Sorry, previous post was incorrect - was having a senior moment! It should be the other way around. Firstly, assuming the program you want to record is on your planner, you tag it with 'COPY'. Then you select it and it starts to play. If your DVD (or VCR) recorder has 'syncro record' feature, which many do these days, it will start to record automatically and will stop recording at the end of the program. If you don't use the 'COPY' function and just play the program, you have to start and stop the recording manually. You also have to set SCART control to 'on' in the Sky+ box setup menu for this function to work.