Back in August 7 (2005) I started a thread with the same title. I
eventually got the setup into a half tolerable state.

I promised I'd report back when I managed to get a friend, a former TV
repairman, to sort the setup properly. I may be representing his work
poorly, but here goes.

SCART connections.

STB TVout - VCR; (otherwise some problem which I forget);

STB VCRout - TV

VCR - TV.

Aerial RF - VCR; VCR RF - TV (coax.).

Pin 8 now disconnected on all SCARTs; the latter appears to solve two
previously existing problems: (a) TV starting to show Freeview when
attempting to record from Freeview, yet wanting to watch an analogue
channel; (b) sort of overlaying of Freeview picture when watching
analogue channel -- occurred only in some odd combination of
conditions.

I /think/ the STB is programmed to send Video to both outputs -- rather
than RGB, which seemed to my friend to be more obvious choice. The VCR
may have required some similar programming.

All that took 2.5 hours. Now you see, says my friend, why nobody will
come out these days to sort TV tuning problems (thinking of what a 2.5
hour bill would have been, and the average customer's acceptance
thereof). And I have no satellite dish.

I'm not recommending that setup; but it seems to work for me.

Best regards,

Jon C.