Kameleon Gen III URC-8308

Benthamman · Post by **Benthamman** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:44 pm

Hi Folks,

First post here. I have a URC 7560 and a JP1 USB lead and have had fun and some success setting it up. But I lusted after the Kameleon Gen III #8308 which has appeared on Amazon UK recently. Its pretty cool but I was surprised and a little concerned to see no JP1 (or similar) connector.

Have OFA abandoned the connectors (their charged support call centre is £0.5 UKP /minute)?

There is no panel that can be removed or anything that I can see that might allow access.

Is this right - have OFA abandoned the idea?

Shame on them.

I am still struggling to get it set up properly with a Humax 9200t PVR. Now if only it had a jp.....

Benthamman

Post by **The Robman** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:03 pm

This remote is still very new, so there's not much info out there. I would have assumed that it was a JP1.3 remote, but if there's no 6-pin or 6-pad connector, I'm guessing that it isn't.

Post by **The Robman** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:32 am

Could you double check that there isn't a 6-pad JP1 connector in the battery compartment. The folks at UEI seem to think that there is one.

Also, this remote has a modem onboard, so even without a JP1 cable, you should be able to load upgrades into it, once we add support for it to our tools.

see...
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewt ... 3494#53494

Benthamman · Post by **Benthamman** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:50 pm

Hi,

The Link didn't work for me.

The 8308's battery compartment is a tube affair. Each battery (4XAAA in total) is loaded in a long tube that runs the length of the remote. So at the end of the remote there is only a small hole the diameter of an AAA battery. I have peered into the hole with a torch and if there is a contact pad in there then someone is going to have to adapt some gynaecological tools to get a connector onto it. I can see no contact pad or pins.

The remote does indeed have a modem - so all is not lost.

Thanks

Benthamman

campadri · Post by **campadri** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:41 am

Help needed - RDF file for URC-8308 Europe

mikemillen · Post by **mikemillen** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:07 am

Yes, it's a JP1.x interface.

Search the forum for info on the URC-8305, which is quite similar.

You'll have to open it up to gain access to the pads.