RE: Powermid/Tivo Problems

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <tony.butler@xxxxxxx>]

Tried that - bunged in a couple of rechargables.
Seemed a bit better (though may be my imagination) but still not reliabel
enough......


Tony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin [mailto:justin@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 June 2002 16:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Powermid/Tivo Problems
>
>
> Tony,
>
> I have the same problem and your post has reminded me that I
> saw mentioned
> somewhere that the batteries supplied with the Tivo remote
> can be shi*e and
> replacing these can help with range & reliability. Not tried
> it yet so can't
> say if it will help, but worth a go.
>
> Justin.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BUTLER, Tony, FM [mailto:tony.butler@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 25 June 2002 2:59 PM
> > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Powermid/Tivo Problems
> >
> >
> > I posted to the UKHA_D Tivo group earlier about my new Tivo
> and one of the
> > problems I've had is unreliable repeating of the Tivo IR
> with a pair of
> > powermids.
> > All other devices work quite happily with the powermids, and I
> > belive pronto
> > CCF files for the Tivo work fine, but pronto has a low WAF so I
> > really need
> > to be able to use a 'proper' remote for ther Tivo.
> >
> > I had a quick scoot around tivocommunity.com reveals that ppl
> > have variously
> > reported powermids to always work, to never work, to work if they
> > press the
> > key twice.
> > It's frustrating to say the least to have so many different
> > results reported
> > :-(
> >
> > Anyway, I thought this was more properly the group to mention it
> > rather than
> > the TiVo spin-off as so many of you have experience of IR
> distribution
> > issues and I'm sure all the UKHA tivo commmunity are here
anyway....
> >
> > First of all, I'm wondering why this is an issue at all - if the
> > pronto tivo
> > commands work fine then the tivo peanut commands should work too.
> > The LED on the powermid always lights up when I press a peanut
> > button, so it
> > is receiving the tivo signal okay....
> >
> > I've got a couple of powermids dotted about the place and I
> don't really
> > want to have to replace them just to get this working right.
> > I don't mind installing a little low cost additional device
> so long as it
> > doesn't interfere with the current setup.
> > I could bung in something wired if I really had to as I have a
> > 'spare' CAT5
> > cable that could carry the signals, but would prefer wireless...
> >
> > Anyone got any suggestions, preferably on how to get the
> existing setup to
> > be more reliable?
> >
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> >
> > Tony.
> >
> >
> >
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