If you hook up the supplied vcr IR emmiter and do you rec functions thru the Sat Rec, whenever you press Record now or set the timer the reciever switches to composite,then back to component or wherever it was before. I usually tell my customers to use oneof there other non HD sat rec to record, itsless confusing.
I'm not totally convinced of the other way, I've only used it that way once.
On the CHAD remote, just make him a page with a big input select button, or just push the button manually,
I know thaTS NOT WHAT HE/YOU WANT but since there are no discretecodes ...
Kev