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Song Titles on DirecTV Disappear
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| Topic: | Song Titles on DirecTV Disappear This thread has 4 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday January 2, 2006 at 17:54 |
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Hi, my name is Tom and I'm a new member from the Milwaukee, WI area!
I have a question regarding my new DirecTV D11 IRD. When listening to the music-only channels, the song title info can be seen by pressing the INFO key and if followed by the SELECT key, a full page appears with this information. It updates automatically when a new song begins, but if a key on the remote or front panel isn't pressed for 5 minutes, the screen goes blank and the INFO request has to be submitted again.
I want this info to stay on the screen continuously. Does anyone have a suggestion how to send a valid IR code to the IRD automatically to keep the 5 minute timer from expiring? Perhaps a remote has this capability? I even read about some products that let you generate IR codes with a laptop, but nothing is said about sending the code automatically every so often. My budget for this is about 50 bucks, so no recommendations for a $999 theatre remote, please!
Thanks in advance!
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| Post 2 made on Monday January 2, 2006 at 18:00 |
ceied Loyal Member |
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50 bucks...get off your butt and press a button...thats it
ed
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| Post 3 made on Tuesday January 3, 2006 at 22:29 |
bcf1963 Super Member |
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If you're handy with electronics...
Use the $50 to buy a spare remote for the DirecTV box. Pop it open and find the contacts for the "info" button. Solder wires to the contacts.
Build up a 555 timer circuit that will give you a momentary high output about once every several minutes. Interface this to a relay that will short the two wires you soldered to the contacts for the info button. ( In other words, the 555 circuit triggers the relay, that essentially does the same thing as pushing the button by closing the contacts.)
Now power the 555 circuit from a trigger output on your amp, and set the amp up so that the trigger output is energized only when you're in this mode of listening to music.
If you're not handy with electronics...
Punt!
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| Post 4 made on Tuesday January 3, 2006 at 23:07 |
Larry Fine Loyal Member |
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Won't the timed button-press eliminate the info if it's still displayed when the press occurs?
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| Post 5 made on Sunday January 8, 2006 at 19:13 |
cma Super Member |
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Sounds like a good way to permanately burn the image into your screen, they shut off the graphics on purpose as a type of screen saver.
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