DVR 620 - A lot of questions on its features

Hey all,
I tried searching some answers online but unfortunately haven't succeed.
I am trying to purchase the DVR 620 - DVD/VCR combo to replace another dvd player I have (which will be used for another tv since I can't record from that tv now >__<).
However, I have a lot of questions I have in mind before purchasing the DVR620.  My main concern right now is the "no tuner" issue.
1. What is an external tuner?  I don't even know if I need to buy one to record my tv shows..  I usually record tv shows directly to my VCR player.  Now that this system is "tunerless," will I need to buy one? 
I have DISH network and I am recording inside my bedroom.  The main receiver (I don't know if that is the "cable box" that is referred to) is in the living room connected to another tv.  There is no receiver box connected to the bedroom tv.  I don't know if that has any significance or relevance in whether or not I will need an external tuner.
Essentially, will I be able to record tv programs to VCR and DVD if there is no DISH receiver located inside my bedroom
2. My second question is, I read in other posts, L2, L3 is sited frequently in connection to dubbing VCR to DVD or vice versa.  What is L2, L3?  Is it in the DVR620 or part of the tv system??
3. I read that the DVR 620 can record directly from tv to DVD.  Is it the same process like the traditional VCRs, e.x. one click of the record+player buttons and it will record to DVD. 
I am afraid I cannot record using DVR620 because of the tuner issue and thus I want to clarify it before making a purchase.  The VCR to DVD conversion feature is great but I don't want to purchase a player if I can't record television shows to VCR and DVD with ease.

Surely you know what a coaxial cable is, and an RCA cable too. Those are not part of newer technology like say, an HDMI connector. Maybe you just don't know them by those names. I've attached a photo. The red and white connectors are RCA male plugs. Those are the kind that you need to use with the DVR620KU. The other is a coaxial cable and connector. This may very well be what you're using to connect between your Dish box and the bedroom VCR. A long coaxial cable is relatively cheap, but a long pair of RCA cables would be much pricier.
I believe that the adapter at this link might work to convert the coaxial RF signal to RCA audio/video:
http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Compact-RF-Modulator-CRF907R/dp/B0014KKV7W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=14151485...
But I am not 100% certain of this. But if it works, and you have a long coaxial cable, you'd connect the cable to the RF modulator and then connect RCA cables from it to the DVR620KU.

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    20) I have no way of having an education on programming in my school at the moment and all courses that have programming in them aren't very good - you make a simple application for coursework and you do a computer physics exam at the end of the year, not too helpful for me. Also, I don't have many friends that are diversed in any language of programming and the ones I do have, coincidentally, absolutely none of them are any good at making games or painting anything in graphics or anything to do with frames and windows. They're all about the console and making mods for games instead of making full on programs with a window and what not so it's difficult to get any of them to teach me anything. I've looked at college courses and none of them are for my age and what I am wanting, or they are just too damn expensive. I have also looked at online courses, one-to-one tutoring etc. but they are either way too expensive or they aren't very good in terms of being in a country half way across the world or maybe they have bad ratings. Anyway, what I'm trying to ask, despite all the negative put backs and all the issues that seem to follow me whenever I try to learn this damn language, what would be the best way to teach myself this language or any other language, or where are the best places to have someone teach me for free/cheap prices? I just essentially want to make something basic like a video game like Tetris or something so I at least have some knowledge of making a video game so I can maybe learn other things much easier.
    P.S. I am in top sets for all my classes at school, so any intelligence issues aren't a part of this. I guess you could maybe call it laziness, but I just prefer to say that I am too used to people teaching me things and doing things for me rather than teaching and doing things myself. So if I were stuck on an island alone I really would not know what to do at all because I would mainly rely on other people.
    P.P.S. Just for anyone's curiosity, I use Eclipse as my IDE on a Windows 7 Ultimate OS.
    P.P.P.S. I am British.
    P.P.P.P.S. I have read through about 4 books about Java, but on most of them I just get really bored and stop reading them half way through because they either don't explain what I want to know or they really suck at explaining what I want to know.
    P.P.P.P.S If you are going to post a good tutorial, please post one that I have most likely NOT been on. PLEASE. I have gone through MANY tutorials which all of them don't do me any favours. Please post one that you think that I might not have seen and actually tells me what EACH line of code does and WHY it does it and WHY I might use it and WHERE I might use it. Etc.
    P.P.P.P.P.S If this is a TL;DR kind of post, then I am awfully sorry to have bored you, please go onto another post, but thank you very much for taking the time to actually LOOK and CLICK on my post. However if you do not have any intention of helping my dilemma, please leave as although I am asking for A LOT for FREE, I really don't need pointless posts that really do not solve my problem. Thanks.
    P.P.P.P.P.P.S (Last P.P.S I swear! I just keep forgetting things.) If you have any questions to ask or I might not have asked something properly, feel free to ask as I will probably be refreshing this page non-stop for the next 2 weeks. Thanks ^^
    For all the people out there who are THAT awesome to post here answers to these questions, I really salute to you and I would VERY gladly give you money for your time and effort, if I had the funds to give you what it's worth. ;-)
    Edited by: 983242 on 21-Jan-2013 16:26

