Playback from copied Sky+HD recordings (to HDD recorder) are just white noise/snow

[Mrreliable]

I have a one TB Sky+HD box which contains several stored (kept) recorded programs I want to keep. I am changing to Sky Q shortly, and I'd like to transfer these saved recordings from my Sky+HD box to my Sony RDR HXD 995 HDD recorder. I have followed the Sky instructions for copying from my Sky box to a recorder, but all I get on playback is white noise/snow. I have connected the Sky+HD box to the Line one/decoder Scart socket on my recorder using a Scart lead, and I have connected the Sony recorder to my (non-scart) TV using the HDMI out socket on the Sony recorder to an HDMI socket on the TV. I have seen somewhere that Sky recordings are encoded, and so cannot be played from another device - is this true? Or can I use a Scart to HDMI convertor lead from the Sony recorder Line 3 TV Scart socket direct to the TV? Would this convertor also act as a decoder if needed? I am unclear as to how to proceed - help!

[SKY1992bf]

@Mrreliable  Sky does use copy protection as you can only legally access recordings whilst you are subscribed to the relevant channel and only on sky hardware 

[Annie+UK]

Unless you own the full rights to the programmes you are only supposed to make TEMPORARY recordings and not save them for archiving purposes

[Mark39]

@Mrreliable couple of things:

1. are you selecting the correct input source on your DVD recorder? 

2. Not all Scart cables have all pins connected

3. As @SKY1992bf posted, Sky use  macrovision encryption on some recordings to prevent copying.

Try a recording from BBC1 or ITV to see if it copies OK. They're unlikely to be macrovision protected

[oj01]

@Mrreliable Although it's been a while, I used to regularly copy from my Sky+HD Box to my DVD Recorder. If something wasn't allowed to be copied (usually movies) it came up with an error message when trying to copy, rather than copying nothing.