Hi, I set up my remote so when I want to watch TV, I can press the watch tv button and both the tv and satellite comes ON at the same time. That's easy! Now my questions;
1. How can set up a macro or a variable to when I want to switch from TV to watch DVD the TV stay on, the sat goes off, and the tv switches to TV/Video mode to AV 2?

Can you help?

Thanks

The short answer is that you put those commands in the macro the same way you did with the other power on commands. You need to add a delay between powering on the devices and switching the inputs to give the TV time to power on.

The long answer is that the best way to do this depends on whether or not discrete inputs are available on your TV and discrete power is available on you sat box.

If you provide the model numbers of your TV and Satellite box we can look it up fr you.

Thank you for the prompt response dalto. My TV model is HITACHI C 50-F550P and Sat is From direct tv + DVR model # R16-300

ok, I don't see a lot of information on that TV but it looks like most Hitachi projection TV's have discrete inputs. You want macros that look like this:

Watch TV:
Power on TV
Power on Sat
Power off DVD
Pause
Switch TV to Video 1(This should be in the command list for your tv)

Watch DVD:
Power on TV
Power off sat
Power on DVD
Pause
Switch TV to Video 2

The length of your pause will depend on your tv. You are just trying to give it enough time to be turned on and ready to accept the next command.

I should have asked you for you dvd model information as well but it may be trickier to turn that on and off. See if there are separate power-on and power-off commands for your DVD.

Thank you so much dalto! I will try and let you know if it work.