Trying to create three macros to make life easy for my wife ( which obvously makes it better for me) to go from a DirectTivo to HD receiver or play a DVD. Cannot find out how to get the Sony RM-Vl710 remote to take my Olevia model LT26HVX to the correct Video input. I have been reading on here about others using the channel up to create a constant starting point on the video inputs, but when pressing the channel up on my remote, it only advances the video input up one, not back to a constant starting point. Does anyone have a workaround for this or any discrete codes for this make of TV. Thanks in advance for the help

I couldn't find much in the manual, but did see that on the remote you have a tv/video button in the Hot Key section, but I couldn't figure out what it does.

When you are watching TV and want to change the channel, you must press the channel up or down button to do this, right? But you said when you press one of these buttons it advances the video input up one. This definitely doesn't sound right.

If the channel up or down buttons don't take you back to the tv input from another video input, try pressing one of the numbered channel buttons and see what happens.

This is not a guaranteed method of returning to the TV input, but it works on so many different brands and models that it would be good if it also worked with your TV.

I am pretty sure there are no discrete codes for your brand unless it is manufactured in the US under one of the brand names common to this country.

Thanks for the reply- the tv/video button on the remote advances the video source every time you push on it. There doesn't seem to be any way to get it to revert to a constant starting point (i.e. tv tuner or video 1) so I can create a macro that will work. The channel up or down only works to change the video source if you have toggled on the source button on the remote and the video inputs show up on the screen itself. You then have to hit enter on the remote to change the video source to the one you want. I tried to create a macro by hitting TV power- TV-source- then channel up for the appropriate number of times - depending on the begining input, but it appears the Sony will not take a power on and then the other commands to the Tv at the same time. I even tried to alternate TV and Amp commands to give the remote some time in between , but it will not work. I know that my old Sony VM-VL900 had a way to change the time that the command went out from the remote to the device, but I don't think this one does.

It's true you cannot delay the sending of the commands, but you can insert dummy commands, meaning commands which don't do anything, to delay the execution of the next command.