First of all, I'd like to thank Daniel Tonks and Adam Bursey for their pcf files. I've ripped off several bits from each to create a config that I'm extremely happy with.

Here's a couple of questions I wouldn't mind some help with:

(1) Although this is an inconvenience and not a show stopper, two out of every three downloads I make to the Pronto fail. It beeps during the download and then eventually returns with a "download failed" message. If I re-start the download, I then have a 50:50 (or not if you are a picky mathematician!) chance of it working. I've tried three different USB ports without success. I've patched XP to the hilt and I'm bang up to date with the firmware and Pronto edit software versions. Any ideas what's wrong or is this normal? It seems to work best after a PC re-boot, but this is no guarantee either.

(2)Obviously being a newbie my next question has to be discrete codes. I have a Philips 9617 pixel plus TV. I've downloaded the discrete codes files from the Philips site but when using the codes for 2002 Pixel Plus my TV seems to flicker off then back on? I'm using a macro that first turns off the sky box then the TV (pretty much as supplied by Daniel). Therefore my guess is that the TV discrete codes are wrong for my TV. Anybody out there with a set of these codes tat work?

Many people find that they need to hit the Reset button on a 3000 to get a download to work.

One thing I have noticed when it comes to downloads/uploads is where I plug my USB cable to on my PC. For some reason, if I use the USB port in front of my desk top PC (the one that is easy to get to), file transfers do not always work with my Pronto. When I plug it into the USB port in the back of my PC (hard to get to), I have never had a download/upload problem. I am running XP. Weird.

I agree. The ports on the back of my PC give better download results than the ones on the front. I also tried downloading on my wife's laptop and that has yet to fail after five attempts! I wonder whether it has something to do with the devices that are plugged into the other USB ports. The laptop has nothing else connected via USB but I have an Alcatel "green frog" modem and a cordless keyboard and mouse on the PC. Maybee it's some resource/ bandwith or power conflict?

By the way, I am still desperate for the discrete codes for the Philips 9617 TV if anyone has them.

Thanks.

On my set (9817) there is a single discrete off code and no working discrete on code. Just send discrete off once and it should work (troubleshoot OUTSIDE of a macro).

Also, the 9817 has buggy input discretes that don't work the first time you send them, thus the rather long and annoying macros that select an input once, wait, and then do it again.

Daniel,

Thanks for your help. I got in touch with Philips who told me:

"Please note that the only discrete codes avaiable for Philips TVs are present in the configuration files on our website.
If the codes available in these files do not work, you have a TV model that does not support discrete functionality.
Most Philips TVs, including all models released before 2002 do not support discrete functionality. This means no discrete codes are available for these devices, because the TV cannot do anything with these codes."

However all is not lost because if I turn on the TV first of all (select channel 1 for example), wait a bit and then turn on the Sky box (all one in one macro) then the TV automatically synchronises to the correct auxilliary channel - Disco.

Thanks,

Dafydd