[mythtv-users] Vampire LIRC????

[Darius Hardy]

Yan Seiner wrote:
> My lirc only works in daytime....  No kidding....
> 
> Read on for this bizarre, but true, happening...
> 
> I've been using lirc happily for a number of years.  Recently (last 
> week) I got a shiny new Sharp 37" LCD TV, and hooked it up to my mythtv box.
> 
> Everything works fine (except for some unrelated failures) but the 
> remote only works during daylight.  In the morning, before sunup, no 
> remote.  During the day, no problem.  At night, after sundown, no remote.
> 
> I've not done a scientific study of exactly when it fails, but the 
> day/night (or rather, light/dark) effect is clear.
> 
> Since all worked fine at all hours *before* the Sharp TV arrived, and 
> now it exhibits this rather bizarre behavior, somehow the TV is messing 
> with LIRC, but only after dark.....
> 

Could the TV be emitting IR and swamping the receiver? Maybe there's 
enough natural IR in the daytime for the receiver to notice and 
compensate, but not enough at night.
Try shielding the receiver from direct sight of the screen.

-- 
   Darius,
     She who travels light, forgot something.