Sorry JB but nothing you have said is correct.
Chad are you trying to record from a Sky box? If so you will find two SCART sockets on the back of the box. Connect SCART one with a SCART cable to your TV and SCART 2 to your VCR. Turn on your TV vVCR and Sky box. Use input selct until you see a Sky programme and that input will be the one for Sky.
If you just want to record 'off air' Take an aerial cable from the wall into your the socket on you VCR marked 'aerial' or 'antenna' and then another aerial cable from the other socket on the VCR to the TV. They are now daisy chained' (you don't need a splitter). Now you need to tune your VCR so go to menu and follow your nose.
L1 and L2 are your SCART sockets. If you don't understand SCART try a search on Wikipedia.
BTW. L2 on a Sky box is a second modulated output that can drive a second TV and can have a chanel device fitted to it. (If you doin't understand the last bit or don't care don't worry it's irrelevent and is only here for completness.)
Please repost if you need more or to add clarification to your question.
Terry
July 2006