Remote codes for C-BOX H101 (most obscure box ever?)

[menzies]

Hi, I'm looking for the remote codes for an IPTV Set-top box. The only markings on the box are "C-BOX H101" on the front. I found an Alibaba post that has a picture of it here (I used Google Translate to convert it to English from Chinese): http://detail.1688.com/offer/1192077907.html

I am trying to program a Slingbox 350 to send remote codes to this box. My Mother-in-Law has this at her home in San Jose, CA, and she is coming to visit me in San Diego, CA to help my wife and I take care of a 5-month old baby. I'd like to be able to provide her with television. I sent her a Slignbox, and my Father-in-Law was able to set it up to capture programming, except for the remote control part! A working remote is in San Jose, so it is not with me. Neither of us currently has a Logitech Harmony remote to read codes in.

What would I need to do in order to generate a .bin file for the Slingbox to send the proper codes? I've searched JP1 and here for C-BOX and H101 to no avail, and I have sent an email to the Alibaba contact (with low expectations on a return answer), so I imagine I would need some way to capture the remote output and translate that into the .bin file format.

I've seen that others who have a Logitech Harmony can learn the codes from the original remote and have the .bin extracted somehow, but as I mentioned, neither of us currently has a Logitech Harmony. Is getting a Harmony the easiest way to do this? And if so, is the learning and code export process easy enough that I could instruct my FIL to do it? Or would it be best to have him, say, ship me the remote for a bit so that I can pull out the codes, before I ship the remote back to him?

I also have a remote that controls a Windows 7 HTPC, which means it comes with a IR receiver. Is there a way to use that IR receiver to learn remote codes directly to program a .bin file?

Sorry for the long post, but I'd really like to be able to provide remote television for my Mother-in-Law. Thanks for reading!

Menzies

[alanrichey]

See my reply at http://answers.slingbox.com/message/98175#98175

Although I have no idea on the Windows 7 remote so if anyone knows anything about those.... ?

[menzies]

Thanks, Al.

Just to update the community, a forum member here is local to where my FIL is, and generously offered to visit and learn the codes from the box itself. This community is truly amazing! Once I have the .bin file, I will upload to this thread in case anyone in the future will come looking for it.

Thanks again!
Menzies