I'm new to this forum. I recently just bought a Presidian DVD Recorder (model # 16-163) at Radio Shack early morning on Black Friday. It's my first (not-computer related) standalone DVD recorder. I know I can

1) record directly from TV
2) copy VHS tapes to DVD-R
3) copy (non copy-protected) DVDs


Question # 1

I have an old TV with just the RF antenna jack, plus multiple VCRs, and a DVD player all in one system. I'm not an expert with the connections and they are already confusing to me (even though I connected everything). I'm able to dub VHS tapes, copy DVD to VHS, etc,...

What's the easiest way to connect the new DVD Presidian Recorder without starting over redoing all of the connections ?

Question # 2

Any recommendations on DVD-Rs. The manual recommends Verbatim & Maxells DVD-Rs, but I was wondering what other brands work well. I'm specifically wanting the DVD-Rs to play in other cheap DVD players. (The manual says the recorder won't work with DVD+Rs.)

Question # 3

When I tried copying some material from a camcoder to the DVD Recorder, the resulting DVD-R was significantly less bright than the original. Why ?

Thanks to all,
Alan
(USA)

1 - Connect an RF feed to the RF in on the recorder. Then A/V outputs from the recorder to your display.

2 - Verbatims are probably the best you will find in stores. Beyond that is Taiyo-Yuden, typically available only online. DVD-R's tend to have the most compatibility (in Video Mode), but these days a player should be handle most anything.

3 - To answer that we will need to know how the connection between the camcorder and recorder was made.

[FONT=Comic Sans MS]Help :confused: I just received a Presidian 16-163 Dvd Recorder as a gift and want to know how I can record from my Tivo. I can play a DVD and that works fine. When I tried to record a movie I had saved from Tivo (On Tivo it has the option to save to VCR) I only had Audio do you think I do not have it Connected correctly. and DO I have to finalize if every time to record no matter what type of dvd disc you have ?