JP1 Remotes

As far as I know, the 5040 remote is the ONLY one that has an extender, so we're talking about the same remote.

Okay. The one I was looking at (r5kex1_2) was talking about all kinds of device selector buttons that I don't have, like Replay, CBL, TV, VCR and DVD. The only "TV" key I have is the ...

I'll look at the extender.


... and after looking at it, it seems to be for the other kind of Replay remote. I have the silver one that just has a pair of power buttons, one for the TV and one for the Replay. I believe that one has the volume and mute buttons "hard wired" to the TV function, if I ...

Yes, exactly. I can teach MythTV to recognize whatever they wind up becoming, so it doesn't really matter what the volume buttons morph to. They just need to be something different. I'll look at the extender.

The current quest is to find the LPT ribbon cable that belongs with my motherboard. I ...

Hmm.. never mind. Apparently, while I did read quite a lot before asking, I didn't quite read enough. I just found the post on the AVS forum from The Robman saying it =is= a regular old JP1 connector. Reading all these posts about converting files and putting them on a Replay made me think it wasn't ...

Hiya, all.

I don't have my RTV5040 any more, but I do still have one of the remotes, and I've been using it quite successfully with my MythTV setup in the bedroom.

Everything is working great with one annoyance that I'd like to fix. The TV is connected only to video, with sound being handled by ...