<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Al McIntosh <span dir="ltr"></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Dale Pontius <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DEPontius@edgehp.net" target="_blank">DEPontius@edgehp.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div>Al McIntosh wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Al McIntosh wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hey,<br>
>> Is any one controlling a Scientific Atlanta 4250 with an mce blaster?<br>
>> There is no lirc.conf for it in the database.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
> I figured it out, the Scientific Atlanta Explorer_2000 in the lirc.conf<br>
> database does work. The issue was, the IR emitter must be accurately fixed<br>
> on the STB IR receiver, it can not be off even by a mm.<br>
><br>
</div></div>Which model of SA 4250 are you working with? I have the SA 4250C, but<br>
there's also a SA 4250HDC, or something like that. The latter sounds<br>
much more sophisticated than the simple thing I have. I had heard that<br>
the IR control was fairly normal, but very physically ticklish to set up.<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br><br></div>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. <br>
<br>I feel my safest option is to buy 6pin to 6pin firewire and use that. <br><br><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br>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.<br>
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