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jhulbert
Joined: 21 Feb 2011 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:26 am Post subject: URC-9811 IR Command center randomly turning on my TV |
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I have the all for one 8 device remote control and it works great except the IR command console randomly turns on my TV without touching the remote. I searched the forums and there was talk of a hack to alleviate this problem but I cannot find it. I notice there is a red LED that does do a lot of blinking on it. Hard to see because of the red screen in front of it.
Is this a common fixable problem? I am pretty good with a soldering iron
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jimdunn
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 544 Location: NSW, Australia |
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jhulbert
Joined: 21 Feb 2011 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:06 am Post subject: |
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Number 2935 was the ticket. Sounds as simple as stacking another resistor.
Thanks a lot for the help!!
Once I apply the fix I'll reply with the results. |
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jimdunn
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 544 Location: NSW, Australia |
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:46 am Post subject: |
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jhulbert wrote: | Once I apply the fix I'll reply with the results. |
Great - look forward to the results - feedback is very important to us here.
I hope it solves your problem. |
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MaskedMan Tivo Expert
Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 1018 Location: Boone, IA |
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like a neigbor has the same tv and IR repeater using the same frequency. _________________ Edmund |
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jimdunn
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 544 Location: NSW, Australia |
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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MaskedMan wrote: | Sounds like a neigbor has the same tv and IR repeater using the same frequency. |
Great call that never occurred to me - I guess I'd maybe expect random "turning offs", "channel changes" and other stuff to perhaps also happen if that were the case.
But if it were just a similar TV, where just the "On" signal was common - or another TV/other device and signal close enough to cause problems through a similar repeater...
Or the neighbour just watches TV at different times...
Hmm. Certainly worth investigation... Couldn't hurt to ask around.
Running with this lovely theory - the unexplained "blinks" on the unit that don't cause anything to happen to the OP's equipment, and aren't caused by his own remote, could, I guess, be the majority of the neighbour's commands that don't affect the OP's equipment in any way, but still get repeated?
...Regardless, that's all still "interference" - so, whatever the source, could still possibly be solved by reducing sensitivity...
I don't know if you can alter the channel/frequency of these gadgets - but if you can, I'd probably be considering that, if it's easy to test.
It'd be too simple a solution for there just to be a built in "unit id" which the user can set, I guess.
(I know very little about these "command centers", except that they repeat IR signals, so just throwing stuff out - one of our neighbours got the same cheap RF cordless doorbell as we have, and it was setting ours off - turned out there were 4 jumpers in the transmitter unit to set a unit ID (channel/frequency, I assume) - once we altered that, no more problems...)
Of course, in this case, the RF transmitter is the remote control itself, so altering channel/frequency for both that and its receiver may not be such an easy option, I haven't been able to do enough simple/lazy research to know the answer to that, sorry... |
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zaphod7501
Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 534 Location: Peoria Illinois |
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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Low batteries in a remote have also been known to cause them to send random commands without pressing buttons. _________________ Just call me Zaphod (or Steve) --- I never should have started using numbers in a screen name but I just can't stop now. |
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