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harmony 880 + vista media center + remote address 2 = no more aspect command
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Post 1 made on Thursday April 17, 2008 at 19:55
groovejumper
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For the first couple of years, using my old 659, we had no "Aspect" command for media center (it was '04 or '05 then). At some point along the way, not necessarily at the same time, we got an 880, and also discovered some kind soul had added an "Aspect" command that we could assign, which has been absolutely great (changing the aspect manually is a drag). Have had that running for the last couple of years.

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a new linksys dma 2100 extender and a small white samsung lcd tv for the kitchen. Great setup, after the initial kinks everyone's real happy with it.

Except, the big problem was that the Harmony 880 in the living room would not only send its commands to the main home theater setup, but they would also make it all the way to the kitchen (line of sight, an extra 25' or so).

With multiple STB's, I'm familiar with addressing, and found a way to change Vista's (and the remote's) address, and updated my 880. When changing the STB addresses, the Harmony database actually had multiple codesets already on file which was handy, but for Vista Media Center it didn't, so I had to relearn the whole set. Unfortunately there is no aspect button on my remote and the one from the database which worked so great for years doesn't work (presumably because it's based on remote address '1', the default, and now the remote/pc use remote address '2').

I would do this the other way around, i.e. change the address on the extender and give up a single-button Aspect command in the kitchen where it's not nearly as important but unfortunately linksys hasn't given us this ability (yet...?)

Anyway, does anyone have any ideas? Or an MCE/VMC remote with an aspect button? How does one get an additional codeset added to the Logitech database, along with a manually updated code? Or is this even possible?

g.
Post 2 made on Friday April 18, 2008 at 09:57
akirby
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Instead of learning new codes for MCE - did you try the "Confirm Infrared Commands"? If all you did was change the remote address this will ask you to send a few test commands and it will automatically choose the right IR codes for that address (if they exist). Add a new MCE device and try that - using the remote that's already been set for the new address. I bet that gives you back the Aspect command since they normally just copy all the commands to the different IR addresses.
OP | Post 3 made on Friday April 18, 2008 at 13:24
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Yes, I actually already tried that, both during the initial device setup and via "Confirm". Both ways, it asks for a few keys "PwrToggle", "Play", "1", after which it claims to know what I want.

But even with my HP MCE remote set to address 2 during the process, the codeset it puts on the Harmony is address 1.

So no joy yet...

I've been scouring the internet for VMC remotes (both of my originals are MCE remotes without Aspect buttons), but I haven't been able to find pics clear enough to show an "Aspect" button.

g.
Post 4 made on Friday April 18, 2008 at 13:53
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Call support and explain the problem. I'm sure they can copy the aspect command for you if necessary.
OP | Post 5 made on Friday April 18, 2008 at 15:51
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Ok, called them, level one support was having a bit of a difficult time understanding what I meant by address 1/2/etc, but was pleasant enough, then she passed me on to level 2.

Level 2 understood what I wanted but still couldn't help, basically she said she didn't have the Address 2 version of Aspect in her database and therefore couldn't add it.

So my options are:

1. Find someone who has a VMC remote with an aspect button as well as a Harmony, get them to change their VMC remote to address 2, add a new device to their harmony, learn the command, then call Logitech and ask them to copy the learned command to my device.

2. Same as above, but source the remote myself and purchase it.

3. Find someone who can determine the hex code of the command (Logitech tells me I can email them the hex code and they'll add it for me)

4. Find software that'll work with my USB receiver (standard MCE) that will display hex codes, chart out what I have for address 1 and address 2, and somehow figure out what Aspect 2 is.

g.


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