JP1 Remotes

Forgive me if this has been asked already, but how the heck do I get a pin header to attach to my URC-9960 when it only has surface mount points? There's no "hole" going through the pcb, so how do I attach it?

Is there a special surface mount 6 pin header I can get?

Thanks
-Matt

Hi. I'm trying to get the extenteder for the 7800 working and I've been having too many problems to get it to work. I started this discussion in a different thread on this forum:

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2450

But I thought I'd post somewhere specific to the extenders ...

You could post your eeprom image with the extender installed to the diagnosis folder and maybe someone will spot the error.

Ok - I've posted two configurations to the diagnostic area. I couldn't get either to work:

mj1856_7800ext1.txt
This has the extender installed, all my macros switched over ...

Well, I tried installing the 7800 extender. I downloaded the "extender 2" from the jp1 yahoo group. Is there a newer version somewhere? Because it had some pretty serious problems.

At first, I thought all was well. It seemed to be working. I read the docs carefully and re-desiged my macros to use ...

It is the 7800 with the two emitters. Sorry for the confusion. I haven't had a chance to try bending them out out or the extender yet - I'm hoping to get some time this weekend.

I have replaced batteries with no noticable change, so that's not the problem here, but thanks.

The idea about putting ...

Oh, by the way - I was half-way serious about the painting buttons thing. Has anyone tried this before? What kind of paint would work well without rubbing off easily?

-Matt

I have 2 remotes programmed identical in my primary viewing room and they sit side by side.
guests seem to gravitate to the Kameleon and get the hang of it quicker

Sounds like a good plan - keep both and see what works best. Perhaps I'll try the Kameleon afterall - but I'm going to wait until I ...

I think that the root problem you are tying to solve is this inconsistent reception problem without aiming properly. I think there could be two broad reasons for this:

1. That there is a range, obstruction or other geometry problem that makes this unreliable or,

2. That your macros take a long ...

The JP1 remotes really don't offer anything to address the "easier for my friends" requirement. The Kameleon models have the basic structure (touch screen), but aren't programmable enough to do anything with it, so they just provide the worst aspects of both (hard button vs. touch screen).

I wasn ...

Have you tried ToadTog?

I haven't - but I'm not sure it would help. The idea there is that the remote keeps track of the mode based on toggeling an internal bit when you power on or off - so you can treat it like discrete when it's not. Correct? Well if the ir signal doesn't reach the receiver ...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Ok - point taken. Maybe I should rephrase.

I love my Cinema 7 - I can use it without thinking. The reason I'd like the backlit display is because I like to watch TV in the dark and the glow-in-the-dark buttons are usually faded dim by the time I need to see it ...

Hi,

I currently have a Cinema 7 remote that I've been using with the various JP1 tools for the last couple of years. It's cool because my system has separately switched video and audio - which is easy to do with one button, thanks to macros. Anyway, it's working great, but I'm looking for something ...