RS 2104 setup button suddenly stopped working?

Kevinck · Post by **Kevinck** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:27 am

I've been using JP1 for many years now on my radioshack 2104. Never had problems with the extender or any of the new codes i created. The last version of IR i used was 307.

So last night i decided to add a few more buttons to my setup. Never did bother programming in the audio or angle selector buttons from my dvd player. I downloaded IR 515 and made my changes. The new buttons work just fine but the green 'P' button no longer works at all. I assumed it was my changes so i tried re-uploading the backup ir file i made when i first downloaded with IR 515. I also tried uploading the last working ir file (it was a .txt file back with IR307) from over a year ago when i last used IR. It doesn't seem to make a difference either.

Last night when i made my changes I did end up doing a manufacturer 981 reset a couple times so i could learn a few buttons and find out their EFC. I think i did a reset, then learned codes, reset, upload extended IR file, reset, learn a few more, upload extended IR file, add the few new buttons as keymoves, and upload a last time to the remote. Never had a problem.

Sorry for the long seemingly pointless details. But i'm hoping if I give enough information someone might know how to fix this.

Currently it isn't a problem. I can continue to download/upload changes to my extended 2104. But if i ever wanted to go back to default programming, so that i can learn buttons from other remotes, I'll need to be able to do a 981 reset and to do that i need the green 'P' button.

Any help appreciated.

Mark Pierson · Post by **Mark Pierson** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:35 am

If you're using the extender, the normal operation of the "shift" button is different from that of the default remote. For example, none of the "set-#-#-#" commands are available. To reset the remote, you need to deactivate the extender be removing a battery, pressing a button, and reinsert the battery. Then, press and hold the (P) button until the LED blinks twice, then enter 9-8-1.

Kevinck · Post by **Kevinck** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:34 pm

Ah. Last night i was able to do the 981 reset on what i thought was an extended remote. So when I couldn't do it this morning I assumed there was something wrong. But now that you mention it, one of the first things that happened was that the batteries fell out just before i tried to do a 981 reset. So i did just what you described by accident.

Thanks for the information.