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525 - Sony DVD Device OK but Activity fails
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Post 1 made on Wednesday March 5, 2008 at 01:39
Eldridge
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My Sony DVD player DVP-NS50P is recognised as a device and the 525 allocated Power toggle button function button works well to turn it on and off.

However when I create an Activity to turn on/off my TV (Pioneer PDP-507XDA), amp (Yamaha RX-V496) and the DVD player the TV and amp turn on and off but the DVD player doesn't.

So when the 525 remote knows about the DVD player, recognises and controls it as a device but seemingly can't include that device in an activity what do I do next?

I've tried varying the timing, setting the 525 power toggle from the original remote and altering the device switch on sequence without success.

Phone help wasn't able to resolve the matter. The remote Help function does control the DVD as part of the Activity but having to use it is a pain.

Help?

Robert
Post 2 made on Wednesday March 5, 2008 at 07:59
akirby
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When this happens, does the HELP button fix it? If so then you need to increase the inter-device delay. Make it something big - like 3000 ms - just to test it. Then if it works go back and increase it slowly until it works reliably.

What usually happens is the commands for the other devices clobbers the power on command for the DVD player, so it needs extra time to recover.
OP | Post 3 made on Wednesday March 5, 2008 at 18:10
Eldridge
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I had given thought to the inter-device consideration so I had tried;

1. Having the Activity switch on the DVD player first, so it got first bite of the cherry
2. Creating an Activity doing nothing more than switch on/off the DVD player, ie no other devices involved

and neither worked leaving me still wondering why the power toggle function works as a Device control but not as part of a Activity.
Post 4 made on Wednesday March 5, 2008 at 19:42
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Check the device power settings. Select the "I want to turn off this device when it's not in use", click next, if the device support the discrete method then select "A button on the remote for On, and a different button for Off", else select "one button for both". Select the appropriate power command(s). PowerToggle for the toggle method or PowerOn/Off for the discrete method. Don't mix them. You can verify if the device support the discrete method by testing the PowerOn and PowerOff commands in device mode. Send each twice to make sure they don't toggle.
H659, H680, SA8300HD, TH-50PZ850, AVR-X4000
OP | Post 5 made on Wednesday March 5, 2008 at 21:27
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I had a go at the inter-device activity as suggested as I thought 'in for a penny, in for a pound' and at 3000ms it worked but also turned on my PVR which isn't part of the activity.

On reducing the delay to 2000ms all now works as expected and I'll do some fine tuning later if required.

Thanks to all.
Post 6 made on Wednesday March 5, 2008 at 22:05
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These are strange behaviours as if your entire configuration is toasted. First, check for any new firmware and software update.
H659, H680, SA8300HD, TH-50PZ850, AVR-X4000


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