[mythtv-users] Scientific Atlanta 4250 mce blaster
Al McIntosh
al at allanmcintosh.com
Sat Jan 31 21:25:40 UTC 2009
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Al McIntosh wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Dale Pontius <DEPontius at edgehp.net>wrote:
>
>> Al McIntosh wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Al McIntosh wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hey,
>> >> Is any one controlling a Scientific Atlanta 4250 with an mce blaster?
>> >> There is no lirc.conf for it in the database.
>> >>
>> >>
>> > I figured it out, the Scientific Atlanta Explorer_2000 in the lirc.conf
>> > database does work. The issue was, the IR emitter must be accurately
>> fixed
>> > on the STB IR receiver, it can not be off even by a mm.
>> >
>> Which model of SA 4250 are you working with? I have the SA 4250C, but
>> there's also a SA 4250HDC, or something like that. The latter sounds
>> much more sophisticated than the simple thing I have. I had heard that
>> the IR control was fairly normal, but very physically ticklish to set up.
>>
>>
>
> I have the HDC model. The little light emitters that come with the MCE and
> hauppage blasters have such a short range I cut one off and soldered an IR
> emitter, salvaged from an old remote, back in it's place. This works much
> better with increased range. I have uncovered another issue though my
> Samsung LCD is emitting IR interference. The blaster works flawlessly when
> the TV is off, when it's on the blaster is completely unreliable.
>
> I feel my safest option is to buy 6pin to 6pin firewire and use that.
>
>
>
A computer store close to me here in Ottawa had a 2 meter 6 pin to 6 pin
firewire cable for $15. Only a few extra dollars compared to online, by the
time you add shipping, not to mention the wait. In any case, I compiled
mythchanger and it worked changing channels right out of the box. Pretty
sweet.
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