[mythtv-users] IR Blasting question

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Mon Oct 1 04:23:18 UTC 2007


On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 10:53:33PM -0500, Josh Trutwin wrote:
> 13) you get a different stream.  Each TV needs a special remote that
> is programed to change one of these streams.

There isn't a box *at each TV*?

> I have my tuner (PVR500) set to start on channel 7 and I can use the
> remote control that is programmed for this stream.  Now that I'm
> looking at recording shows though I need to somehow enable IR
> Blasting to change the channels programatically.  I looked into IR
> Blasting a little but it looks like a normal configuration has this
> combined with a set top box.  What I need to do is have the IR
> Blaster signal work on the remote - not sure if this is possible?

No, you probably can't control the remote.  And if the googling I did
is suggestive enough, I suspect it might be an RF remote...

Is it Hutchinson, or TCTWest?

Cheers,
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