On October 25, 2009 at 13:00, snarfshark said...
I don't know what the variable is with these boxes, I guess it's possible that boxes made on different manufacturing runs are using different components which lead to the IR flakiness. There may be other variables in my installations which I am missing.
I wonder if it's the HR21-xxx part of the model number that is making the difference? As I understand it, the last three digits are who physically manufactured the unit. I don't know if they just start with 100, then go to 200, then to 300, etc. or if there are batches of different manufacturers spread around the country.
I've have VERY little problems with DirecTV receivers. Only when I'm using an IR repeater system do I have problems. (point the remote 45 degrees off center and it works fine, straight on and it doesn't work - which would be corrected by a processor's IR gain)
