With the VCR on 3 and the Cable Box on 3, it will record 3. With the Cable Box on 5, it will record 5, so long as we don't decide to watch another channel at the same time...

I know that it will only record the channel on the cable box. I've had cable boxes for over 20 years. What I need to know is how to block the VCR signal.

I constructed something new. I took some Reynolds Wrap silver foil. I then took some cardboard. I covered the cardboard with the silver foil. I then cut out the opening of a box. So I don't cover the top of the cable box, I cut out the top of the box.

So I have a piece of a box covering the whole thing (with opening up on top), and on the front there is this silver foil. Kind of looks like the aliens landed on my tv set. Didn't work. The vcr remote still affects the right set-up.

so I now am recording something and I have a pillow propped up to completely cover the right set-up.

That works just fine.

So my remote goes through everything but pillows??

lol

Melody