I have the JVC 4600 and the manual gives you an option for a second set of IR codes if you are running two JVC VCR's. I have set my 4600 to receive this second set of IR codes and everything works great with the VCR's remote, however I can't find the device code for the Cinema 7 to control this. I tried the device code search as per the Cinema 7 manual, but no luck. Anyone know the device code for this 2nd set of IR codes.

C'mon David B, I know you are an avid Cinema 7 user and have an S-VHS JVC. Please help me out !!

My JVC also supports a "B" mode in case one has two JVCs, but I've personally never had a reason to use it or experiment to find device codes for that mode. If you'd not mind giving me your JVC VCR, I promise to not stop looking until I've got the B mode working from my Cinema7. Sound like a deal? If so, I also have some land (only slightly swampy) in Louisiana to sell!

Dave ;-)

If that swamp land was in Mississippi, I might be interested. I just got a new Hovercraft I'm dying to try out!!
I take it that means you don't have the answer. I guess I'll shoot an e-mail to the one4all folks and wait for the reply.

Chris,
I have had my two JVC VCRs working side by side with my non-learning Cinema 7 (7200). My standard device code is 0067 and I think the other device code was 0041 (the VCR is no longer).

I made use of the JVC AV compulink and whenever I switched to my "B" code device, S-VHS vcr, my receiver would switch to VCR2, the only non s-video input!!
I couldn't swap the "A" & "B" codes as the other VCR was a very simple multistandard (NON-S-VHS) VCR and only understood "A" codes. After a lot of frustration I opened it up to trace the IR circuitry. I didn't 'really' touch anything but I must have zapped something as it never worked again.

If I had known the power of macro's then I'd still have that JVC VCR instead of a panasonic!

Paul B

Paul

The "A" code is 0067 which controls both my JVC VCR's. I can't find the "B" code for the SVHS. I've tried the search, 0041, and 0008.

I tried 0008 because of this e-mail response from Kim Perry: "The other code would be 0008 for the second VCR setting"

Chris,
The VCR will lock onto the FIRST remote code type it sees after a mains power-up (i.e. unplug it for a few moments). If both VCRs are currently responding to "A" codes then you need to unplug one VCR for a few moments then power-up and send it some signals from device code 0008 or 0041 before anything else.

If your multi-brand remote for the VCR has the capability to change codes then do that first and then try device codes 0008 & 0041.

Your best bet would be if you tried changing the codes on the VCR that was the higher end machine or then the newest. I get the feeling JVC assumes that if you buy a lower end VCR you can't afford a second one!

Good luck
Paul

Paul

Intriguing idea. I will try it when I get home tonight. FYI, I have the JVS 4600 (SVHS) and an older hi-fi JVC.

So what you are saying is that the new SVHS VCR can be "trained" to respond to the first code it receives. If that is true, then what I should do is power down the 4600, unplug for a couple of minutes, set my VCR code on my Cinema 7 to 0008, plug the 4600 back in, and press power on the Cinema 7. Am I understanding you right ??

Chris,

Yes but I would try '0041' first. Your 4600 is newer and better than my 3500 so I am sure that your remote for that machine also has the ability to swap between "A" & "B" codes. It's in the manual, you just have find it and then read it a number of times to be clear. It is not obvious.

Paul