[MacDV] recording a tv programme straight into my DV camcorder

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> Hi, folks!
> 
> I don't post very often because I'm pretty much a newbie and on the rare
> occasions that I would have some help to offer, someone in the US has
> already beaten me to it.
> 
> Anyway, I hope someone can help.
> 
> I own a SONY PC-115 miniDV camcorder and, according to the manual, I
> should be able to record any TV programme with it, merely by plugging
> the RCA connectors (yellow, red and white) into a Euroconnector adapter
> (carster?) which in turn should be plugged into the back of my TV. Well,
> no luck so far. Can anyone think why? Is there a SONY hotline I can ring?


ON MY PC-9 I have done this successfully.  But the camcorder has to be in
"VCR" position.  Then you have to access a couple of levels of menus to dub
from Analog to MiniDV.  It was a bit counter-intuitive but the manual had
step-by-step instructions that made it easier.
-Joel