorder and connect them into the input terminals of the DVD recorder and plug the other end of the audio video cable into the output terminal on the DirecTV HD DVR.

Tips & Warnings

• If your television does not have multiple input or outputs you can purchase a small unit referred to as a "gamine switch" or "component hub" which you connect to the television and it effectively adds several input and output connections as well as a S-video connection.
• When using the DVD recorder use the "Record to VCR" button on the remote that came with your DirecTV HD DVR.
• Some systems may require you to switch between TV and Video by using the remote control that came with your television.
• Movies and television shows are copyrighted material owned by the broadcaster and producers so do not sell any copies you make as it is illegal.