Remote Control issue

[JoeK]

Rees,

Here is Remote Central link to a discussion on your issue.  The imput selection on Sony TVs appear to present others with problems also.
 
http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rc-master/thread.cgi?2166

Joe

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[veyj]

Rees,

I've got the MX-500 and the OFA 8811.  I'll try programming the OFA with the discrete code for Video 6 and then try transfering it to the MX-500.  Will do this tonight and post either tonight or tommorrow.

John

PS - The MX-500 has the "Wife Approved" label

[ReesR]

So the One for all has descrete IR codes for Sony all the way up to input #6?  Oh wait, your going to try it.  Ok.  I will await your results.

By the way, I was very impressed with the "Wife Approved" label" comment.  That holds much weight here.  

Thanks to all, by the way.

Rees

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[veyj]

Rees,

It worked as expected.  The OFA(One for All) remote does not have all the advanced codes preprogrammed.  The advanced codes for a device can be programmed to a specific button.  Once programmed, the MX-500 can then "learn" from the OFA.  You can "learn" to a single button, LCD button or macro.

The advance codes for my Sony KP57HW40(TV 0000) can be found at http://www.hifi-remote.com/cgi-bin2/ueic.cgi?TV_0000   These should work for most Sony's from what I've read.

The code for "Video 6" is 158.  To program the OFA follow the instructions at http://www.hifi-remote.com/ofa/advanced.shtml

I purchased both remotes for ~130 in July from http://www.surfremotecontrol.com/
Mike is a regular at Remote Central and was very helpful in answering all questions that I asked.  The remotes came well packaged and on time.

The MX-500 has worked without a hitch on all of my equipment(See below) including some $25 IR Dimmer switches I picked up from Home Depot.

HTH, John

Sony KP57HW40
Hughes Hird E86
Denon AVR-3802
Toshiba DVD SD-3750
Mits SVHS  HS-U69
Sony CD  CDP-C365

[ReesR]

John:

Thanks for your help.  However, because I do not have an One for All remote to start from I decided to go with Sony's latest.  One of the reasons is when I was at Flanners this afternoon, my wife didn't seem too interested in the MX-500 while she did find the Sony quite acceptable.  So, I say if it passes the wife test then that is what you go with.  

I ordered it from:
 www.aaxes.com   which is currently changing their site to:
 www.aaxes.net

Total price with shipping was $113.95

Can argue with that.  I talked to John at Aaxes and he sounded genuine to me.  Free shipping, by the way.  Quite good compared to the $199.99 anywhere I looked around town.

Again thanks for your help.

Rees