Hi everyone. I currently have a problem, I don't know if anyone here can help but here goes. I am thinking of getting a 4th Sony DVD changer (DVP-CX875P) the only thing keeping me from getting it though is not knowing how to control the 4th one. Since there are only 3 remote control codes for this device, if I add a 4th, is there no way of controling it with the remote? Can anything be done? I currently have an MX-700 and have been told it could be controlled with an MX-800, but I don't have the budget to upgrade. So is there any work around that can be done using the MX-700? I appreciate the help. Thanks.

Carlos.

Switch no 1 off (ie no 1 & 4 have are set to the same IR code), whilst you're using no 4?

you must be switching video inputs so it wouldnt be the worst thing to have 2 of them adressed the same. ideally you should get an mx800, or 850. an mx650 will work as well at half the price but you lose the pc programing ability. dont let that stop you the mx650 is a great remote it is way better then the mx600.

The solution actually lies in the changer itself. Three 875's can be daisy-chained to operate as a single device, using a single remote code. To add a fourth, chain the first three under one code, then add the fourth under a second code. You could actually operate up to nine of them from the MX700 in this manner.

Dale

Dale,

Thanks for the info! I'm sure that will come in handy for me to know. :)



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Hello. Can you explain a little to me how I can go about "daisy-chaining" my current 3 DVD changers? I've never done this, so I wouldn't know where to start. Also, I've been told that if I did daisy-chain my 3 DVD changers, I would still have to use a separate remote control code for each, which means I still wouldn't have a way of controlling a 4th one, is this true? Thanks for the info, I appreciate your help!

Carlos.

This message was edited by Carlos Garcia on 03/21/05 09:52 ET.

I'll have to look this up in the manual for my 875, which is in the shop (manual and all) right now. By the way... when a salesman at Ultimate Electronics tells you that you're buying a "replacement warranty," he is LYING to you. Ultimate Electronics offers no such warranty, but my salesman was happy to state (and I quote), "if anything goes wrong, we'll replace it with a new one, just like Best Buy."

Of course, since that's not what's on the paper, Ultimate is standing by the contract, not by their good name. Yeah, I should have read the warranty before I signed, so it's my fault for signing.

I just thought I'd take this opportunity to let the whole world know why I will never again spend a dime at Ultimate Electronics.

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Dale

Carlos,

The 875 does NOT have the daisy-chaining feature or "MegaStorage Changer Control" as Sony calls it. This option can be found on the CD-Changer line, but not on the DVD-Changers. It requires use of the AII Control input, which has never been available on the DVD-Changers to my knowledge. (They mis-advertised the DVD line when it first came out saying that it had this capability but does not) And with the CD-Changers you could only chain 2 not 3. (Master/Slave scenario). The 875 was the last of the DVD Changer line to even include the S-Link, which is one way communication unlike the required 2-way of AII Control.

That being said, your best bet is to get one of the RF remotes that Vicent mentioned above, and using the IR routing available with those you could theoretically control as many DVD changers as you physically have room for. Example (3 Sony Codes, 6 Emitters per RF Base, 15 addressable Base codes) means 3x6x15=270 Changers. HA HA x400 Discs= 108,000 Total Discs. LoL You better get to buying more movies. ;-)

-Bracken (triple B)

So...that would take about 18.5 years to watch? ;) haha



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Hehe, Yup, and would take 521 Sq Ft of floor space if you didnt stack them. If you did stack them in say a room with 8 ft ceilings, would be 18 columns of 15 DVD changers each which would still require a wall 25 ft long. LoL.

Wouldnt that be a beautiful site.

I made a mistake earlier, not relevant to the thread topic, which I just noticed. The 875 is a 300 disc changer not a 400. :-/ so you have a total of 81000 movies.

Enough rambling ;-) , Good luck with your control issue Carlos.

Wow, the 875 cannot be chained? That's one more thing the salesman told me that's wrong!

I hope that's not why you bought it.....

So what exactly does the S-Link Control-S in jack on the back of the 985 do if not daisy chain?

It's basically a way for running a "wired" transmission of the IR codes. And of course there are a few added "xtra" things you can do with it, if you use it with something like the now discontinued Slink-E, or the similar and still available SAVR.

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