I have a Pioneer VSX D812, and unlike my old Sony STR DB930, there appears to be no codes, discrete or otherwise, for altering the input source on DVD/LD. I need these to complete a working configuration for my RU940. The input sources are ‘Digital’, ‘Analogue’, ‘7.1’ and ‘Auto’ and are cycled by pushing a button labelled ‘Signal Selection’ on the front panel of the receiver. I have pushed every button on the Pioneer supplied remote, and consulted the manual in vain. My last hope then is a post here. Does anybody know if there are IR codes to set the ‘Signal Selection’ for this receiver, or a contact at Pioneer to whom I could pose the question?

On a more general point, Pioneer use this technique for cycling through other states on their receivers such as sound decoding – Prologic II Movie, Prologic II Music, Neo:6 etc., requiring the same signal to be sent repeatedly from the remote. To my mind this is extremely unsatisfactory since it means that you either have to be able to see the receiver to know you have got to the correct sound field (not always possible if you have a discrete Home Cinema install), or you or your universal remote has to remember the last state the receiver was in so you can step the right number of times to the sound field you want – pretty well impossible.

If I had known this before I purchased the receiver it would have influenced my decision to buy Pioneer. I can’t be the only customer to have discovered this issue, yet I have never seen it mentioned in a Home Cinema magazine. I feel a letter to the editor coming on!

End of Ramble/Rant - Thanks

There is a signel select code for anolog, digital and so on for my VSX-43TX.

However, there isn't one for the sound fields for mine.

I did have one for my other Pioneer receiver, but this one does work with it.

I would post the ir codes, but I don't have it right now.

Rob

Rob,

If you could lay your hands on the code, I would love to try it.

Many Thanks

Neil

Here is the ir codes for singel selection. This codes only toggels through the Auto, Analog and Digital.

0000 0067 0000 0044 0156 00aa 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 03fe 0156 00aa 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 003f 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 003f 0016 003f 0016 003f 0016 003f 0016 003f 0016 003f 0016 03fe

Rob

Rob,
sorry if I get you wrong....
But that sounds to me as if it was a toggle code, but I think Piggy is looking for a discrete code.
André

Piggy,
Did you try here:
[Link: remotecentral.com]

I just switched to a Pioneer Elite VSX-41 and have not tried these yet, but am hoping they will work for me.

Piggy,
PS,
Sorry, after reading your post more carefully, it does not look like my earlier post is what you are looking for.
Hope you find it, because I will need the codes also.

I take it for some reason the Auto switch is not working for you? I always just keep mine pioneer set to auto and I never have a problem with it. If the source is digital it switches to digital and if its analog it switches to analog.

Hello the problem is the same I have. On the pioneer in order to listen to DVD audio or SACD you have to toggle to the analog 7.1 input which is different than the analog input. Also on mine if set to automatic when playing a DVD-A it switches to automatic instead of DVD 7.1. I too would love to have a discrete code to switch from the auto mode to the 7.1 mode, but pioneer gave me the same reply that it is impossible. I might try emailing them since I only talked to them on the phone. Right now I have made an interruption screen on the pronto when DVD audio is selected to prompt the user to hit signal select until 7.1 is displayed, however that is harder to word on the DVD mode because the auto label is too small to read unless you are right by the receiver.

Hate to point this out, especially as there are Yamaha-bashers out there, but the latest Yamahas have finally recognized that if we are using the 6-channel input and we hit another input button, we want to CHANGE INPUTS...so that happens. You don't have to toggle the 6-channel button any more with the new Yams.

I wish you best of luck, not meant sarcastically, with the Pioneers, only because it is a real pain to be stuck with equipment where the engineers did not get how people would use them. That is most equipment at some point in its evolution.

Yes Piggy, I have the same problem too and it would have effected my decision to buy this receiver. It's almost like they are purposefully trying to make it more difficult than it need be.

This message was edited by njustus7 on 08/05/04 18:01.

Instead of jumping to an interruption screen when the user presses the DVD audio button, why not have the button select the DVD Input followed by the correct number of Signal Selects presses?

Because I don't know which input it is going to be on. If a DVD Movie was last watched then it should be on auto, but if a DVD-Audio was last watched it would be on 7.1. So say I want to watch a movie, there is no way for me to know if the DVD input is set to Analog, Digital, Auto or 7.1. Am I missing some sort of logic that would tell me?

What he is suggesting is referred to an "anchor". If you can discreetly choose the DVD input, your reciever is then in a known state and you do know how many toggles it takes to get where you want.

I knew what he meant, but I can't find a way to anchor it. It stays in the last known state. I can't find a way to reset the state of the analog/digital select.