All you guys following this post, will want to check out this link. I think that if you are using SNL for CD changers, this will be a nice XMAS present.

[Link: remotecentral.com]

A couple of things. Is there a discrete code to bring up the Disc Explorer list and one to close it, rather than the toggle, ON/OFF like the power button? I need an absolute on and off value.


I have a Sony DVP CX870D

Now I have also read elsewhere and somone commented here about the CX870 DVD changer misfeeding or jamming. I had that problem at first, when I was reading in my DVD's it would only do a few of them, maybe 5 - 15 depending if I was lucky and then it would jam.

After reading them in Sometimes it would get the wrong DVD when loading or try to pull two of them, or jam when it was trying to eject one.

I FIXED ALL OF THIS!!

I had all of these problems for about the first half of the first day, back in the middle November.

When trying to load a DVD the unit would often look like it was trying to 'grab' a DVD and could not get it, as if the DVD were sitting to far forward in the cradle.

I put an empty DVD case under the front center of the unit to prop it up at an angle.

Every since that very moment I have not jammed, misfed or anything of the like, not one time.

Now having the DVD case under the front of the unit is generic, I admit, and you should not have to do it.

All I can say is when your changer is running without a hitch, man it is sweet.

I hope this little hint helps someone, I am going to cut and paste this is a new post as I suspect many people will not see it.

Jeff

There's no discrete code I'm aware of to toggle on/off the disc explorer other than File/Return.

Cool thanks.

How do people find descrete codes to begin with? Is there software that will do it? With as many combinations as there are I am sure people are not randomly picking a series of numbers to try.

Is there a department at Sony that someone can call for this information? I wonder if maybe I regestered to become a developer or something? I know prior to selling my company we became an Intel VAR and developer, we never sold any CPU's and never developed anything, but it did keep us on the inside track, free support, and updates on what was next and when. All of this helps when you are buying a ton of hardware or evaluating software that you plan to pound to death as you can plan your purchases or deployment around a certain chipset.

Anyway just a thought, I will try to look in to that and in the meantime if anyone has any input to that thought please let me know.


Jeff

Sony will not help. If you look in the file section there is a few Utilities that can produce a list of all possibilities from one code. But in the end you do need to try each one.