XP MCE \ iR & Samsung STB
24-10-2006, 18:44
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Re: XP MCE \ iR & Samsung STB
hi 
I'm sorry, I have no knowledge of MCE, but hopefully this 'bump' will keep your post visible until someone who does, happens by. 
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24-10-2006, 19:19
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Re: XP MCE \ iR & Samsung STB
LOL,,, cheers Homealone! Very considerate. Who knows I may even give NTL a ring tomorrow and ask their *experts* if they have a solution.
Erm,....then again, perhaps not.
At the minute it's on the backburner to be considered a work in progress. Guess I have become another sucker dragged into compatibilty issues. It's not exactly mission critical but now it is starting to bug me.
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24-10-2006, 20:11
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Re: XP MCE \ iR & Samsung STB
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Originally Posted by wayzel
LOL,,, cheers Homealone! Very considerate. Who knows I may even give NTL a ring tomorrow and ask their *experts* if they have a solution.
Erm,....then again, perhaps not.
At the minute it's on the backburner to be considered a work in progress. Guess I have become another sucker dragged into compatibilty issues. It's not exactly mission critical but now it is starting to bug me.
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Mike Harrison is the expert on this kind of stuff.
Afaik the Samsung does not use IRDA like some of the Pace boxes, so the failure of the MCE blaster to pick up input from the NTL remote may be due to not getting the correct code programmed in the NTL sender???
I'm surprised you don't get a decent picture, my ATI TV card gets a fairly good one from my Samsung box - but I have composite, as well as RF inputs from the stb - if the 'hopog' has composite inputs, you may gain from considering a scart to composite converter???
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25-10-2006, 12:18
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Re: XP MCE \ iR & Samsung STB
Hi,
I use GBPVR with a Redeye serial (see http://www.redremote.co.uk/serial/) and this works a treat!
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25-10-2006, 15:20
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Re: XP MCE \ iR & Samsung STB
Thanx to all for replying.
I am interested in the RedEye and might just give that a try. It looks good to go.
Thanx once again to all.
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25-10-2006, 15:41
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Re: XP MCE \ iR & Samsung STB
Wayzel
have a browse of the forums on thegreenbutton.org
http://thegreenbutton.org/forums/default.aspx
It's a site dedicated to MCE users but it's (obviously) heavily biased in favour of American users but there is quite a bit of UK based posting too. I was browsing it this morning and was reading through some threads discussing problems with MCE and ntl set top boxes (particularly Samsung ones).
Good luck
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25-10-2006, 20:09
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Re: XP MCE \ iR & Samsung STB
Cheers jem,
just been having a look myself and found out a great deal of good info. There are a few people out there with similiar issues and I will attempt to have a dabble at a few and if it's a no-no, then I'll go RedEye...sod the expense!
Thanx again and regards
w
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25-10-2006, 21:13
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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Re: XP MCE \ iR & Samsung STB
Hiya, I used to use a Redeye with my Pace box and it worked superbly, I piped the signal from my dvd recorder upstairs into my bedroom and using ir extenders and the redeye was a great setup along with my Pronto but afaik the Samsung boxes are not irda.
I would recomend a redeye though. Hope this helps!
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