David, Thanks for the information. It is functional now.
After auto setup, the video/DVD and sky are both on AV1 and I have to swith off the video/dvd to change sky channels. Have I missed something else fundamental?
My only problem was it will only record or read from dvd+rw discs and therefore will not read any DVD-R or CD-R. It says on my box recording format DVD+RW which Bush/Alba denied so I sent them a Photo of the box. It would not even read the firmware update cd I eventually managed to get from Alba which I dumped in my frustration otherwise all else works.
I bought the DVHRS02 specifically because it claimed to transfer video tapes to DVD and also to record onto DVD. When the set was delivered it came with a box of Maxell DVD-RW re-recordable discs (Note the minus sign, not plus). But I can neither record or transfer video tapes onto them. Recording and playing video tapes are OK, but as for DVDs, nothing happens.
I thought that this recorder (tape to DVD) was exactly what I was looking for. However, reading the vast number of adverse comments about the machine and its firmware, I have decided to look elsewhere. Any suggestions? Regards