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emeritus · 2nd Dec 2017, 3:40 pm

You should be able to record Freeview by using a STB that has a modulator. You might pick one up at a boot fair and it should cost less that getting a dedicated RF modulator. Examples are the Icecrypt T5000 and the earlier models of the Ferguson FS01STB, the one that comes with a rectangular remote and has a D connector on the rear panel (the later FS01STB with a dogbone-shaped remote and no D connector has a fixed frequency modulator tuned to the same frequency as one of the digital multiplexes in my area, making it unusable). You would not then need to use a SCART lead if playback is via a TV having an analogue tuning capability. I use an Icecrypt with an old Philips colour portable that has no SCART socket but I haven't tried recording via the modulator output.

2nd Dec 2017, 3:40 pm	#6
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,346	Re: Setting up a Betamax VCR to record Freeview and from my DVD player You should be able to record Freeview by using a STB that has a modulator. You might pick one up at a boot fair and it should cost less that getting a dedicated RF modulator. Examples are the Icecrypt T5000 and the earlier models of the Ferguson FS01STB, the one that comes with a rectangular remote and has a D connector on the rear panel (the later FS01STB with a dogbone-shaped remote and no D connector has a fixed frequency modulator tuned to the same frequency as one of the digital multiplexes in my area, making it unusable). You would not then need to use a SCART lead if playback is via a TV having an analogue tuning capability. I use an Icecrypt with an old Philips colour portable that has no SCART socket but I haven't tried recording via the modulator output.