DVR Chatter

Ony thing I would add is that it  happens whenever I use the Comcast silver remote. I would hit a button and notice  that one of the other devices button would light up, so I too, have to press which device I want the remote to process.  But that remote stays in a cabinet. I use a Logitech Harmony remote...much better.

Wareagle wrote:

My Comcast remote remains assigned to the last device used.  Since I set the volume lock as indicated at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_to_use … olume_Lock, the TV volume is controlled while cable is selected, so I don't need to change it from cable.  Perhaps that's how you have it set up and it just doesn't work that way with yours now, but it's a suggestion.

That's the way I have mine setup too.  That's the problem...in your example..even though it's locked
to TV volume, the device will switch. It's been a quirk in my comcast remote like forever. But I forgot about
it because I haven't used it in so long.

Harmony ONE remote rocks !!

Wareagle wrote:

My Comcast remote remains assigned to the last device used.  Since I set the volume lock as indicated at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_to_use … olume_Lock, the TV volume is controlled while cable is selected, so I don't need to change it from cable.  Perhaps that's how you have it set up and it just doesn't work that way with yours now, but it's a suggestion.

I have assigned the "TV/VCR" button as the mute for the TV, and yes - after using that the cable/DVR functions don’t work until I press the cable button.  Also, I have the "C" button just below the "Page Down" button configured to power the TV on or off, leaving the DVR on at all times. That, too, makes all buttons "dead" until I press a device button.

Odd thing is, I would think that the TV button would light up after I use either that TV/VCR (Mute) button or the Red C (TV Power) button. Instead, NO device button lights up at all until I press a device button manually. The remote just appears to be completely dead, non-responive, until I press a device button. I never saw that with prior remotes. Also, tI still have all my older Silver Comcast remotes and they don’t behave like the new ones at all. At least some device button always lights up, even if it is not the correct device!

Thanks!

Jim

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The remote already has a "Mute" button, so if you implement the Volume Lock for the TV, it will mute the TV without any further changes.  Also, the "C" button already performs a very useful function while navigating through the guide (it pages forward a day, just as the "B" button pages backward a day).  I suggest you reset the remote and start over with a few simple things (such as Volume Lock), and stay away from reconfiguring useful buttons.  The "PIP" buttons at the bottom of the remote don't seem to be doing anything, so try using the "on/off" button there for your TV.

ghoofie,

If I don’t keep the remote pointed at the equipment throughout the entire sequence it will NOT complete it. Also, if you don’t use the Help function to correct a bad/missed input and any of your commands are "Toggled" commands, then you have a bigger mess the next time you try to use it.

("Toggled" = Toggle the power; if it is On, it clicks it to the opposite; if Off, it turns it On, etc. Just one example.)

Jim

J-Mac wrote:

ghoofie,

If I don’t keep the remote pointed at the equipment throughout the entire sequence it will NOT complete it. Also, if you don’t use the Help function to correct a bad/missed input and any of your commands are "Toggled" commands, then you have a bigger mess the next time you try to use it.

("Toggled" = Toggle the power; if it is On, it clicks it to the opposite; if Off, it turns it On, etc. Just one example.)

Jim

Yep I get that part. There have been times when I had to go thru the help sequence.  But for example,
when I'm finished watching a DVD, I hit the Watch TV activity to switch everything from back to TV inputs.
The TV is already on, and I guess the Harmony knows that, because it doesn't toggle the on/off for the
TV as it does when I hit Watch TV for the first time (i.e. the TV was off). Sometimes, when switching from
DVD to  TV, the correct input doesn't get changed, sometimes it does.  When it  doesn't, I simply hit
Watch TV a second time, and it goes thru the sequence of changing inputs, but doesn't toggle the
power of either the DVD (which was turned off during the  Watch TV sequence), and the TV itself.
I think these Harmony's are pretty smart, but there are times , as you  say, that you have to use
the help function to get things back in sync. (I rarely have to do that though).

Wareagle wrote:

I never have understood the attraction of the fancy remotes.  The Comcast remote does what little I need from a remote.  Perhaps if I were using the DVD player more than once or twice a year I would appreciate it??

Exactly !!  LOL We watch a couple DVD movies a week.

The nice thing about the 'fancy' remotes is the changing of the inputs, for me.
It's nice when we want to watch a DVD, push one button that actually says "Watch DVD".
It turns on the DVD player, turns on the surround system, and changes the TV input to
the DVD player. Also, the different remote buttons operate accordingly: The volume now
operates the surround player, but the channel up/down does the chapters on the DVD player,
etc etc.   When we're done with the movie, press Watch TV and the DVD player shuts off,
the surround shuts off, and the TV input changes to the DVR.

But the BIGGEST thing.... my wife doesn't call me into the room to ask how to do things.
She just pushes buttons or presses the touch screen.

I was like you War, it was my wife who wanted me to get one after our friends told us about theirs.
Now I like it.