Roger...
Panasonic DVD/VHS Recorder DMR-EZ49VEB
Panasonic LCD 32" TV with Viera. (And a few other Bells and whistles we never use!) .
We bought his set-up just prior to the switch-over. Everything was tuned in when switch over occurred.
So, I don't believe this has anything to do with the digital issue. When I first bought this recorder and TV, we had already gone digital.
The recorder was working perfectly, on VHS or DVD, and we were able to record whatever programme we wished, whilst watching another. The recorder merely had to be switched to the channel you wished to record.
Now for some inexplicable reason, that facility has vanished. If I switch on the recorder, and not the TV, the TV comes on, displaying whatever channel is selected on the recorder. So, the recorder can control the TV, and vice-versa. if I switch off the TV, the recorder goes off too, unless it's recording.
If I set the recorder to a channel and start recording, it's fine as long as I leave the TV on. if I switch off the TV (and go and do something more interesting instead,) the recorder records a blank transmission from the time I switched off. Now, since, we were completely digital from the get-go., what has suddenly changed?
There is a TV button and an Avi button on the remote, which seems to have some effect, but although I RTFM, until it's worn out, nothing in there seems to correlate to what is actually happening. :?
(TBH, I am considering a Tivo-box. It might be far less hassle! ) We do get continual interruptions of service, asking us to update new channels that have been 'found', which is pineappling me off though!)
PS. The assistance is available to my wife, but because of my position, it ain't free, (Not that it bothers me.) considering I get the benefit of no Licence, because of my wife's age. I just don't see the logic in having to have a programme playing to record it. The idea of recording programmes is so you can watch them at a later date. As for TV quality, and 'intermissions'. it's like returning to the 1950's, except there's no potter's wheel, or goldfish to entertain you when service goes belly-up!