Re: Media Center Remote/Guide won't change Comcast Digital channel

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Malibu,
Did you ever tell us what brand of set top box you are using?

As to the emitter being in the right place, it is not until you actually get a response from the STB with the MCE remote.

Are you sure that MCE is sending the right code to your STB?

Have you gone through the MCE "learning mode" with the STB's remote control. MCE sometimes must 'learn' the STB's codes for MCE to talk to the STB.

Remember you must have the STB's remote within six inches of the MCE USB IR Box. The STB remote control led must be facing the window of the USB IR box.

After you are sure that MCE is sending the correct codes for your STB, then with MCE remote in hand, keep trying to change to a different channel and moving the emitter all around the plastic front of the STB.

Watch the emitter flash, when it quits flashing, move to another spot, and try a channel change with MCE remote control.

I think I kept using the Channel UP or Down button on the MCE remote until the STB changed channels. I was watching the STB on the TV, not via MCE. That way I knew immediately when the channel changed, not 3 seconds later as it does via MCE Live TV.

Somewhere you should get a response from the STB.

The IR sensor on the STB is never where you think it is. Unless you have the service manual for the STB :)

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"malibu" <malibu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4141BAB6-8E28-4AB5-8D58-FC9A993713AF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jaime,
You are correct the IR emitter is stuck to the front of the set top box and
the IR reciever is plugged into the PC via USB.

CSM1,
The emitter has been moved all over the front of the set top box I can see
the light thru the box it is in the right place. I have also tried both jacks
on the back of the IR box.

I have done everything that everyone has suggested several times nothing
changes the fact that I can not change channels with the Media Center Remote.



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malibu


"Jaime" wrote:

Just to verify, the IR emitter is stuck to the cable box over the sensor
window, not the IR receiver (which plugs into the PC via USB)?
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James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey"), Florida

"malibu" <malibu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8558AAD0-6618-411F-A68B-6C3FF4CB05DE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The IR receiver is plugged into the PC and detected.
> I am sure it is placed over the sensor on the cable box.
> The channels do not change when running the setup wizard. The only way > I
> can
> change the channels is to use the setup remote. Other than that > everything
> else is running correctly.
> -- > malibu
>
>
> "Jaime" wrote:
>
>> You need to provide more info if you want help.
>>
>> Is the IR receiver plugged into the PC and detected?
>>
>> Is the IR emitter plugged into the receiver and you are sure it is >> placed
>> over the sensor on your cable box?
>>
>> Do the channels change when running the setup wizard?
>>
>> Does everything else seem to run correctly during setup (finds your
>> provider, service, etc.)?
>> -- >> James
>> Orlando (Goofy says "Hey"), Florida
>>
>>
>>
>> "malibu" <malibu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:77308439-E502-416A-857D-DD03CB0B891E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I also am still having the same problem. I have been trying to get >> >the
>> >Media
>> > center remote to change the channels since I got this new PC in >> > March.
>> > I
>> > have
>> > worked with HP and they thought it was the remote sensor and sent me >> > a
>> > new
>> > sensor but that did not fix the issue. HP just keeps telling me to
>> > rerun
>> > the
>> > Media Center setup which I have done a zillion times and it does not
>> > correct
>> > the issue. I have to use the setop remote in order for the channels >> > to
>> > change. The problem with that is is you want to schedule a recording
>> > you
>> > need
>> > to make sure you have it on the correct channel. Any help anyone can
>> > give
>> > would be appreciated. I am so frustrated I feel like throwing the PC
>> > out
>> > the
>> > window.
>> >
>> > -- >> > malibu
>> >
>> >
>> > "zod" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello!
>> >>
>> >> As things stand, I can watch TV on the snazzy Media Center, but I
>> >> cannot
>> >> change the channels with the MC channel guide, or with the MC >> >> remote.
>> >> Despite
>> >> wading through the set-up a bajillion times, in every possible
>> >> permutation...
>> >> nope. Can't change the channels other than using the Comcast STB
>> >> remote
>> >> to
>> >> change the channels on the STB... that is, I use the Comcast remote
>> >> and
>> >> STB's
>> >> guide, and bypass the MC channel guide/remote entirely... which is >> >> a
>> >> drag,
>> >> and not what I want to do, clearly. So the channel I'm watching, >> >> and
>> >> the
>> >> channel the MC guide says I'm watching have nothing to do with each
>> >> other. I
>> >> can change the MC guide to any channel, but it only displays the
>> >> channel
>> >> the
>> >> STB is actually set for.
>> >>
>> >> It doesn't seem to be an IR blaster issue 'cause even once
>> >> "programmed"
>> >> the
>> >> MC remote won't operate the STB at point-blank range.
>> >>
>> >> The STB is connected to my HP Pavillion via coax... should I switch >> >> to
>> >> component?
>> >>
>> >> Ummm, help?
>>
>>



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