Saving the original contents of a remote 100% correctly.

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Saving the original contents of a remote 100% correctly.

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I ordered a RCA RCRP05BR and a USB to TTL cable (which I'll convert to a 2x3 JP1.3 connector). I plan to use RM-IR and follow the steps in "JP1 - Just how easy is it?".

But I read elsewhere where Vickyg2003 recommended to save the contents of a remote by using raw, as a normal save could lose data or something like that. I didn't see an option in the "JP1 - Just how easy is it?" tutorial to save the contents of a remote as raw.

How do I save the contents of the RCRP05BR as raw using RM-IR? Is there a built-in option to do that?

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Post by 3FG »

You can answer this question yourself by starting up RMIR and looking at each menu item. Hint: look at the menu item Remote.

The RCRP05B will emerge from its packaging with the contents of memory the same as if the remote had just undergone a 981 reset. Remotes supplied by a cable company sometimes have an upgrade installed, and it is useful to save the RMIR file from those before doing any changes.

The sort of thing Vicky is referring to would only happen to a remote that has been extensively customized.
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Post by Raptor88 »

3FG wrote:You can answer this question yourself by starting up RMIR and looking at each menu item. Hint: look at the menu item Remote.
I'll install RMIR and have a look.
The RCRP05B will emerge from its packaging with the contents of memory the same as if the remote had just undergone a 981 reset. Remotes supplied by a cable company sometimes have an upgrade installed, and it is useful to save the RMIR file from those before doing any changes.

The sort of thing Vicky is referring to would only happen to a remote that has been extensively customized.
Ahhh, thanks for the clarification.

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Post by vickyg2003 »

But I read elsewhere where Vickyg2003 recommended to save the contents of a remote by using raw, as a normal save could lose data or something like that
Actually Raptor, I was talking about doing a raw download from a remote with an "immature rdf" At the time I wrote that new cable remotes were being added all the time. Now its few and far between. When the RDF's are immature, there may be a feature we don't fully understand.

So if you get an RDF from the development area, its best to keep a copy of the raw download.

This is getting to be a long post for the iphone.
Remember to provide feedback to let us know how the problem was solved and share your upgrades.

Tip: When creating an upgrade, always include ALL functions from the oem remote, even if you never plan on assigning them to a button. Complete function lists makes an upgrade more helpful to others.
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Post by Raptor88 »

vickyg2003 wrote:
But I read elsewhere where Vickyg2003 recommended to save the contents of a remote by using raw, as a normal save could lose data or something like that
Actually Raptor, I was talking about doing a raw download from a remote with an "immature rdf" At the time I wrote that new cable remotes were being added all the time. Now its few and far between. When the RDF's are immature, there may be a feature we don't fully understand.

So if you get an RDF from the development area, its best to keep a copy of the raw download.

This is getting to be a long post for the iphone.
Understand now vickg2003. Thanks much for taking the time to clarify.
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