...VCR is always on, sending RF to TV chan. 3.

Can't do that, because the VCR has to be Off in order for the VCR timer to record programs at the same time as the TiVo is recording when there are conflicts. This is why I wanted the dual-tuner TiVo I had heard about. Incidentally, the VCR does NOT put out a signal through the RF output unless I specifically tell it to do so; whereas there is no way to stop the TiVo's RF out.

Incidentally, has your TV got a SCART connector?

Nope. It has the RF (co-axial) input, and it has a place to connect spade terminals for rabbit-ear antenna, and that's it. Maybe it's time to get a new TV set, one that doesn't always show a green splotch right in the middle of the screen?

tanstaafl.

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