I purchase the remote but I can not get the Dishplayer 7100 nor Kenwood vr407 receiver To work. There are to many buttons to learn. Any suggestions.

Thanks

I was hoping that someone could tell me which device key on the RS 15-1994 can be used to control a cassette deck. Also, where can I find the device code for Sony cassette deck (TC-WE605S)?

Cassette decks use the VCR device key, but you can put them on any key that has been redefined as a VCR key (using 992). Sony cassette codes are: 0170, 0243, 0291

Rob.
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OK...next to the Pronto this pretty much HAS to be the most popular remote. I am intrigued...do any of you guys use your surround AMP for movies only? I always watch TV without AMP, and the kiddo frequently watches a VCR or DVD without surround. How would you program this remote so that when you switch from TV-only sound to AMP+surround, the volume and mute buttons now control the AMP instead of the TV? By jumping to a different device button?

Hey Arjen,
There isn't a quick and easy way to do that, unfortunately. I think that UEIC had this in mind when they created the "Home Theater" device key on the "Producer 8" class of remotes (which includes the 15-1995). With the HT key, you can quickly change where certain functions come from.

On the 15-1994 the only way to do it would be to do three key moves of the TV volume controls over to the device that you are using, and then do another three key moves when you want to use the amp again, not ideal - I realise.

In my case, I have two VCR's so I have set one of them to use the amp's volume, the other to use the TV's. Everything else goes through the amp, so if I want to use the TV volume I just switch over to TV mode when I need to adjust it.

Rob.

Yeah...was afraid so. Thanks for the reply. Makes you wonder if the designers have an HT themselves :)
They should make an HT button that can send an IR code or a macro AND toggles select buttons from one IR code to another, for the currently selected device.

Oh well. Still, the more I read about the 15-1994, the more I understand why so many people like it. The combination of the most important hard buttons and the availability of advanced codes (and the price) really set this thing apart.

One of the things that sets this remote above so many others is the number of buttons. There's the four spare "smart" buttons, but there's also the PIP buttons which are usually unused for devices other than TV's and the "surround" buttons.

Here's a neat little button assignment trick that I use. One of the hardest decisions when setting up the remote is where do you put all the direct input selection buttons for your receiver, this is why alot of people would like to be able to put commands on the actual device keys. I use the "1S" button as my input select button in all device modes, so if you're in CD mode, the "1S" button will select the CD's input, if you're in DVD mode, it will select the DVD's input, etc

I have ReplayTV, which has alot of non standard buttons, but I have been able to place all of the "weird" buttons in places where I can remember them.
I use TV/VIDEO for "Instant Replay" and ENTER for "Quick Skip" because these two buttons are immediately above the REW and FF buttons, which is where those buttons are placed on Replay's remote, for the others I use (Replay-->15-1994) Jump-->Move, Swap Input-->Swap, Return To Live-->Last, Replay Guide-->Program Guide, Channel Guide-->Surr

I generally use the EXIT button as my VCR Eject button and my CD/DVD Open/Close button, I use the SWAP button as my "Swap Tape Speeds" button

For my receiver, I use the SELECT button for the "Manual Select" button and then I use the up and down arrows to adjust the settings, I use SURROUND to scroll through the DTS settings, I use PRO-gram for PRO-logic (get it), and then MENU for the Graphic Eq toggle. My receiver has buttons to increase the Bass Boost and BBE settings, so I put these on the left and right arrows.

I have combined the receiver and my CD payer on the same device button, so I actually have 8 devices on my "6 in 1" remote.

Rob.
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Arjen,
I've had an idea for your "volume" dilema, but first a question. Do the devices that you want to be able to switch volume controls, use all of the menu arrow keys? Many VCR's, for example, only need an UP and DOWN arrow, they don't need the LEFT and RIGHT arrows.

If your VCR has two spare arrow keys, you could program them to work the TV's volume and program the regular volume keys to work the AMP's volume (or vice versa). That way you can chose whick volume you wish to control. This won't help you with the DVD as it does need all four arrow keys. Maybe you could look at your remote and see which buttons are un-used for both the DVD and VCR and see if any of them could be potential "alternative" volume controls.

