CSM1
Wed Apr 30 06:25:55 PDT 2008
"Doc Hal" <theyak@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
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> "CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Doc Hal" <theyak@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
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>>>> "Doc Hal" <theyak@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>I have a Vista Computer with a TV Tuner card and a Dish625 DVR. When I
>>>>>set up Media Center I connected the DVR to the computer with an S video
>>>>>cable and standard audio cables. I can watch and record TV but the IR
>>>>>sensor does not recognize my DVR and I cannot change channels trough
>>>>>Media Center. If I set up Media Center to use a rooftop antenna
>>>>>everything works properly so ther equipment is not defective. There
>>>>>was a patch for this problem with other brand boxes for XP Media Center
>>>>>but I can't find one for Vista. Any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> As a footnote Media Center would not finish setup unless I told it my
>>>>> DVR workd with the IR blaster, so I had to lie about that.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you lied about the Set top working with the IR blaster, how do you
>>>> think MCE can control the box?
>>>>
>>>> You must have the Microsoft Remote control and the included USB IR
>>>> transceiver with the IR 'bugs' you paste on the front of the Settop
>>>> box.
>>>>
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>>> I lied because I couldn't get the IR blaster to work with any of the
>>> codes listed under Dish, Dishpro or Echostar. If I then said none of
>>> them work my only option was to cancel Media Center setup. For some
>>> reason Gates and Company will not let Media Center set up without some
>>> IR working, which is stupid, I would like to get the channel guide
>>> synchronized with what I am actually watching.
>>
>> How about the MCE code learning mode. Could your Dish remote control
>> teach the MCE computer to send the correct codes?
>>
>> The learning of the remote codes requires that the dishnetwork remote
>> control be about three inches from the transceiver.
>>
>> It does not work correctly if you have the transmitting remote too far
>> away.
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> I could not get theIR Blaster to work from the keyboard. I tried manually
> programming my Dish remote. The instructions said to hold the remote up
> against the tranceiver and then push buttons on the remote as directed.
> It said push 1, and then it said release. Nothing. BAck to push 1,
> release, nothing. After being told 50 times to do this, always with the
> same result, and seing that there were about 11 steps and I couldn't get
> past the first one I gave up.
>
> Incidently, my nephew (he builds computers) said perhaps the IR blaster is
> defective. I set up the system to work with my roof antenna and my TV
> directly and everything works as it's supposed to, so there is no hardware
> issue. I called Dish and they said my receiver is a DishPro plus, which
> is not one of the brand choices. Since Slingbox list my receiver model as
> working with its IR blaster there's no reason it shouldn't work with
> Microsoft"s.
There are some remotes the MCE can not see, You shoud have the transmitting
remote about three inches away from the transceiver, not against it.
You can tell if the transceiver is receiving an IR signal from the remote,
the red light comes on when an IR signal is present.
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