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Revelator · Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 8

I keymoved it to do something else, but it still has to be pressed twice. Is there any way to get it (the Record button) to send a signal on one press?

Mark Pierson · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 6:43 am Post subject:

Hmmm... I thought a key move (or learned signal) overrode that "feature"... maybe not. If it's defined as part of a device upgrade, I pretty certain the need for a double press is eliminated.
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Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:32 am Post subject:

Mark Pierson · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:54 am Post subject:

Revelator · Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 8

I am using the 2104 extender.

Here's the weird situation:

I set Record in the DVD device to DVD "Display".

That works fine, and I inly have to press once.

I set Record in the Cable device to Cable "Info".

I upload to the remote and press Power to activate the extender. Then, if I press Cable and then the Record button, nothing happens until I press it again (default behaviour)... and when I do press the second time, nothing happens (apparently).

Then, if I switch to the DVD device, everything works fine, including Record working as "Display".

Now.... when I switch back to Cable, the Record button now works on one press, and sends the DVD "Display" signal.

What's up with that?

Mark Pierson · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 2:48 pm Post subject:

johnsfine · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:04 pm Post subject:

johnsfine · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:11 pm Post subject:

johnsfine · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:19 pm Post subject:

Revelator · Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 8

Thank you all.

I added T_CBL to the Cable macro and now it works.

I kind of have no idea what "dynamic HT" and "transport" stuff is in the extender. I originally wanted to use the extender to be able to use the Sleep key properly, and to move the Shift key to one that can be used by human hands.

johnsfine · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:53 pm Post subject:

"Transport" = the set of six basic VCR keys (play, stop, fwd, rew, pause, record).

"HT" = Home Theater = a mode in which different sets of keys are associated with different devices, such as having your transport keys go to VCR functions and your channel keys go to cable functions and volume keys go to Amp functions and all the rest (pip, menu etc.) go to TV functions. It saves a lot of presses on device keys in normal use when you use several devices together but only the basic functions of each device.

"dynamic HT" = an HT mode in which the combination of devices is chosen dynamically, rather than completely predefined.

Example:

In the family room I have, TV, cable tuner, two VCRs, and absurdly flexible interconnect.

On occasion I watch a program while it's being broadcast. But I never watch commercials, so I would have a tape in a VCR that I can watch during commercials. So the transport controls must control the VCR while the PIP functions control the TV. But I like to be able flip channels as well, so the channel controls must be live. But2 sometimes the cable tuner is busy letting a different VCR tape something and/or sending a signal to the bedroom TV, so sometimes the channel keys should control the cable tuner but sometimes the TV. But3 there are those two different VCRs in that room and sometimes the tape I want to play is on one, sometimes the other.

So that is really 4 different HT modes, combining the choice of two different transport sets with the choice of two different channel sets with the vol and PIP keys of the TV. I could create 4 different HT modes, but that wouldn't be intuitive and ALL this is actually less than half of what's programmed in my 15-2104.

With dynamic HT, it all just works without defining the multiple HT modes. I press one of the two VCR keys, then I press either TV or Cable and it's all set up.

I hope that example makes sense (It's simpler than the other ways I use dynamic HT).

If you have two transport devices (such as a DVD and a VCR), I think you can make good use of dynamic HT.