I have a different idea for the MUTE control, but it's a bit messy. I have found that it is sometimes possible to put two commands on a single button using learning. Here's what you could try, have the original remotes for both the stereo and TV handy, then put the 15-1994 into learn mode. Press the MUTE button on the 15-1994 so that it's ready to learn (ie, the LED will flash rapidly) then press the MUTE button on the stereo's remote quickly followed by a press of the TV's MUTE button. In each case do really quick stabs of the button rather than long presses and obviously you will need to have the original remote in a head-to-head position with the 15-1994 when you are pressing the MUTE button.

If it works the MUTE button will now issue a MUTE for both the stereo and the TV, so it doesn't matter which one is controlling the volume. Theonly potential problem here is if they get out of sync (ie, the TV is in MUTE mode and the stereo isn't).

Rob.

Hehehe...creative MUTE solution. But I would still need to manually turn the volume of the TV all the way down when in surround mode. Not bad though.

The arrow suggestion would work for my VCR, but as you said, not for the DVD. Good tip though.

What I do right now is simply clone all settings for the VCR or DVD device key under an unused device key, with the difference being the volume and mute buttons. Works, but not entirely SOAK proof. But then...they never care much for surround anyway :)

Thanks,

Arjen

<<Hehehe...creative MUTE solution. But I would still need to manually turn the volume of the TV all the way down when in surround mode. Not bad though.>>

Not so. Each button has a normal mode and a "shift" mode (you access the shift mode by pressing the SETUP - green P - button before pressing the button. When you assign a ne function to a button (using adv codes or learning) the original function is still on the shift version (unless you program something there).

So, you could still use shift/mute to work the original mute function, thus turning off the TV sound in surround mode. This assumes that the volume controls are set to punch-thru to the TV, if this isn't the case, you could always program the TV's mute button to the shift/mute key and program the 'double' mute function to the normal mute key.

Does that make any sense?
Rob.

Aaaaaah. Good. Does the shift mode work for the volume keys as well? And if so.....does the remote automatically leave the shift mode after a period of inactivity or after pressing a button, or does it stay in shift mode until you take it out of that mode? The latter would make it easy to use mute and volume commands programmed under shifted keys...

Thanks,

Arjen

I see where you're going with this, but no, the shift mode only works for the next button pressed, so you would need to press shift before each press of the button, which is fine for the MUTE button, but not the volume buttons.

Okay, I just got my 15-1994 today mostly because of this forum. First problem, I have an RCA Receiver (RV-9968 or RV-9978). None of the codes (0531 in the book and 0054, 0360 and 0056 on websites) work for it. Actually, I'm using the AUX 1 button and 0054, 0360 and 0056 are invalid (I get the one long blink instead of blink blink when I try to program it in). What do I need to do to get it to control my receiver? Thanks.

Oh, and one other thing. Can you program macros on the device keys and can you have POWER as part of a macro? For example, I'd like the TV button to turn my TV on and set my receiver to TV as the audio source, AUX 2 to turn my DVD player on, switch my TV to S-Video and switch my receiver to DVD (actually CD) as the audio source. Actually, in a perfect world I'd like the TV button to turn the TV AND the receiver on and switch the receiver to TV as the audio source, etc. Is this stuff possible?

Hey Jonathan,
One of the drawbacks of the 15-1994 over the Cinema 7 is that several device codes had to be dropped to make room for the additional Radio Shack device codes (for Optimus stuff), and it appears that those RCA codes are among the ones that got dropped. I tried all the codes you printed on my Cinema 7 and they were all accepted. So, you only options for the RCA are to either learn the commands or get a Cinema 7 remote.

Regarding the device keys, this is one of the most frequently asked questions, and the answer is "no", you cannot assign a function of any sort to them. Regarding those annoying input select buttons, see my post on this page dated "08/16/00 09:24.34" for an idea. Maybe you could use the 1S button to selectthe AMP's input and the 2S button for the TV's input.

Rob.