I have a Lennox PVR (single tuner) which I have had for 3 months and works great. I haven't set it up exactly like in the instructions so I was hoping someone would tell me if I would be better doing what the manual says.

It says that the PVR has a demodulator and has 4 coax plugs - "RF in", "RF out", "Ant in", "To TV". It says I should connect the Antenna to "RF in" (which I have) and then connect a coax between "RF out" to "Ant in" and then a coax between "To TV" to my TV. It says that I could then be able to record one channel in digital and another in analogue. My setup just has the antenna going to "RF in" and the "RF out" to my TV directly. I have a SCART connecting the PVR to my TV. This setup allows me to record digital + watch the same channel or watch another channel in analogue on the TV whilst recording.

Does the manual setup give me any added advantages?

It won't record the analogue broadcast, just pass it through.

Ped,
The setup in the manual converts the digital signal to an analogue RF output. This allows you to watch digital TV on a set that doesn't have an AV input, just through the antenna cable. Somewhere in the manual it will tell you what analogue channel you need to tune to on the TV or how to configure it.

This is the way most people used to connect their VCRs before TVs had AV inputs.

This method is inferior to any AV connection and is a method of last resort. Many STBs don't even do this.

With your setup your connections are correct.

Best of luck,
Dik

Cheers guys...although it is a nice PVR (I mean cheap - $200), the manual seems like it has been translated to and from english several times! Thanks for clarifying things guys!