With 3 Direct TV Hr 20 and 3 TV any way of individually IR Remote controlling them i?How has anyone done this. I know you can buy a optional RF Remote From Direct Tv But I will be using IR Codes For the Rest Of the equipment. SS REC, DVD, CD ETC.

There are only two IR addresses available to the Hr20, they're 00001 & 00003. If you were to switch one to H20, its addresses are 00001 & 00002. So you could have two Hr20's on codes 00001 & 00003, then a H20 on 00002.

Are you refering to changing the receiver in the menu set up of the HR 20 or codes on this website. Thanks

Those are codes through the menu of the receiver, that the white remote accepts. Changing the address is a two-stage process, receiver & remote.

It doesn't matter what codes you may find on remotecentral, the HR20 has only two addresses.

So can use these addresses to program my ReplayTV 5000 series DVRs? I was told by DirecTV that all DirecTV branded receivers had their IR codes disabled so they would NOT work with TiVos and ReplayTVs... and of course to force the consumer into using their inferior DVRs. If these code work that would be terrific.

If I can NOT use my ReplayTV to change channels on my DirecTV H20 and my HR20 receivers, then does anyone know where I can find/buy the NON-DirecTV branded versions ofthis receiver??? I want to stay on the H/HR20 because of all te new HD channels coming out this fall. They are only supssed to work on those receivers (again, this is according to DirecTV).

There's a lack of understanding here. It just could be that I don't use exactly the same words so I don't understand what you're saying. Let me have a go at it:


No. In general you will find that different brands of equipment use different codes. Replay codes don't work TiVos don't work DirecTV units, and you can write that in whatever order you want.

Well, if the IR codes were disabled, they wouldn't respond to any remotes at all. You don' call a Sony remote disabled just because it won't operate a Samsung. If a TiVo won't control a DirecTV receiver, that's TiVo's fault for not including the codes in their remotes, not DirecTV's fault -- unless DirecTV has a legal ability to keep TiVo from having the codes to begin with. That could be!

Yes, it would be terrific.

Wait a minute -- why should an old DVR play a unit that wasn' on the market, and for which there were no IR codes, when it was made? It's normal that old remotes won't have codes for new products.

DirecTV has DirecTCONTROL of which models will be able to receive HD programs. No, you won't find any non-DirecTV brand receivers. They will be using satellites that haven't been used before, and once that starts, only the new DirecTV brand receivers will receive them. Sorry, because their DVRs are to TiVo what AOL's browser is to IE : it sorta does the same thing, but in an odd retarded way. You can get used to them, but your cursing vocabulary might increase.

I have an old TIVO series 2, and it does control (using an IR emitter) my DirecTV H20. It will also control the HR20, but there is really no point to that. The TIVO is internet upgradable, and as such can "learn the codes" of devices that are newer than it is.

I have no idea if the same statements are true for ReplayTV.

Please point me to a proceedure to change the remote code in the receiver, I see an item in the guide on how to set the code in the remote using select and mute but how do you change the receiver?

Pat

If you're talking about the Hr20, first program AV1 or AV2 with code 00003. slide back to dtv symbol device:

1. menu> settings>setup> remote> receiver mode>

2. press either DIRECTV or AV1/AV2 to reveal both

3. press AV1/AV2, the remote shouldn't work any longer, slide to AV1 or AV2 which ever has code 00003

4. press DONE

I thank you for the fast answer. I am using the RC64r remote

I dont understand #2 - how do I press either DIRECTV or AV1/AV2 to reveal both?
what do I press and where does reveal both mean ?

In #3 how do I press AV1/AV2 ?

Finally how do I press done - I dont have a button labelled done?

Sorry to be so thick

Pat

Switching addresses is a two-stage process, receiver and remote. Those directions are for the on-screen menu of the receiver. So with tv on and sat receiver tuned in. You press MENU on the remote, watch as the menu comes up on screen, see. Now press SETTINGS, Then press SETUP, then press REMOTE, Then press RECEIVER MODE, you will either see DIRECTV or AV1/AV2. Click whichever so a drop down menu shows BOTH!!! You want to click AV1/AV2. The remote won't work any longer, because the receiver is set to AV1/AV2, and the remote is set to DIRECTV mode.

Now on the remote slide the switch at the top of the remote to either av1 or av2, where you should programmed code 00003 in. The remote now controls the receiver again, becuase they're both set to the same address. To exit menu click DONE.

I tryed the proceedure and now one of the hr20s will not respond to either remote.
How do I reset the receiver so I can try doing the remote again?

I first did one remote and receiver as you suggested and I think got it set to 0003
then
I put the other remote in AV1 and set that remote to 0001, then I went into the on-screen menu and tryed the same thing but the receiver now wont respond to any remote.

I appreciate your help

Pat

ok, I figured out how to get the second receiver/remote back to working but both receivers are still responding to the same remote. Which action is it that actually switches the receiver? Is it when I put it in receiver mode, select AV1/AV2 and slide the switch on the remote to the AV that has the different code? Since I cant continue to select DONE using the remote I have to slide the top switch back to DTV in order to
select DONE - is that the correct way?

Thx

Pat

Know why its not working? Its because you're using 4 digit codes in a remote that only takes 5 digit codes. the alternate codeset is 0 0 0 0 3. The rest you have know is right in this thread.

ok, I figured out what I was doing wrong. I now have one remote set as 00001 and the slider is set to DTV. The other remote is set for 00003 and the slider is set for AV1.

Now I have to figure out how to transfer this programming to my Harmony 880

Thanks Edmund

Pat