Try software w/o cable or remote?

808htfan · Post by **808htfan** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:05 pm

Will the software (IR, RM, KM) function without a cable and remote connected? I'd like to try it out and see if I can pick things up pretty easily or if it's just too complicated for me.

Thanks!

Post by **The Robman** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:41 pm

Absolutely, you can do everything except load the stuff into the remote. Check out the following "how to"

http://www.hifi-remote.com/jp1/help/

That page describes things from a KM point of view, but there's a link at the top of the page that will take you to the RM version of the page, but the process is pretty much the same either way.

808htfan · Post by **808htfan** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:47 pm

Thanks Rob.

I just ordered an 8910 w/ Sony discretes from you and was planning on using it as a 'middle man' to teach my main remote the discrete codes. Just found out that my cable company's remote is actually JP1, too. Now I'm thinking of giving the programming a try but wanted to familiarize myself w/ the software first.

Post by **The Robman** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:54 pm

Just FYI, I am planning on doing your programming tomorrow and will get your remote in the mail on Monday morning.

Regarding the cable company remote, which remote is this? The reason I ask is because many of the cable remotes on the market now are actually JP1.x remotes. So, while you can use the JP1 software to program them, you may need a different cable for them than you would for a remote like the URC-8910, which uses a traditional JP1 cable.

808htfan · Post by **808htfan** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:11 pm

Hi Rob, thanks for the update on my remote.

My cable co. remote is the Atlas DVR 5 (w/ 'Settings' button and not the 'Day' buttons). Know if that's a plain JP1 remote, or a JP1.x?

808htfan · Post by **808htfan** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:16 pm

BTW, it says JP1 on the inside.

Post by **The Robman** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:55 pm

It's hard to say because they've made the Atlas in just about all flavors, but if it just says "JP1" on the inside, it's probably an old fashioned JP1 remote so it should work with the same as the URC-8910.

808htfan · Post by **808htfan** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:11 pm

Thanks again, Rob.