Hi. I'm using a Radio Shack 15-2104 learning remote to program discrete codes for my home theater. I searched the advanced codes on www.hifi-remote.com for a JVC DVD(code 0042), but there are no advanced codes listed for discrete power on and power off. Any idea where else I can start looking? I really want to be able to power up only the components that are being used, and power down only the components that are currently on. If I use the standard power toggle to turn on the entire system, the DVD player will automatically power off after some time of inactivity (i.e. watching TV for 1 hour), and then the DVD player gets powered up when I'm trying to power down the entire system.

Anybody have any discrete power codes for JVC DVD players I can try?

Thanks in advance!

JoeT

Joe,

They are EFC=247 and EFC=248 for Off and On respectively. Not all DVD playes respond to discrete commands. The workaround is to try the play command from off. That usually turns them on. If so Play|Power toggle and Play|Stop are macros for discrete Off and On.

-Jon

Jon,

My DVD doesn't respond to 247 and 248 (figures!).

I've used the Play to turn the DVD player on, but never heard of the Play/Stop to turn it off. I'll try that out tonight.

Thanks!

Joe

Joe,

Off is Play|Power Toggle (turns it on first if not on already and then off with the toggle). On is Play|Stop turns on and then starts to play but immediately stops usually before the unit actually does anything. You may have to tinker with timing between commands but OFA remotes generally work fine without any timing steps.


-Jon

Jon,

The play/power toggle works fine to create a "discrete off" command.

Another question though, I use my DVD player as a CD player also. Through the menu command on the DVD player, I can access additional playback features such as REPEAT, RANDOM, and PROGRAM. Any way to get discrete codes for these functions? I don't see them as part of the EFC codes for the JVC DVD player (code 0558).

Just trying to do it without having to go through the menus or creating multiple macros.

Joe

Here is a fairly complete listing of EFC's for the DVD setup code. You might also try the EFC's listed under the main JVC CD code (CD_0072) in the advanced code section at www.hifi-remote.com. That might get more CD functionality.

197 num 0
201 num 1
199 num 2
203 num 3
196 num 4
200 num 5
198 num 6
202 num 7
069 num 8
073 num 9
071 vol up
075 vol down
068 mute
157 channel up
161 channel down
165 power
074 enter
112 last (prev ch)
177 menu
109 up arrow
113 down arrow
111 left arrow
115 right arrow
108 select
036 play
040 pause
133 rewind
134 fast fwd
171 stop
112 return
032 3D phonic
028 zoom
051 angle
048 subtitle/language
030 video fine processing
164 eject
033 digest
157 next chapter
161 previous chapter
175 top menu
072 cancel
070 10
074 +10
243 page
045 audio
235 repeat
094 zoom +
098 zoom -
173 on screen control
010 choice
047 front panel lights


-Jon

Jon,

No luck with the codes for the CD. At this point, I have gotten the REPEAT command to work, but none of the others. Oh well, I still have the ability to program and turn on random play via the on screen menu.

Thanks for the suggestions!

Joe