TiVo : Remote Control Question

[AlabasterLyn]

Originally Posted by passingbat

You'll be fine. it really is well set out and takes you step by step through setting it up for your equipment.

You add the Tivo as a Cisco CT8685

There's a cable forum thread here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...te-thread.html

and the AV forums link I posted earlier has some Harmony experts on it.

Thanks

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by AlabasterLyn

Thanks

Just to point out, that the back of the One is also slightly curved on the back at the bottom, but flat at the top, so not sure if it will siut your arm chair, but i've compared it with the tivo remote and it's more stable on flat surfaces, but to be sure, maybe have a look at it before you buy?

[pythagoras]

Going to try the Harmony 300i as it seems to have most of the TiVo buttons.

I'll let you know how this works out:



Regards


John

[JayAy]

Originally Posted by AlabasterLyn

The 'fun' will start when I try to get the thing to work

Well done. I have a harmony One and it's really very flexible indeed.

Regarding HDMI source switching on the TV, that should be possible too but will depend upon the exact specifications support by your TV - it has to allow discrete source selection commands, though you may be able to come up with a system that manages even with a source cycling approach, for example if the TV always goes to the same source when switched on initially this would not be too hard to do. I have a Samsung TV and although the TV's own remote does not have discrete selection of source, the TV supports the discrete source selection codes and these were already setup in the Harmony database.

I've made that sound far harder than it really is - the online database of activities and supported devices means it's really straightforward.

The Harmony One is far more stable than the Tivo remote too, with a less rounded underside and a better centre of gravity - so should spend far less time chasing it around the floor.

[AlabasterLyn]

Well so far I've got myself into a right muddle. I can get the TV to work, but apart from the volume I can't do anything else with it. Can't change channels or anything like that.

With the DVD recorder it keeps turning it on and going to play a DVD when in reality I want it to go to the DVD HD bit, but can't work that out.

It also isn't working with the Home Cinema System in that it keeps wanting to play a CD on it.

I will have to phone their support line on Monday as they are closed now.

I must be having a very blonde moment

I like how it doesn't slide off the arm of the sofa though, but not sure it's worth paying out £100 for a remote that is just going to sit there looking pretty.

[techguyone]

I'd never seen anyone before who would happily pay out £100+ for a remote control! blimey, must have more money than me for sure.

[AlabasterLyn]

Originally Posted by techguyone

I'd never seen anyone before who would happily pay out £100+ for a remote control! blimey, must have more money than me for sure.

Well that's what they cost and lots of people have them, so I'm not the only one with more money than sense

[Pbryanw]

Originally Posted by techguyone

I'd never seen anyone before who would happily pay out £100+ for a remote control! blimey, must have more money than me for sure.

One remote to rule them all, I suppose (and the Harmony's do have a good reputation)

Actually, I'm also thinking about getting one in the near future, so I can replace my Blu-ray, V+ and TV remotes with just the one remote.

So, will be interested to see how you get on with it, and hopefully you'll be able to overcome your initial problems with it

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by techguyone

I'd never seen anyone before who would happily pay out £100+ for a remote control! blimey, must have more money than me for sure.

TBH, until you've used one, i can understand that comment. but once setup, it makes reaching for the right remote a thing of the past and clears the clutter of multiple remotes.

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Originally Posted by AlabasterLyn

Well so far I've got myself into a right muddle. I can get the TV to work, but apart from the volume I can't do anything else with it. Can't change channels or anything like that.

With the DVD recorder it keeps turning it on and going to play a DVD when in reality I want it to go to the DVD HD bit, but can't work that out.

It also isn't working with the Home Cinema System in that it keeps wanting to play a CD on it.

I will have to phone their support line on Monday as they are closed now.

I must be having a very blonde moment

I like how it doesn't slide off the arm of the sofa though, but not sure it's worth paying out £100 for a remote that is just going to sit there looking pretty.

Sorry to hear you're having problems setting it up. I can assure you it's worth persevering. I''m sure logitech support will sort you out.

If you're talking about the DVD/HD recorder, I've found on my panasonic, that because it's slow to start up, it ends up on whatever it was on last (DVD or HD). I've just added the appropriate buttons to the Harmony avtivitys so that i can switch it over to which one i want once it's switched everything on.

[AlabasterLyn]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Sorry to hear you're having problems setting it up. I can assure you it's worth persevering. I''m sure logitech support will sort you out.

If you're talking about the DVD/HD recorder, I've found on my panasonic, that because it's slow to start up, it ends up on whatever it was on last (DVD or HD). I've just added the appropriate buttons to the Harmony avtivitys so that i can switch it over to which one i want once it's switched everything on.

Well today so far I am still having problems with it. I turn the TV on, I get a blank screen and HDMI1 no longer does anything. My DVD recorder won't do anything other than play from the HDD setting and the Home Cinema System isn't doing what it's supposed to. I can't even put it all away as the settings seem to have changed in the DVD recorder to the point where it will one turn on and off with the Harmony remote and not it's own remote. I have tried 'removing' each item in the hope that it would restore all the settings to how they were before I got the Harmony, but that hasn't worked.

