Re: Still No Remote Control Over STB

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All I can say is keep trying it. One of my MCE machines took a couple of round trips around the 4 available IR receivers/emitters.

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"John M" <JohnM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:04965F8B-4DAE-47E5-B790-D1D4C2C6BB32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Yeah, that's what I was trying to get across in my post! Couldn't remember
> the name of the button though! :)
>
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> During setup, it should ask you to:
>>
>> Press the 0 key
>> Press the Enter key
>> Manually enter a channel that you know you get
>> Use the CH Up/Dn button to change the channel several times.
>>
>> There may also be a green button on the screen that says something like "Try next IR device". If the button is there, arrow over to it and click OK. Then try changing the channel again. You may need to try this more than once.
>>
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>> "yewing" <yewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:596D541B-F1E8-4DBA-93AB-FFAE13DDC3B5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > We have media center 2005 and are attempting to get our stb remote set up
>> > with it. We have used all previously suggested methods on other groups to
>> > get it to work, all to no avail. We have posted in this forum before on
>> > several aspects of our new computer systems and have found it very helpful.
>> > However, this issue just will not resolve. I really need to get this remote
>> > to work.
>> >
>> > Things we have tried:
>> > use a flashlight to find the eye (receptor area) on the stb
>> > move the sensor directly over the eye
>> > moved the sensor milimeters in every direction over the eye and tested
>> >
>> > I tell it, during set up:
>> > I have a remote
>> > I must push Enter to set the channel
>> > number of digits is 3
>> >
>> > and, I've tried doing it in other various ways, telling it I don't have a
>> > remote, telling it I don't have to push enter, telling it I only enter 2
>> > digits instead of 3...
>> >
>> > I have a Motorola digital stb.
>> > I have a Dell 8400 computer (new last month)
>> >
>> > The cable company says this is the only stb available for digital cable,
>> > which we have.
>> >
>> > I goes through the set up, having us push each of 13 buttons twice (when it
>> > tells us to) and it acts as though it sees the stb and thinks it's doing what
>> > it should. It changes channels, according to the media center software, but
>> > not on the stb. If we manually change the channel, we can watch it through
>> > media center, but cannot set to record something because media center can't
>> > change the channels.
>> >
>> > We've been trying to get this set up for the last month (since we got it new
>> > then).
>> >
>> > Any other ideas? I'm grateful for any help.
>> >
>>
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