[mythtv-users] Remote Suggestions

[Joseph Fry]

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 10:40 PM, <f-myth-users at media.mit.edu> wrote:

>     > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 04:23:33 -0500
>     > From: Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com>
>
>     > > I like my Sony RM-VLZ620. Picked up a couple from Amazon for $12
> over
>     > > Christmas. I see they're back up to $20. Strength is great, due to
> 3 leds.
>     > > Works with my Ortek VRC-1100 as well as the re-branded Adesso
> ARC-1100. The
>     > > remote is a few years old, so I was pleasantly surprised that I
> could use a
>     > > pre-programmed code for the Samsung Smart TV we got this Christmas.
>
>     >  I will second this remote... I feel it's one of the best remotes
> you can
>     > get to use with mythtv.
>
> Does anyone know if this remote uses compatible IR signaling with what
> a Hauppage PVR-350 receiver expects?
>
>
I am almost certain it will.  It probably won't have a codeset
preprogrammed that matches the remote that came with your PVR-350, but you
can learn all the codes from that remote.
What I did, to ensure I could use every button was to try a bunch of the
preprogrammed remote configurations until I found one that transmits a
singal for the most buttons possible (code sets only use a limited number
of buttons), then I learned codes from another remote for all of the unused
buttons... Finally I used irrecord to create my remote configuration and
assigned each button a name.

Note: depending on the signaling of the codeset you selected, and the
remote you learn from,  you may need to treat them as two different remotes
in lirc.  irrecord does not like it if some of the buttons use different
signalling... but the remote doesn't care.  So just create two remotes,
VLZ620-Codeset123 and VLZ620-Learned... record all of the buttons for each
"remote" and lirc will be perfectly happy.

If your lucky, as I was, the signaling will be the same (or close enough)
between the preprogrammed codes and the learned codes... so I was able to
capture all of the buttons into a single remote file.
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