    Before reading this MASSIVE postI didn't read it. I went straight to the questions. The rest of it was a complete waste of your time. Nobody cares whether you are 15, are stressed, get bored, etc. You should spend more time learning and less time emoting, and typing.
    I am rubbish at spelling.So fix that. If you stay in this business you will have to spell properly or get nowhere. Compilers won't accept mis-spellings: why should anybody else? Get over it. In a few years you will have to write a resume. If I get it and it is misspelt it goes in the bin.
    1) What is SUPER used for, when should I use it and why should I use it?It is used for two purposes that are described in the Java Language Specification. If you can't read language specifications you will have to learn, or get nowhere. You can't learn languages in forums.
    2) When making a new class and you type PUBLIC [insert class name here](){} what does this do and why does it need to be the same name as the class it is in?That's two questions. 'public' is used for a purpose that is described in [etc as above]. The class name needs to agree with the file name because that is a rule of Java. Period. There's a reason for the rule but you should be able to discover it for yourself eventually, and it doesn't actually matter what the reason is at this stage in your development.
    3) Why do you need to make new classes inside already made classes sometimes?Why not?
    4) What is the use of NEW and why do you need to use it when you are creating something like a JFrame, where for example you would use it in your main function and have NEW [insert name of function with JFrame inside]();, why can't you just do [insert name of function with JFrame inside]();?Meaningless. You have to use the language the way it was designed. Same applies to most if not all your questions.
    5) What is actionPerformed, where is it used and why should I use it?See the Javadoc.
    6) When using a function, what is achieved when you call another class and make another variable inside said function? Eg, public [insert class name here]([insert other class name here][insert new variable name here]){}I cannot make head or tail of this question. You could try making it intelligible.
    7) What 'type' is an ENUM?It is of type Enum.
    Is it an int? String? Double?No, no, and no.
    So if I were to make ENUM [insert name of enum here] {A, B, C, D, E, F, G}; So what would happen if I were to say PUBLIC [insert name of enum here] B = 5; what would that mean? Would that assign it as an integer?I'm getting sick of this [insert name here] business. Try making your questions legible and intelligible. And again, an enum is not an int.
    8) When should I use enums, what is the point in them?When you want them. Not a real question.
    9) What does [inset object here].ORDINAL mean?Nothing. There is no such construct in Java. There might be an occasional class with a public variable named ORDINAL, in which case it means whatever the guy who wrote it meant. If you're lucky he documented it. If not, not.
    10) Although I understand that the RETURN statement is used to end a function and return it with a value if there is one specified, but when it returns it with that value that you may have specified, what happens to that value, how do I retrieve it and how do I use it?You store it in a variable, or pass it to another function, or use it as a value in a statement, for sample as an if or while condition.
    When will I know when to use RETURN?Err, when you want to return a value?
    11) Briefly explain how to use KeyEvent, getKeyCode and just anything else to do with accepting user input and how I would use it. In a forum? You're kidding. Read the Javadoc. That's what I did.
    12) When using the KeyAdapter, why do you need to make a new class inside an already made class?You don't.
    13) What is the difference between ++object and object++?This is all described in the Java Language Specification [etc as above] and indeed most of this stuff is also in the Java Tutorial as well. Read them.
    Does it really matter which way I use them?Of course, otherwise they wouldn't both exist. Language designers are not morons.
    Why should I use them differently and how will it affect my code if I use them differently?That's just the same question all over again.
    14) What's the difference between an IF statement and a BOOLEAN statement?The difference is that there is no such thing as a boolean statement.
    POINTLESS QUESTIONSThanks for stating that.
    THAT I JUST FEEL LIKE ASKINGBad luck. I don't feel like answering pointless questions. Ever.

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