Hi all -
Been a happy OFA 7+ user for 2+ years.  2 OFA's working fine, same batteries.
Added a new combo  DVD/\CR device to replace standalone DVD and VCR.
Need to delete old devices and add/search for new device.
Found out I cannot do any type of reset.
I have tried the 994 sequence, plus 980 and 981.
I have tried swapping the device with itself Magic 992 VCR VCR (and still the old code stays)
I have removed the batteries and let the OFA sit for over 12 hours.
I stored the original setup 2+ years ago.  Is it fried into permanent memory or is there really someway to reset these puppies?

I'd sure appreciate any help.

I don't believe that the remote won't reset, so I have to assume it's user error.

The correct sequence to totally erase all of your programming is this...

1) Press and hold SETUP, 2 flashes
2) Type 981, 4 flashes.

If you get 4 flashes, you have reset the remote. If you get 2 short flashes and 1 long flash, it means your EEPROM is damaged.

What is leading you to believe that the remote is not resetting? And how come your post is using such a hard to read font?

Rob,
Thanks for the response.

I 'guess' the weird font was caused by my using

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I'd noticed the notation that html was recognized, and I thought that meant it was needed. So I used the easiest choice for me.

I get 4 flashes. I believe it is not resetting because the device keys cannot be reassinged. i.e. I cannot swap a vcr device to a receiver. The original receiver codes stay with the receiver button. I determine that by observing that the receiver still respnds to receiver commands, which by then should have been wiped out.

Is that a valid assumption on my part?

4 flashes means it thinks it did reset correctly.
What makes you think it didn't reset?


What exact sequence did you use to try that?


There is a default setup code for each device button, which should be restored by the reset process.

In a cinema-7+ the default setup codes are:
CBL/0003
TV/0047
VCR/0503
Audio/0013
Audio/0080
CD/0032

If I understand you correctly, you're saying that after reset of the C7+ your receiver responds to what should be (because of that reset) the standard Pioneer receiver signals (which OFA lists as being for receivers of brands Optimus , Pioneer and Wards).

This message was edited by johnsfine on 10/28/04 12:37 ET.

You'll also notice that the <pre> statement is making your original post be really wide, which is causing this thread to display improperly. So I would recommend that you edit your original post and remove the <pre> and </pre> tags. (Btw, I had to use &lt and &gt in this message in order to get <pre> and </pre> to display as text, rather than acting as HTML, which they did in your 2nd post.


Then the remote has been reset. Each device button will be returned to it's native state and will be programmed with the default setup codes that John listed. All keymoves, macros and learned signals will be deleted.


One is not related to the other. I suspect the problem is user error. The correct sequence to convert the VCR button into being a receiver button is this...

1) Hold SETUP, 2 flashes
2) Type 992, 2 flashes
3) Tap RCVR
4) Tap VCR, 2 flashes

The VCR button is now a receiver button and is ready for you to program it with a setup code.


You keep using the term "swap" to describe the 992 "mode map" process and I think that reveals where you might be confused. If you use the 992 code sequence that I just described, all it does it convert the VCR button into a RCVR button. It has no effect on the RCVR button itself, which will still hold whatever code was last programmed to it. It won't become a VCR button as part of some "swap" arrangement. If you actually wanted the RCVR button to become a VCR button, you would reverse steps 3 and 4 in the sequence I described.

I case it isn't clear you CAN swap two device keys' types by using 992 twice.

The 992 copies the DEFAULT type of the first key onto the CURRENT type of the second key. So when you copy the type from RCVR to VCR both would be RCVR type. If you then copy the type from VCR to RCVR you would be copying the default type of VCR (which is always VCR) not the current type of VCR (which would be RCVR from the first copy). So they would end up swapped.

Hi Rob and Johnsfine -
Well, just 'cause I am getting older doesn't mean I got smarter.
USER ERROR!

I can read the manual, but that didn't mean I comprehended what I read.

Dang, if only the devices would work the way we want them to, instead of
the way they manufactured - life would be so much easier for guys like me.

Thanks the patience and the advice.

I was trying to swap and did it wrong.

USER ERROR!!!

Thanks again,
Dave