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His & Hers Tivo on one mx-780
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Post 1 made on Wednesday April 16, 2014 at 17:08
slicepops
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I have programmed several mx780's for a customer with two different tivos. One tivo for him and one for her. One 780 in each room is programmed to control both tivos. Obviously they only watch one tivo at a time so it has taken a few weeks for the problem to surface. When controlling his tivo, her tivo is also being controlled, and vice versa. I'm using tivo code 118 for hers and 123 for his. The system is IR, no RF. Has anyone else run into this and have a fix? Any help / suggestions is much appreciated.
Post 2 made on Wednesday April 16, 2014 at 17:20
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One of the codes is default address zero, which will control all tivos no matter what address it is set to, switch each to different codes like 124 and 125. Now cover one Tivo as you make our way through the menu of the other to info screen, let it see a command from the device on the 780 you wish to control it, like right cursor. Back out of the info screen, to main menu, now cover that you do the same for the other TiVo.
OP | Post 3 made on Wednesday April 16, 2014 at 21:08
slicepops
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rad! thanks edmund!
Post 4 made on Saturday April 19, 2014 at 01:54
JSHShanghai
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Best thing to do is go RF, then you can control the boxes as you want. That is the whole point of having a MX-780 plus you never have to point the remote at your system again.
Post 5 made on Sunday April 20, 2014 at 10:31
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On April 19, 2014 at 01:54, JSHShanghai said...
Best thing to do is go RF, then you can control the boxes as you want. That is the whole point of having a MX-780 plus you never have to point the remote at your system again.

I agree. When you remove line of site from the equation, it makes for a more bullet proof experience for the customer.
OP | Post 6 made on Thursday April 24, 2014 at 12:53
slicepops
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I ended up using RF for one Tivo and IR for the other. Problem solved
Post 7 made on Thursday April 24, 2014 at 15:45
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On April 24, 2014 at 12:53, slicepops said...
I ended up using RF for one Tivo and IR for the other. Problem solved

Why not use RF for both? What base station are you using? The proper way would be to setup both Tivo's for RF and assign the emitter ports in the software.


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