[mythtv-users] Switching from Sky to Virgin Media - lirc configuration help

Rob Davis rob at davis-family.info
Wed Jan 9 16:38:04 UTC 2013


On 2013-01-09 09:49, Dave Pearson wrote:
> Switching from Sky to Virgin Media - lirc configuration help
>
> Hi,
>
> I shall shortly be switching from Sky to Virgin Media for all of my
> TV, Broadband and Telephone needs. As a result of this switchover I
> will go from using a Sky+ HD box with mythtv, connected via a
> composite input to a PVR250 to using a Virgin Media V+ HD box (again
> connected via the composite input).
>
> In order to change channels on the V+ HD box I will have to use a MCE
> IRC Transmitter (which I used to use for the Sky+ box until it became
> possible to change channels via a PCP/IP connection). Does anyone 
> have
> a working lirc transmitter config for the Virgin Media V+ HD box? If
> not, can any one tell me how I would go about capturing the codes 
> from
> the remote control so that I can write my own config file?


I know when I setup my slingbox I needed to use a remote config for 
Telewests TVDrive.  Is there anything for that?

Ah, looks like your answer lies on the bottom page of this:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/UK_Television

Select the appropriate one depending on which box they give you.


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