when you use a video sensor,
the way i believe it works is that when the device is on ,
the Nevo Connect shows a green light on that port,

when the device is off, the nevo connect shows no light on that port . .


my questions . .

when using a scientific atlanta 8300 hd box,
using hdmi out, i plugged the sensor in to green component,
and to yellow composite, testing both . . i forget which ones which,
but one got no light (i think green) and one got constant light (i think yellow)

so i plugged it in to the digital coax out (that someone mentioned on a previous post)
and it worked perfectly, green when on, no light when off . .

i figured this is the way it works, and the SA box just sucks..

i recently tried to get a clients exisiting bose 321 working with video sensor,
when i plug it in composite out i get nothing , when i plug it in to green of component i get green solid light
(321 was connected to tv via component)

so now im double thinking the green light.
if its on contantly even when the device is off,
does it still sense the video ?

or am i rihgt when thinking that the light should turn on and off as the device does . .


how do i get it working with composite or component if it gets no light or constant light?!


thanks in advnace . .

The green light will come on when the sensor senses POWER ON. The reason it doens't work on your SA box is that the box is never really off - there is always some Video Voltage leak through where as using it on the Digital Coax out would work perfect.

The light will be off if the sensor sensing that the unit is OFF.

any suggestions for the bose then?

Hi,

Try using the voltage sensor with some xantech gear.

Try searching the nevo forum for this topic. I have seen atleast one post showing wat xantech equip to use.

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If you'd like to know when the Bose is on and off - use a Niles CS12V with a 12V Trigger Out. Connect the Nevo Voltage Sensor to the 12V of the Niles.

The way the CS12V works is that it senses current draw when on and when off. You set the current draw off state so the 12V Trigger works properly. I use this on my Bell Sat Receiver (HD but non PVR)

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interesting,
seems kinda pricy,
but ill keep in the back of my head for next time . . .