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On 2013-05-27 5:34 PM, "Rick" <<a href="mailto:rbonafied@gmail.com">rbonafied@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I use my PVR-150 IR Blaster to control a comcast STB. Something I<br>
> discovered was the IR Blaster had to be at the exact right spot for the<br>
> STB to read the signal. I'm told the IR Blaster doesn't send a "strong"<br>
> signal. By the way, when I say the exact right spot it had to be within<br>
> a millimeter, otherwise it wouldn't pick it up. To find the spot, I did<br>
> an irsend with repeat (SEND_START) and moved the blaster all over the<br>
> front of the STB until it registered. Also, the blaster seemed to come<br>
> out of the tip better than the side.<br>
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> I hope that helps.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Hi Rick, </p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks for that. I had been placing my transmitter a fair bit back from the box, so I thought maybe I need it closer. I tried your trick on using SEND_START and moving the device around, right in front of the face of the box. But still, no luck :-( </p>
<p dir="ltr">I also tried the other suggestion of adding a delay (I tried 1 sec), but that also didn't help (although I had tried that with the device further away). I'll have to try playing with it some more when I get some time (which is less and less often... We're in the process of moving into the house, finalising the wedding plans, and I bunch of other stuff. Unfortunately it doesn't leave much time for the important things like MythTV :-)) </p>
<p dir="ltr">aaron<br>
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