811 remote question

[bjohn]

I have two 811's.

One is hooked upto a rca non-hdtv.
On this one, when I press the sat button, it turns on the 811 and the Tv and sets the TV to video 1. So with one button press i'm able to watch tv.

Another 811 is connected to a sony kp46wt510. on this one i have to turn both on individually.

I'm confused. is it supposed to turn both devices on by pressing the sat button? Wish i could do that with my other 811 too.

 

[timclark]

I am surprised it is doing that on the RCA. My impression of the 811 remote was that it would emulate other remotes if you got the right code, but that you could not program macros into it (which on my system would be turn on TV and switch input to DVI or Component 1 or whatever.)

I use a Harmony programable remote to accomplish something like that. The only thing I can think of is that the RCA power on IR command is the same as the command the remote is putting out when you hit the Sat button and that the TV either seeks out the input with the signal or that is the only TV input you use so it is always on Video1.

 

[bjohn]

I didn't program the remote to operate the RCA tv, whatever code was in there works.

The great thing is that even if the tv is on channel 4 or something, when i press the sat button, it turns tv and 811 ON and puts it on video1.

Now only if i could recreate that for my other 811

 

[GaryPen]

Perhaps the 811 remote is designed to do that with HD-in-a-box. Since HDIAB and RCA are both made by Thomson, it may explain it.

 

[bjohn]

Perhaps the 811 remote is designed to do that with Dish-in-a-box. Since DIAB and RCA are both made by Thomson, it may explain it.

No, it's not dish in a box.
Just a regular rca tv, not even HD

 

[sfletcher]

Perhaps that model of TV detects an active input from the satellite receiver and turns itself on and switches to the input.

My Hitachi RPTV does that for just 1 of it's inputs. If you have something attached to it, it will detect if the box turns on, and turn on the TV and select that input.

 

[SimpleSimon]

Welcome aboard sfletcher!

Cool feature! It should be noted that some E* receivers have an active black output even when they're in stand-by. That can hurt some automatic switching.

 

[GaryPen]

No, it's not dish in a box.
Just a regular rca tv, not even HD

I understand. I will try to be clearer: If the 811 remote is designed to work that way with HDIAB, it may work that way with RCA models, HD or not, as RCA and HDIAB are both made (poorly) by Thomson.