as part of my dedicated home theater build i needed a remote. i really wanted the 980, but it was a budget buster. everyone said get the 900, but i really wanted a color LCD screen. so, the 810 it was/is.

this is my first PC programmable remote. i have had a mx 500 up and running for about 8 years. i would say it has been the most reliable piece of equipment in my once state of the art cutting edge home theater. at first the Wizard Software was confusing and a bit frustrating. after two weeks of on and off again programming i am very comfortable with it.

so, i am on setup 3 and hope setup 4 holds me over for a while? the two issues i am having currently are input selection and the activity power off? my equipment is; Denon 2808ci, Panny BD30 BluRay, Toshiba HDDVD, and Lutron Lights.

the Denon takes a bit of time to power up and just cant seem to get in the correct delay for it to take the input command. i have it set to a 5 second power on delay and then 1 second delays between each activity command.

next, when in an activity, say Watch BluRay, and i hit the hard power off button it turns all the equipment for the activity OFF, but it also turns ON the HDDVD player. i guess, because it has no discrete power codes, but i am not sure.

any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.

much thanks.

Aham, use the browser section to fine tune your input commands and power on delays. I often skip through the initial setup & assignment process just to get to the browser section. It's my go to section to view a MX-810's programming.

What's the issue on the inputs? It should be straight forward. Having only two HDMI inputs for this amp really sucks. If you need a discrete code on the HDMI HDP input, it's on the second remote if you can't find it in the database, I never could find it for the AVR-3808ci.

For Zone 2 or 3 source control, go back and add the amp again but title it zone 2 amp, and import the Zone 2/3 IR codes. This will easily reveal all the sources for zone's 2 & 3 and allow you to manipulate it. Good luck.

yeah, i have added zone 2 as a seperate amp and used the second remote for discrete input codes.

the issue is that i have the denon power on, then projector, then blu ray, then switch denon to blu ray input. most of the time it does not switch the input. the commands are coming to fast and the denon has not fully powered on yet. even with a 5 second power on delay and 1 second delay between commands.

the other issue is that it seems when in activity mode the hard power off button sends out the off command for every piece of equipment no matter if it is involved in the activity or not. the toshiba has no discrete power codes so it gets turned on.

thanks.

I'm not sure if this will work or is even possible, since I don't own an 810 but is there a way to send a "play" command to the HD-DVD player during the power off sequence? I ask since regular DVD players will power on when "play" is pressed. This way even if the HD-DVD is off, it will turn on (with the "play" command) and then power off with the "power" command during the "power off" macro. It's an old trick for DVD players without descrete "on" and "off" commands. Worth a try if possible. Hope it helps.