JP1 Remotes

phuddy_d · Joined: 11 Sep 2011 Posts: 1

1. Device: Polaroid DRA-1601a
2. Type of device: Hard drive DVD-RW
3. Year: 2007
4. JP1/UEI Remote model: Dish IR/UHF Pro
5. Do you have a JP1 cable? No
6. Still have original remote? Yes
7. Checked the file section? Yes
8. Checked Pronto file section (at R/C)? Yes
9. Partially working setup code? No
10. Learning remote question? n/a
11. Have you tried the JP1 Lookup Tool? {no answer}

Sorry if this is not the way to ask the question but this is the format laid out in the sticky. I have the Polaroid remote which works fine but I want to set the universal remote to work with the DVD-RW. Thanks.

mdavej · Expert Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 4501

Sorry but this forum is for JP1 and other one-for-all type remotes. Your Dish remote is not such a remote, so we can't help you. Try posting at the Dish forum at satelliteguys.us.

eferz · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 12:10 pm Post subject:

The device isn't even in the Logitech Harmony Database http://www.logitech.com/harmony/components Sad

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Barf · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:27 pm Post subject:

Not that I am going to defend the low quality of the original posting Confused

but it appears to me that he is trying to control a device called "Polaroid DRA-1601a" using a "sane" remote. Spending a few seconds with the file search reveals that there are configuration files around for that device; according to those, it is a thingy controlled by NEC1-commands...

The Robman · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:39 pm Post subject:

vickyg2003 · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:43 pm Post subject:

I couldn't figure out what a 'sane' remote was either, but in looking at the Dish remote, I think its a learning remote. So why doesn't he train the dish remote from the original?
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The Robman · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:48 pm Post subject:

I expect "sane" is a typo, but I can't guess what it's a typo for.
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mdavej · Expert Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 4501

OP took my advice and posted at satelliteguys. He has a Dish model 6.4 remote which unfortunately is not learning AFAIK. Newer Dish remotes like the 21.0 are learning. The advice he got over there was to buy a model 21.0 remote and learn.

eferz · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:22 pm Post subject:

Pfft... obviously a "sane" remote is not something you'd find inside of a mental ward wrapped up in a little straight jacket.
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Remotes; JP1.2: Comcast URC-1067, JP1.3: Insignia NS-RC02U-10A, JP1.4 OARI06G, JP2.1: Cox URC-8820-MOTO (still trying to figure out how to make them self-aware.)

The Robman · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:37 pm Post subject: