JP1 Remotes

vickyg2003 · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:48 am Post subject:

I see I typed 10 when I meant 20 over the MSP. However, I have read that the DTVPal, is not the TR-40 even though it has the same feature sets.

The TR-40 still is supposed to be 39.99. With gas eating so much of everyone's bugets, I'm wondering how many people are going to have to give up cable to make ends meet. I never could see paying for local channels, when I got them for free, and only my family room has satelite all my other rooms run off the attic antena, or their own rabbit ears.

I don't want to fill a landfill with my 9 TV's that will need converters next year, and yet the $280, or more, for boxes seems like a huge exspense to support these old TV's. Fortunately I've got a large supply of remotes to handle a box on every tv.

jetskier · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 287 Location: Nevada

I don't think you'll ever see the TR-40 or pricing for it at $39.99. I think Echostar realized they couldn't profit off of them at that price so they renamed it to the DTVpal and up'd the price to $59.99. They don't even give the resellers a break.

I'm waiting to see if the TR50 lives up to the hype when it was announced in January. If it has dual ATSC tuners, large DVR, and Dish's guide with no fees, I may get two of them and dump a couple of my Dish HD receivers. A lot of what I record is local stations. The others are History, Discovery, TLC, Spike. I could cut my sat bill in half. DVR fee, additional receiver fees, etc would be gone.

The Robman · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:04 pm Post subject:

If the have one of the CM or DS boxes, could you do me a favor please. There are reports in the AVS forums that these boxes respond to UEI codes that have different characteristics than the learned signals you've captured. This implies that the boxes respond to more than one codeset. The chances are that your JP1 remote already have CBL codes 0144, 0749 and 0899 installed, but just in case you don't have the codes, I have created KM upgrades for them.

So, if you have the Channel Master box, could you verify if it responds to CBL/0144 please.

If you have one of the DigitalStream boxes, could you verify if it responds to CBL/0749 and CBL/0899 please.

Channel Master CM-70 uses code 0144.
CBL/0144 = pid-0060, hex "CA"

DigitalStream DTX-9900 or DTX-9950 uses codes 0749, 0899
CBL/0749 = NEC1 12.251
CBL/0899 = NEC1 33.156
Zaphod's upgrade = NEC1 18.52

Thanks,
Rob
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The Robman · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:18 pm Post subject:

jetskier · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 287 Location: Nevada

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mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

The Robman · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:28 am Post subject:

The CBL/0144 is for old Pioneer cable boxes, so I assume the $0060 executor produced some sort of Pioneer/NEC like signal, though I've never looked at it before myself.

Have you tried controlling the box using a ReplayTV unit? Where you able to get the channel guide to work? If you have the CM EOM remote, could you create a complete upgrade, so we can see the codes for the rest of the buttons?

I'm disappointed that Steve wasn't able to use those other two codes to work the DS box, so I'll have to double check the posts over at AVS where they claim that those codes work. The RCA box also has a code in the ReplayTV units, but it appears that the RCA boxes are buggy.

I guess I have to sort something out before next year. The E* boxes sound cool, but they'll probably be expensive.
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mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:54 am Post subject:

Here's an upgrade based on the OEM remote for the Channel Master CM7000.

This box also responds to CBL/0533, using the Pioneer 00E2 protocol (40 kHz). It appears to have the same subset of functions available for both CBL/0144 and CBL/0533. Here is what I've been able to determine so far:

The Robman · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:05 am Post subject:

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mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:42 am Post subject:

MaskedMan · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

Since you're discussing DVR and the convertor boxes, Tivo has said they're not coming out with code for the DigitalStream boxes because of the problems they have had trying to control them with the tivos during testing.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=6435442#post6435442
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The Robman · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:43 am Post subject:

Here's an update about the Comcast situation. According to the Executive Support Specialist that I just spoke to, I should be able to continue using my current setup past the Feb 2009 DTV switchover.

I don't use a cable box, the cable feed goes directly into my "cable ready" TV and my ReplayTV boxes. Concast will continue to send the broadcast channels down the line in the analog-like format that they currently use.

I do have the option of getting a digital box for a small monthly rental charge which would also give me some of the additional free channels that you can get with a coupon box.
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jetskier · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 287 Location: Nevada

The Feb 2009 digital changover is for OTA signals only. It had nothing to do with cable signals even if they are in analog form. I know there is a lot of confusion out there. I know there has been a push to get cable subscribers into a digital cable box rather than the feed directly into the TV.