Controlling two Panasonic devices - DMR-E80H and DMR-E85H

jimschott · Post by **jimschott** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:28 pm

I have used JP1 with my Panasonic DMR-E80H HDD/DVD-R for the past year and recently purchased a second Panasonic unit, DMR-E85H.

I am having trouble setting up my remote to control both units.
Remote: 15-1994
Protocol: Panasonic
Upgrade: Panasonic_DMR-E85H_Robman
(I made some button assignment changes with KM)

With the remote I changed the DMR-E85H setup to recognize "Remote 2". Now the DMR-E85H does not respond to remote signals (it flashes "Chk Remote2").

I've tried to set this up the DMR-E85H as a second device using Panasonic protocol with sub-device 16 (actually, I've tried a combination of values for sub-device and OEM Code...1, 2, 16, etc.). I thought that "Remote 1" is sub-device 0, "Remote 2" is sub-device 16, etc. but I am not sure I understand how this all works. Regardless of what I put use, the remote continues to control the original DMR-E80H and not the DMR-E85H.

Two requests -
1) Advice on how to set up my remote to control both Panasonic boxes, and
2) Advice on how to temporarily "reset" the DMR-E85H back to accept Remote1 signals (I tried factory reset by pressing Ch+ and Ch- simultaneously on the front of the box - this reset all settings but the box is still flashing "Chk Remote2"

Thanks

Post by **The Robman** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:31 pm

Step 1. Change the Panasonic remote to use "remote 2" signals.
Step 2. Learn those signals using the 15-1994 to see what device codes/sub-device codes are used.
Step 3. Change the 2nd upgrade to use those device code(s).

jimschott · Post by **jimschott** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:15 pm

Thanks Rob. In my unending and enduring faith in JP1 I purchased both the DMR-E80H and DMR-E85H without the remote control. I may need to break down to buy the Panasonic remote one of these days.

I tried once more and set Sub Device to 16 (the Panasonic box Remote Code is set at Remote2).

KM:
Remote: 15-1994
Device Type: Cable
Setup Code: 1492
Using Extender: No

Protocol Name: Panasonic
Main Device: 176
Sub Device: 16
If I had a 3rd device, Sub Device would be set to 32.

This worked fine. After I changed the 15-1994 (extender 5) Macros to match. I was using C_AUX1 , M_AUX1 , O_AUX1 , T_AUX1 , etc. as the assignments for both AUX1 and AUX2 buttons. Once I change the 2nd box to C_AUX2, M_AUX2, etc. everything worked.

Post by **The Robman** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:14 am

So, to summarize, they all use the Panasonic protocol with a main device code of 176, and...

"remote 1" = sub-device = 0
"remote 2" = sub-device = 16
"remote 3" = sub-device = 32

Is that right?