Sky+ -> Toshiba RDSX34 recording in widscreen?

[DrPL]

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to set up my Sky+ box to my Toshiba RDSX-34 recorder to copy material from Sky to the HDD and then onto a DVD. The only problem is that, while the recorded material on Sky+ look OK (well 4:3), the recorded output is is 16:9 format (so, widescreen recordings end up looking squashed even further!)

My original set up was
Sky+ TV Scart --> TV AV1
Sky+ Aux -> DVD Recorder AV1
DVD Recorder AV2 - >TV AV2

I've also tried the following:

Sky+ TV Scart -> DVD Recorder AV2
DVD Recorder AV1 -> TV AV1

...but this produces the same pronlem. I've also tried recording broadcast material, not just stuff being copied using the facility on the Sky+ planner, and output is still 16:9 !

Can anyone help?

TIA

Paul

[Lester Burnham]

Are you saying that your DVD recorder is ignoring the aspect ratio signal over SCART?

What are your picture settings on your Sky+ box?

Many DVD recorders ignore aspect ratio switching - I'm not sure if the rationale is widely explained from a vendore point of view, but could be because often broadcast material switches aspect ratio quite a lot (as an example, the feature may be widescreen, but the adverts 4:3 - or vice versa) and it's not compliant for titles on DVDs to have varying aspect ratios.

[DrPL]

Both outputs (on the settings menu) are set to 4:3 ratio.

Cheers

Paul
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[Lester Burnham]

Both outputs (on the settings menu) are set to 4:3 ratio.

What sort of TV do you have - ie widescreen, or 4:3?

If you've got a 4:3 TV (WITHOUT a widescreen mode) it should be set to 4:3LB.

If you've got a widescreen TV, then it should be 16:9.

And make sure SCART control is turned on.