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Posted by L David Matheny on 02/06/07 08:12
<klugja@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1170549474.898779.299520@a34g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Is there a device that can send the IR command to change the channel
> of my terrestrial HDTV set top box at the appropriate time so my DVD
> recorder can record the correct channel? I have a Samsung DTB-H260F
> set top box, and am able to record the S-Video output signal, and play
> back what is recorded OK, but I have to set the channel of the set top
> box, and change it before the next time I want to record.
>
> The panasonic DMR-EH50 has this IR blaster thing, but so far it hasn't
> done anything useful. Maybe I should disconnect the antenna from the
> DMR-EH50?
>
> The set top box is able to change channels itself, but has to be set
> up again every day.
>
> Another possibility would be another set top box, which actually has a
> useful programming feature, if such a device existed.
>
As has already been suggested, some third-party remotes can do such
things. (My Sony RM-AV3100 has timer macros, but I don't use it for
scheduling recordings.) Your DMR-EH50's IR blaster may be able to
do something useful if you tell the EH50 that your DTB-H260F is a
cable box. OTA isn't cable, of course, but channel assignments don't
matter if the EH50's internal tuner isn't being used. Possible problems:
1. Since the H260F has no NTSC tuner, you lose TV Guide On Screen.
2. I don't know whether two-digit channel numbers can work the H260F
or whether it can be controlled by any remote codes stored in the EH50.
Good luck, and let us know if anything works. I have an EH50, too.
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