A problem exists when you assemble a new Sony HD-100 satellite receiver together with a HD type TV and a TIVO/ReplayTV or VCR. The Sony HD-100 sat receiver has an "Output Select" button on the remote and on the receiver front panel which loops through 5 possible output configurations. Only one config. is active at a time. You get only: 1: Composite Video/S-Video/RF out, 2: 480i out on Component Video, 3. "Automatic Adjust" out on Component Video, 4. 1080 out on Component Video, 5. VGA out on VGA connector.
If you don't care to watch high def TV then you can connect the system with video or s-video interconnects, set the receiver to it first output. But then, why have a HD receiver and HD TV?
So if you hook up the TV to the sat receiver with component video leads, as it should be, then the recorder (VCR or network recorder) does not get any signal. What's up with Sony designers here?
Anyway, if anyone knows if descrete codes exist for the Sony HD-100 Sat receiver, then a smart macro could be programmed so that when HD broadcasts are viewed, the TV input and Sat Recv'r output could be "synchronized." And when recording is desired, the system could be synchronized for that.
