Travel movie recording

Ian,

Definitely appears to be a bit off topic, but here goes for a fellow member.
We had a similar discovery when changing over from the old FOXTEL. We used to be able to record FOXTEL programs onto VHS tapes. The FOXTEL IQ is digital and connected to your TV via component cables or a single HDMI cable, bypassing your DVD or VHS recorder. This is for best picture quality. The AV cables are low quality analogue only. Therefore pressing the AV button does not have any result. You should be able to hook up your DVD player directly to the TV with an AV cable from Dick Smith just as if you did not have FOXTEL at all. Then the AV button would work and you could connect your camera to the DVD player and record in the old way. I am pretty sure you cannot record FOXTEL IQ onto a DVD. I am no expert but have set up a few units recently for family members. It can be confusing with a rat's nest of cables at the back of the TV!
DTV Forum
This link will give an insight into the whole thing. Good Luck!

Kingo

Why don't you just download from the video camera to your PC, do your editing, then burn the finished video to DVD?

Cheers
Glenn