Help! How to record content off DSTV Explora

[Luro81]

My wife is an actress and I have a number of episodes of the show she acted on recorded on my DSTV Explora decoder. I'm looking for a way to record these episodes, or just the scenes she's in, off the DSTV Explora. I know the Explora is specifically built to stop what I'm trying to do, but this is the only way I can get these episodes for my wife. Trying to get them from the production company have turned out to be impossible.

I have an LG RH 387 DVD HDD recorder and have connected it to the Explora through RCA cables. The recorder gives me a "Record-blocking signals are detected" error when I try record the episodes onto DVD.

The research I've done suggested getting a Digital Video stabiliser like this one http://www.xdimax.com/grex/grex.html#BUY which is expensive and will take a while to ship in.

Other suggestions have been to route the DSTV Explora signal through an old VCR or DVD player - have tried this but still get a "Record-blocking signals are detected".

Any other suggestions how I could get these episodes off my DSTV Explora and onto DVD/HDD?

 

[km2]

If the Explora has RF/Antenna out and the LG has RF/Antenna in, you might have luck with that. Did something similar with a different model PVR and LG recorder when RCA recording was blocked, but not sure if the Explora has added any further protection onto RF.

 

[Boris Becker]

You could just ask the mods on the dstv forum to send you a copy of what you're looking for. They've done it before. They can be helpful at times.