RE: Re: Powermid/Tivo Problems

["Tony Butler" <lists@xxxxxxx>]

James,

Thanks, but yes I already have "the answer".
The Answer was to take Tivo out of node0 and bung it under the TV.
Not the best answer, but the one that worked.
I realised that using the SKY controller, as SWMBO is wont to do, the
response was suddenly very poor - this I presume was due to the sky box
picking up the powermid signals as well as the Tivo, which tried to
send
them too.  As a result it seemed to respond to only every other
key
press.

Tivo now in front room connected via KAT5 to Sky box.  The IR emitter
is
placed under the powermid on top of the TV so Tivo can still change Sky
channels.  I did have to swap from the 20016 codes though because
the
1st number seemed to be missed out - so I'd get 12 instead of 112 for
example.
Tried slow/medium/fast with no different.  I'm now either on 20006
or
20009 - can't remember.

The downside of my solution is that I now don't have Tivo connected
back
to my AV amp or multi room system - but I should solve that when I get
some more CAT5 sockets sorted out in the lounge.  Will be a bit of
a
waste of sockets though feeding signal from node0 to lounge, back to
node0, into amp and back to lounge again!

Tony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: james_dunn67 [mailto:james.dunn@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 June 2002 13:44
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Powermid/Tivo Problems
> 
> Tony,
> 
> A bit late I know - and you may already have this answer.  I've
found
> the Powermid to work OK, but they are _very_ sensitive to
direction
> (both in the vertical and horizontal plane) when using a tivo
> controller.
> 
> I have a TV high up on the wall in the kitchen and Tivo in the
living
> room; powermid between the two.  I have had to put a big lump of
blue
> tack under the back of the powermid to tilt it up by about 20
degrees
> and yet I still have to hold the remote fairly high up (sitting
but
> with arm in air) for the tivo to work.  Once at
"altitude" it works
> fairly reliably.  More bluetack required....
> 
> If I don't do this, the red light lighs up like you say but no
> reliable signal is sent.
> 
> Cheers,



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