My old Sony A/V receiver crapped out on me so I bought a new Yamaha RX-V750. I think it's super. All sorts of inputs/outputs. Plus, it has an automatic setup to adjust the surround sound, and my system now sounds *much* better than it did before.

The Yamaha, however, has "system power" and "standby" buttons. In other words, discrete codes for on and off.

My old Sony just had a "power" button to turn it off and on.

In my TSU3000 config file, I have a separate device with pages for the IR codes for my components, including my A/V receiver, and link the component functions to those pages.

I've programmed one of the hard buttons under the screen for "one touch" off and on.

Before I noticed the discrete codes for the Yamaha, I *thought* I could just relearn the codes for the Sony. But that ain't gonna work.

I really hate the prospect of completely redoing my TSU300 config.

QUESTION: Anybody have any tips for programming when my main component (the Yamaha) has discrete codes and my HD cable box (Pace) and my stereo components don't? Any suggestions for sample config files I could download?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Hi Larry,

You can easily borrow the Yamaha portion from another .pcf in the files area. There are many Yamaha components. I have a Yamaha RX-V3300 which features a lot of discrete codes. It is in the 3000 and the 7000 files area, under my name.

You will likely have to replace all of the pages in your receiver with the new Yamaha, but there are many pages you can borrow in the Files areas.

Let me know if you have questions. [email protected]

Good Luck!

Dave D'Arche
http://ProntoGuide.com

One relatively easy solution:

On all of the SONY screens with a power command, duplicate the button (thus preserving the original graphics)and label the origianl "OFF", the new button "ON", then learn the YAMAHA power commands.

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I find that customers like to have an "ON" and "OFF" button on the home page. Many times these are contorted macro buttons that attempt to tame all the toggles. Technology comfortable types may find this to be a bit clunky, but this technique tends to keep all the power states synchronized.

On larger systems for the technically shy, I have a bunch of horizontal bars, each with an "ON" and "OFF" button. I label each bar with a major device such as "DVD", "TV", "CD", etc. Each of these buttons is a stand alone macro that will turn on appropriate parts of the system, select the appropriate receiver input, and jump to the device control screen. It seems clunky to me, but customers love it. They turn one device off before turning the next device on. The power toggles never get out of sync and I don't get calls. (Except for one guy who is so proud of his inability to operate these hi-tech machines that I know he will never get it.)

It would help to know what components you have. For example, most DVD players will turn on with a play command so on would be "play" and off could be "play" followed by "power toggle". Some VCRs have the same work around. A hard powered component could be switched by your receiver's accesory outlet. Cable boxes are usually always left on. There's a lot more.