grimholtz wrote:...Do I really need to reprogram both remotes, though?
Yes because native unit address 0 is
all units.
grimholtz wrote:...It's more complicated than I need because it allows me to control both ReplayTVs from one remote... I don't need to do that. I guess it's not a big deal unless someone switches the remote to the other ReplayTV without understanding what (s)he's done.
I always had the problem of tracking which unit mode a 5K remote was in, and thus perhaps not seeing what it was doing to another unit. So now I only have one unit address per remote.
Four Replay 5000 units. Two on remote address 1, one on address 2 and another on 3. All controlled by one 5K OEM remote for address 1 and another for remote address 2.
I physically labeled OEM remote #2 to differentiate.
So Replay 1 is in one location and Replays 2,3,4 are in another. The two primary recorders (one in each location) are both on remote address 1, and are controlled by the primary 5K remote. To physically use Replay 3, I get out the second remote. It won't interfere with Replay 2 or 4 in that stack. And finally to get to Replay 4 (only really for housekeeping) I physically turn off Replay 2 and 3 and pull out the 4k (address 0 -- all addresses) remote. 4K remote for Replay 4.
Eventually I will make (and label) a 5K remote #3 for Replay #4. But maybe not because I seldom physically access it. I could add it as additional device on another remote but I don't want to confuse myself.
The shifted devices in the extended 5K OEM remote work well for most everything except perhaps multiple (identical) devices with no substantial front panel feedback. (ReplayTVs) That is simply because you need to select the device often just to be sure which you are currently on. Especially when jumping back and forth.
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