how do i record a television channel onto a blank video tape?

You must make sure that you recorder is set to the channel you want to record. Most video recorders have a button which says Record.....just press this at the right time and it will record until you press STOP. With some recorders you press the Record button once to continuously record. But if you press it once more straight away you can record for just 30 mins. if you press it twice after first pressing Record it will record for 1Hour and so on in sets of 30 minutes.

Geoff padmore
March 2005