[mythtv-users] Sky Digibox Tip

Garry garry at sneakyninja.net
Sun Feb 15 12:34:35 EST 2004


steve at nexusuk.org wrote:

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>>If you're using Sky Digital and have not got an IR Blaster working yet (like 
>>me) you can always add the shows you want recording to your personal planner 
>>within Sky, and set them to autoview. This means the digibox automatically 
>>switches to that channel, leaving Myth able to record it via the RF output.
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>You might want to check out the Sky Digibox config on my website:
>    http://www.nexusuk.org/projects/pvr/lirc.php
>The config is for the homebrew transmitter, not a proper IR Blaster, but 
>the Digibox is very picky about the IR timings so it might be useful to 
>you.
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Will do, thanks. I've got an Actisys 200L but have yet to get it 
working... 'Experimental' phase :-)

>>It also has 'series link' which will do the same for all shows in a particular 
>>series. Which ties in quite nicely with Myths capabilities.
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>Before I got Myth, I used to use the Digibox's planner to schedule 
>recordings for my VHS recorder - Series Link was always wholly unreliable 
>(used to forget to record the next episode 75% of the time, one of the big 
>reasons I decided not to bother with Sky+).  Has it actually got reliable 
>now?
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I've not used it for long, but my wife has, and I've not heard any 
complaints, so I reckon it's better than 75% now!

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