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Problem with Vizio Soundbar and a (FOSPower) HDMI switch

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:43 am
by Netaid66
I have a Vizio Soundbar and a (FOSPower) HDMI switch. On learning on my Nevo2, both report NEC1 but one uses frequency 37383 and the other 37735. Both say device code 0

The original remotes do not seem to affect the "wrong" device, but when I use NEC1 to build upgrades, some buttons for one device also affect the other device.

I see several NECx protocols, but the descriptions do not seem to cover frequency differences except NEC1-34 (and that seems a way off 37383!

I am not too successful in getting clean learns (sometimes only the frequency is reported) but the difference in frequency seems consistent
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Any advice would be appreciated.

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:22 am
by The Robman
That difference in frequency is inconsequential, basically they both use the exact same frequency. Have you tried using the learned signals themselves on your devices? I suspect that they also would also operate the "wrong" device.

I further suspect that the reason the OEM remotes don't have this issue is because they send much weaker signals. Are they credit card sized remotes?

I don't have any good suggestions here. The best that I can think of is, compile a list of OBCs for each device and see where they overlap, like is it on all buttons or just a few? If it's only a few, see what they are and decide if you can use those buttons more carefully, or perhaps use macros to follow the offending button with a non-overlap button. I'm just spitballing here as I don't have the overlap list.

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:21 am
by n8nagel
I had the same issue with a Vizio Roku TV and a different HDMI switch. There seems to be a common theme here... I ended up buying a Sony TV just because there were other things I didn't like about the Vizio