How do you send digital channels to a VCR?

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I have a Samsung digital HDTV. It has its own built in Freeview receiver to receive Freeview TV channels.

It works very well - on its own. However, I have now bought a Samsung DVD/VHS recorder.

I now have a problem that neither manual seems to know anything about - in fact, it is almost as though Samsung have never come across my problem.

The fantastically obvious (to the point of being blatantly obvious) question is:

How do you connect the Freeview channels from the TV to the VCR? It's a completely obvious question - how could it not be?

A lot of HDTV's are sold with the fact that they have their own decoders for channels - great. However, a lot of VCR's only have terrestial TV tuners - ie, they don't have digital tuners.

Samsung, want me to connect the TV aerial to the video - I don't want to do that as the HDTV has the Freeview channels. I want the TV to send the Freeview channels to the VCR. I want to do this the opposite way Samsung want me to.

So, the question (in my opinion) is completely obvious - anyone know the answer? it has to be an obvious question - doesn't it?