RS232 Socket

It is possible to copy to a PC, I do it all the time. I have a Sony PC with
a TV card and it
has 3 RCA sockets on the front (yellow, white and red). You need a scart
adapter lead and connecting kit, both available from Argos. Plug the scart
adapter into your sky box (the socket going to your VCR) and use one of the
sockets on the adapter to connect to your VCR. Plug the connecting kit into
one of the other sockets on the adapter. This gives you the RCA sockets.
Maplins have longer RCA leads which you then connect from the connecting kit
to PC. My PC is a good distance from the sky box so I have 3 RCA leads
connected together with boxes also from Maplins. You can record live to the
PC or from recorded programmes and on my pc it saves as .mpg files. With the
right software you can then burn
your recordings onto DVD's. I use a similar arrangement to play PS2 games on
my PC.

I used to be indecisive - now I'm not so sure.

"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:31:45 +0000 (UTC), David MacDonald
wrote:

So I'm not really clear as to whether I can use the port to copy to a pc.

Even if you could it would be rather time consuming as over RS232 you can
only
transfer at a maximum of 115Kb/sec or about double a decent dial-up line.

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

Meggie wrote:
It is possible to copy to a PC, I do it all the time. I have a Sony PC with
a TV card and it
has 3 RCA sockets on the front (yellow, white and red). You need a scart
adapter lead and connecting kit, both available from Argos. Plug the scart
adapter into your sky box (the socket going to your VCR) and use one of the
sockets on the adapter to connect to your VCR. Plug the connecting kit into
one of the other sockets on the adapter. This gives you the RCA sockets.
Maplins have longer RCA leads which you then connect from the connecting kit
to PC. My PC is a good distance from the sky box so I have 3 RCA leads
connected together with boxes also from Maplins. You can record live to the
PC or from recorded programmes and on my pc it saves as .mpg files. With the
right software you can then burn
your recordings onto DVD's. I use a similar arrangement to play PS2 games on
my PC.

I used to be indecisive - now I'm not so sure.

"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
...

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:31:45 +0000 (UTC), David MacDonald
wrote:


So I'm not really clear as to whether I can use the port to copy to a pc.

Even if you could it would be rather time consuming as over RS232 you can
only
transfer at a maximum of 115Kb/sec or about double a decent dial-up line.

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur



Ah that's very interesting, I think I'll try that.

Meggie wrote:
It is possible to copy to a PC, I do it all the time. I have a Sony PC with
a TV card and it
has 3 RCA sockets on the front (yellow, white and red). You need a scart
adapter lead and connecting kit, both available from Argos. Plug the scart
adapter into your sky box (the socket going to your VCR) and use one of the
sockets on the adapter to connect to your VCR. Plug the connecting kit into
one of the other sockets on the adapter. This gives you the RCA sockets.
Maplins have longer RCA leads which you then connect from the connecting kit
to PC. My PC is a good distance from the sky box so I have 3 RCA leads
connected together with boxes also from Maplins. You can record live to the
PC or from recorded programmes and on my pc it saves as .mpg files. With the
right software you can then burn
your recordings onto DVD's. I use a similar arrangement to play PS2 games on
my PC.

I used to be indecisive - now I'm not so sure.

"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
...

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:31:45 +0000 (UTC), David MacDonald
wrote:


So I'm not really clear as to whether I can use the port to copy to a pc.

Even if you could it would be rather time consuming as over RS232 you can
only
transfer at a maximum of 115Kb/sec or about double a decent dial-up line.

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur



Sorry forgot to thank you for the advice.