Your
Toshiba DR570KU DVD Recorder has multiple inputs that your
FIOS Motorola 6416 DVR can connect to. The problem I think you're having is that you are thinking about in terms of one
COAXIAL input and the
COAXIAL would be the least preferable of means to connect the DVR to the DVD player as it has the WORST picture and audio quality.
Your TV is a 240hz LED LCD 1080p high-end 3D HDTV you are wasting its potential by using the the analog signal from the
COAXIAL out from FIOS 6416 and into the DR570KU DVD Recorder and then out to your TV. Allow me to explain. What your basically attempting to do is start of with a 720p/1080i Resolution Digital High Definition signal coming into FIOS 6416 that you are sending out through the
analog COAXIAL cable dumbed-down to
Analog Standard Definition from your FIOS 6416 into your DVD Recorder and you are attempting to then send that signal out through the
COAXIAL out-line on the DVD Recorder into the your High-End HDTV at 480i Resolution Analog Standard Definition. Even if you were using the DVD Recorder's
HDMI out to display the cable signal in this format, the best you could hope for would be the Analog 480i Standard Definition signal unconverted to 1080p. That is
NOT a High Definition picture. That is a Standard Definition picture artificially inflated.
Here's what you need to do: first, forget about this DVD recorder as a major part of your life because those days are over considering your other equipment. Considering what you spent on this TV, seriously consider getting a Blu-Ray player. However, that being said, I'm going to explain to you how to set this up so you can get the most out of both your DVR and DVD Player.
Step 1: The only
COAXIAL cable line you will be using will be the one coming out of the wall and into your Motorola FIOS 6416 DVR.
Get rid of the others. To get the best quality picture possible and to actually make this work, you need to get a set of
COMPOSITE Audio/Video Cables which are recognizable by their
Red, White & Yellow connectors
. On your 6416 DVR your
COMPOSITE Audio/Video Out terminals are labeled as
6 on page #6 of your
operator's manual and have the word
OUT next to them.
Example of COMPOSITE Audio/Video Cables (others may have a solid color with a colored stripe)
Connect these cables from the FIOS 6416 to the DVD Recorder. They go right next to where you wanted to connect the COAXIAL cable line on the FIOS 6416, to the inputs labeled
VIDEO IN and
AUDIO IN. For right now, you are done.
Step 2: You now need two
HDMI cables. If you do not have two
HDMI cables I highly recommend purchasing them from
monoprice.com for $2 - $3 per cable as opposed to buying them in a retail store that will charge you between $20 and $100 dollars for them. There is no difference in quality from one
HDMI cable to another. It is the biggest lie in consumer electronics, perpetrated primarily by Monster Cable. Connect one end of the first HDMI cable into your FIOS 6416
HDMI Port and the other end into the
HDMI-1 Input port on your TV. Take one end of your second
HDMI cable, connect it to the
HDMI Output port on your DVD Recorder and connect the other end to the
HDMI-2 Input port on the TV.
Example of HDMI Cable
Example of HDMI Port:
Now, the moment you connect your devices (FIOS DVR and DVD Recorder) and power them on, your television will detect them and you can use them accordingly by selecting HDMI-1 and HDMI-2 through your input selector on your television's remote control (or FIOS Universal Remote Control). you can even label them specifcally as "DVD" and "CABLE" in your TV's settings Menu. The rest is up to you. If you want to watch a DVD select HDMI-2 and play as normal. To record something off of the DVR using the DVD Recorder, simply select the HDMI-2 option on the TV, and on the menu of the DVD Recorder select the appropriate INPUT option from it (Should be Video 1). And whatever is playing on your FIOS DVR will appear on your screen available to be recorded.
To watch your FIOS, select HDMI-1 on your television and it will be in 720p/1080i High Definition (if available, as not all channels are in HD).