So now I can only watch TV and still have to use the remote to change to HDMI2, so I am going round in circles with this and don't know anyone with any technical knowledge to sort it out

[pythagoras]

I'm a Harmony convert now. Its taken me 30 minutes to get this up and running with my TV a Denon av reciever an apple TV and my tivo, and thats including teaching it commands on the denon and the tivo.

Its really easy to tech this remote commands and then you just drag the command you taught it onto the button you want to assign.

This is the best £30 I have spent in a long time, unfortunately I know I will now consign this to the bedroom at some point and buy the harmony one for the living room with a ps3 adaptor so that I can set up everything and play with activities Damn you AlabasterLyn

Regards


John.

p.s. entered as a virgin TiVo, it asked me to press power number 1 and channel up on the original remote and then got a match. Most things worked, pause didnt and guide took me to the home screen, but real easy to teach it the correct functions.

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Originally Posted by AlabasterLyn

Well today so far I am still having problems with it. I turn the TV on, I get a blank screen and HDMI1 no longer does anything. My DVD recorder won't do anything other than play from the HDD setting and the Home Cinema System isn't doing what it's supposed to. I can't even put it all away as the settings seem to have changed in the DVD recorder to the point where it will one turn on and off with the Harmony remote and not it's own remote. I have tried 'removing' each item in the hope that it would restore all the settings to how they were before I got the Harmony, but that hasn't worked.

So now I can only watch TV and still have to use the remote to change to HDMI2, so I am going round in circles with this and don't know anyone with any technical knowledge to sort it out

Are you saying the original remotes dont do what they did before?

[AlabasterLyn]

Originally Posted by pythagoras

I'm a Harmony convert now. Its taken me 30 minutes to get this up and running with my TV a Denon av reciever an apple TV and my tivo, and thats including teaching it commands on the denon and the tivo.

Its really easy to tech this remote commands and then you just drag the command you taught it onto the button you want to assign.

This is the best £30 I have spent in a long time, unfortunately I know I will now consign this to the bedroom at some point and buy the harmony one for the living room with a ps3 adaptor so that I can set up everything and play with activities Damn you AlabasterLyn

Regards


John.

p.s. entered as a virgin TiVo, it asked me to press power number 1 and channel up on the original remote and then got a match. Most things worked, pause didnt and guide took me to the home screen, but real easy to teach it the correct functions.

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Are you saying the original remotes dont do what they did before?

That's exactly what I am saying yes. The TIVO remote works fine but the DVD recorder one does nothing, can't turn it on or off and now when I turn on the TV it's not going to HDMI1 as it did before but to 'analogue' which is from the rooftop aerial, so can't record anything as the picture is really awful. I don't know where I can find someone who knows about how to set up this stupid remote

All I am trying to do is get one remote to work my TV, TIVO, DVD recorder and Home Cinema System, it should be possible according to the Harmony instruction manual

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by AlabasterLyn

That's exactly what I am saying yes. The TIVO remote works fine but the DVD recorder one does nothing, can't turn it on or off and now when I turn on the TV it's not going to HDMI1 as it did before but to 'analogue' which is from the rooftop aerial, so can't record anything as the picture is really awful. I don't know where I can find someone who knows about how to set up this stupid remote

All I am trying to do is get one remote to work my TV, TIVO, DVD recorder and Home Cinema System, it should be possible according to the Harmony instruction manual

One obvious thing to check is that the batteries have not just happened to pack up at the esact time you are changing things (coincidences like that have happened to me in the past)

If not, it's possible that you've somehow changed the remote control code for the DVD recorder. Some brands have multiplr remote control codes so that you can control two or more similar devices from the same manufacturer. I have 3 panasonic DVD/BR players, so i have to use separate remote control codes. It's worth checking the manual to see if your DVD recorder has this option and re-set it to the default one if it has --- you normally have to set the remore and DVD recorder.

With your TV, did it previously always remember the last used input?

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Originally Posted by AlabasterLyn

All I am trying to do is get one remote to work my TV, TIVO, DVD recorder and Home Cinema System, it should be possible according to the Harmony instruction manual

It is possible and i'm sure you'l get there; Logitech support are meant to be very good at sorting these things out.

But as you seem to be having problems with your original remotes working correctly, I'm wondering if it's best to get those working with each individual bit of equipment first?

[AlabasterLyn]

Well I have my son here at the moment and he's got the DVD recorder working, so I know the batteries on it are fine and it's not broken. However it's no longer configured through HDMI1 and it isn't recording what we see on the screen, but is recording the crap analogue signal that it's obviously now tuned into. Now I could easily just move the DVD recorder to another room, but that would kind of defeat the whole point of buying this new remote

Plus I still haven't got the remote working, we are still trying to get it back to how it was before. Honestly I am feeling so stupid

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by AlabasterLyn

Well I have my son here at the moment and he's got the DVD recorder working, so I know the batteries on it are fine and it's not broken. However it's no longer configured through HDMI1 and it isn't recording what we see on the screen, but is recording the crap analogue signal that it's obviously now tuned into. Now I could easily just move the DVD recorder to another room, but that would kind of defeat the whole point of buying this new remote

Plus I still haven't got the remote working, we are still trying to get it back to how it was before. Honestly I am feeling so stupid

When you say it's not recording what you see on the screen, are you watching tivo and want to record that?