Re: IR Blaster Problem

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From: GOMCE (Chris_Feduniw_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:50:09 -0800

Barb,

I don't know if you noticed buy a poster named "Solly" posted a "tuner not
found" problem to the group on 2/19/04 at 8:55 a.m. (PST) ... issue looks
very similar

I really do appreciate the help you are offering :)

Chris

"Barb Bowman [MVP-Windows]" <barb@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ijaf11lbm4qnunucbkeklkmj4kdgmlerqo@4ax.com...
> Did you also go into device manager and expand all the USB entires and
> UNcheck allow the computer to turn off power to this device to save
> power?
>
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:10:48 -0800, "GOMCE" <Chris_Feduniw@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Barb,
>>
>>Last night I left my computer power in an "always on" state. This morning
>>I
>>came down to watch TV and the IR remote would not change the channel on my
>>STB. Unplugging/Replugging in the IR Blaster USB cable solved the
>>problem.
>>
>>Regarding WinDVD .. I'm running version 5.0 DVXVA
>>B11.533C7W.23730.0600D00000 I'll check the HP WEB site to validate this
>>is
>>the most current and upgrade if it is not..
>>
>>I'm looking forward to your next suggestion :)
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Chris
>>
>>
>>
>>"Barb Bowman [MVP-Windows]" <barb@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>news:0tbe119avh94cr6fooan7aa98re24e8c1m@4ax.com...
>>> have you upgraded the DVD decoder? There is a newer version of
>>> Intervideo WinDVD that HP supplies on their website.
>>>
>>> try disabling power management and report back
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:48:27 -0800, "GOMCE" <Chris_Feduniw@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Barb,
>>>>
>>>>My power settings are currently set to "energy star" with
>>>>Turn Monitor off = 20 min
>>>>Turn H/D off = 25 min
>>>>Standyb = 1 hr
>>>>
>>>>I'll try setting it to "always on" and see what happens.
>>>>
>>>>As for your other question ...I'm running Symantec Internet Security
>>>>6.04.35
>>>>and Norton Antivirus 9.05.15
>>>>
>>>>HP Support suggested I try applying the following patch.
>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6563dea6-fac0-4604-9418-f20640cc7a20&displaylang=en
>>>>
>>>>which I applied last Sunday. Since then I have not recieved the "tuner
>>>>not
>>>>found" error but I'm now getting this error:
>>>>
>>>>"Video Error: Files needed to display video are not installed or not
>>>>working
>>>>correctly. Please restart Media Center and/or restart the computer"
>>>>
>>>>or this error:
>>>>
>>>>the IR Blaster will not change the channel on my set-top box .. see
>>>>2/17/05
>>>>post/thread "recording wrong channel" from "media man" in the newgroup
>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?&query=IR&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter&p=1&tid=00621326-d608-48d9-829d-71bb8aeb1bc2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Like always a restart of the computer solves the problem but this
>>>>constant
>>>>issue of having the IR USB remote fail is making using the Media Center
>>>>PC
>>>>as a PVR un-reliable
>>>>
>>>>I've also experienced the same problems after I upgraded to MCE 2005 as
>>>>listed in this post
>>>>
>>>>Media Center 2005 - IR blasters are totaly unhelpful! in Windows Media
>>>>Center Discussion posted 11/27/04
>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?&query=IR&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter&p=1&tid=2ed656ec-c2e7-4e74-92bd-791b95692cb9&mid=2ed656ec-c2e7-4e74-92bd-791b95692cb9
>>>>
>>>>Bottom line is the IR Blaster appears to have all the same issues that
>>>>it
>>>>had when I first got my HP 864 with MCE 2002. When I upgraded to MCE
>>>>2004
>>>>the IR Blaster reliability got signficantly better with less than 10% of
>>>>my
>>>>programs not recording correctly. Since going to MCE 2005 some IR
>>>>Blaster
>>>>problem occurs at least every few days requiring me to unplug/replug the
>>>>IR
>>>>USB cable or reboot the PC.
>>>>
>>>>I really don't think I'm alone in reporting IR Blaster problems .. just
>>>>do
>>>>a search for "IR" in the MS Media Center and TheGreenButton.com
>>>>newsgroup
>>>>and you will see lot's of examples of problems users are experiencing
>>>>since
>>>>MCE 2005.
>>>>
>>>>I look forward to your suggestions for how to "prevent" these errors
>>>>from
>>>>occuring at least when they do occur it is really easy to fix :) Again,
>>>>I'll try the "always on" power mode and let you now how it goes.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Barb Bowman [MVP-Windows]" <barb@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:orfb119830b2822vilcrve6jp4f9tvo97o@4ax.com...
>>>>> What are your power management settings? Can you set up your machine
>>>>> to use NO power management (always on ) to see if this issue goes
>>>>> away?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, what anti virus are you using? I've seen scattered reports of
>>>>> issues with McAfee and S3 standby.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:20:29 -0800, "GOMCE" <Chris_Feduniw@yahoo.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Since going on MCE 2005 last week I'm having several programs not
>>>>>>record
>>>>>>due
>>>>>>to a
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"A tuner failure occured and no other tuners were available at the
>>>>>>time
>>>>>>of
>>>>>>recording"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>A simple unplug/replug of the IR Blaster USB cable or a reboot of the
>>>>>>PC
>>>>>>solves the problem but that doesn't do me any good
>>>>>>if I'm away from my PC and MCE is scheduled to record a show.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Anyone else having this problem and/or have suggestions how to prevent
>>>>>>it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm running on an HP 864 with 1 GB of RAM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Barb Bowman
>>>>> Expert Zone Columnist
>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Barb Bowman
>>> Expert Zone Columnist
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>>
>
> --
> Barb Bowman
> Expert Zone Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> MS-MVP (Windows)

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