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Need IR codes, if they exist, for the Spectrum 210 cable box.
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OP | Post 16 made on Friday June 21, 2019 at 19:43
Ernie Gilman
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I have NEVER kept a cable remote. It's as useful as an Elcaset player.

OK, what about people with Cisco, Scientific Atlanta and other cable boxes that have been in place for years? Their remote codes are the same as what is used by the 210 (or 101, 201 and 110)- why would they want to deal with changing that?

Strictly speaking, this totally answers my second question, which is whether you know of a codeset that controls the Spectrum 210. So thank you.

I don't understand "why would they want to deal with changing that?" Please remember this question and bring it up once ANYBODY mentions "changing that."
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OP | Post 17 made on Friday June 21, 2019 at 20:06
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On June 18, 2019 at 01:48, tweetymp4 said...
Last time I worked with this box, it responded to the just about any of the TWC codes. Scientific Atlanta, AND Motorola. IR worked without any special setup.

Somebody else mentioned Cisco boxes, too. I decided to see if the URC database might shed any IR light on this.

Here are the URC codeset numbers, all of 'em, for products made by those "manufacturers" (most of whom OEM from someone else). I have highlighted those codesets used by more than one company. (And of course, those not used by multiple companies might have just been weird one-offs by some junior engineer who created something horrible that was only used once... you never know.)

Cisco 043 113 151 156 177 209

Motorola 002 003 008 009 010 069 074 103 104
104 109 110 111 112 120 151 152 206

Scientific
Atlanta 003 011 041 042 043 045 046 123 151

Spectrum 231

Time Warner 043 074

From this we see that 043 and 074 might possibly be the most used codesets. Thanks for suggesting that I try this. I'll dummy up a URC remote program with these codes, which should take about ten minutes, so I can try them out on site.

...and it took 13 minutes. I'll let ya know.

Last edited by Ernie Gilman on June 21, 2019 20:19.
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Post 18 made on Saturday June 22, 2019 at 08:52
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On June 21, 2019 at 19:43, Ernie Gilman said...
I have NEVER kept a cable remote. It's as useful as an Elcaset player.

Strictly speaking, this totally answers my second question, which is whether you know of a codeset that controls the Spectrum 210. So thank you.

I don't understand "why would they want to deal with changing that?" Please remember this question and bring it up once ANYBODY mentions "changing that."

What do you have against Elcassette? We had some of those when I started selling audio and we used it for background music during the day.

If the remote isn't going to be used or returned, why would you NOT keep one? I'm not saying you should steal it, but it would reduce the chance of being in this situation.

Do you ever call tech support? If most of the people are as bad as they are here, I understand, but occasionally, one knows what they're dealing with and they give good info. One told me that all of the old remotes will work with the new boxes and by all, she meant 110, 210, 101 and 201. The 101 and 201 GUI is similar to the Scientific Atlanta (those have a line of options across the bottom and a vertical list at the left side)- the 110 and 210 only have a list at the left. They also have a Netflix option in this market, but I don't know if that's offered everywhere.
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Post 19 made on Saturday June 22, 2019 at 10:35
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On June 22, 2019 at 08:52, highfigh said...
What do you have against Elcassette?

It's elcaset, for the record.

I still have the EL-5 and EL-7 service manuals, since we were a Sony warranty station then.

Then there was the Digital Compact Cassette, DCC, another short lived format.

That won't help us with cable codes, though.
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OP | Post 20 made on Saturday June 22, 2019 at 16:10
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On June 22, 2019 at 08:52, highfigh said...
What do you have against Elcassette?

That's right, it's elcaset. I don't have anything against it, including its proper spelling.

If the remote isn't going to be used or returned, why would you NOT keep one?

That's a behavior that has me renting three storage spaces. I'm trying to break myself of that habit.

Do you ever call tech support? If most of the people are as bad as they are here, I understand, but occasionally, one knows what they're dealing with and they give good info.

I tried. They suggested that I could get my customer to add me to their account as someone who could order things, and I could then order a remote. They know NOTHING about IR!
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Post 21 made on Saturday June 22, 2019 at 17:12
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On June 22, 2019 at 16:10, Ernie Gilman said...
That's right, it's elcaset. I don't have anything against it, including its proper spelling.

That's a behavior that has me renting three storage spaces. I'm trying to break myself of that habit.

I tried. They suggested that I could get my customer to add me to their account as someone who could order things, and I could then order a remote. They know NOTHING about IR!

OK, do you ever go through your storage spaces and eliminate the things that are NEVER used? The fact that you have three storage spaces tells me you don't go to them often, so you might want to call Hoarders and get on the show.
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OP | Post 22 made on Saturday June 22, 2019 at 17:52
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Thanks. We're working on it.
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Post 23 made on Saturday June 22, 2019 at 18:28
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Try charter codeset 74
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OP | Post 24 made on Sunday June 23, 2019 at 10:49
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Thanks, Fins.

As I mentioned above, I took all of 13 minutes and created a file that consists of only the command sets that appear in more than one of the brands mentioned earlier in this thread, being 043, 074, and 151. It should take another five minutes to evaluate them. My backup is to unpair the client's remote so it reverts to IR, then learn the commands.
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Post 25 made on Sunday June 23, 2019 at 13:40
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I didn’t read the whole thread.
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OP | Post 26 made on Monday June 24, 2019 at 00:46
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Yeah, well, in general, good call.
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OP | Post 27 made on Tuesday August 13, 2019 at 23:38
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On June 23, 2019 at 13:40, Fins said...
I didn’t read the whole thread.

Me not also, too.

But this time it's about controlling a Sony TV via wire from, say, a URC receiver. The seventy-four seconds I've put into researching this tells me that some Sony TVs come with an IR blaster that lets me control a set-top box, but does not allow me to send an IR code INTO the TV to control it.

Know where this info is?

Thanks.
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Post 28 made on Wednesday August 14, 2019 at 09:15
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On August 13, 2019 at 23:38, Ernie Gilman said...
Me not also, too.

But this time it's about controlling a Sony TV via wire from, say, a URC receiver. The seventy-four seconds I've put into researching this tells me that some Sony TVs come with an IR blaster that lets me control a set-top box, but does not allow me to send an IR code INTO the TV to control it.

Know where this info is?

Thanks.

Check the other thread.
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OP | Post 29 made on Wednesday September 4, 2019 at 18:24
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The solution looks like it's going to be two different brand TVs and two RF-controlled cable boxes. I think that was buzz's suggestion maybe 25 posts ago.

Thanks for adding to this, everybody.
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Post 30 made on Friday April 23, 2021 at 17:51
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