IR Blaster Issue

[zaldwaik]

I am using regular cable with sat receiver through my PVR-150. Sat channels come after 99 on cable and play fine. I move between channels using IR Blaster which sends the channel number to the Sat receiver, it is slow but it works. However, when I schedule a recording, unless the target channel is what is playing on the Sat receiver, GB-PVR will not switch to it and record. It will record whatever coming from the receiver. I have to have the receiver on all the time to record, but if I leave it on the wrong channel, the recording will not work as it would with cable channels. Is there a way around this? Especially that I cannot record programs from more than one channel unless I do a manual switch.

[replaytv]

I think there is something wrong with the setup of the IR blaster on your box. You need to go to Hauppague site to get the lastest IR Blaster Configuration software 1.3. Then go through the configuration to see the IR blaster able to change the channel for you. There is a part to send the channel within the software to control the box.

Once that is setup. You also setup in the GBPVR to use the external channel changer under capture source so that GBPVR will able to control the Sat box.

Dan L.

[zaldwaik]

Thanks, I changed the channel changer to .exe instead of IR Blaster and that did the trick. It changes channels by sending the channel number, not using CH-UP and CH-DN signals, but I am fine with that. It also changes to the right channel before recording.

[stefan]

It changes channels by sending the channel number, not using CH-UP and CH-DN signals, but I am fine with that.

I think this must be like that. Imagine what would happen if it (for some reason) failed one channel up/down blast. You'd be off indefinitely (or until you restart the app or something)

[zaldwaik]

Is there a way to configure a button on the remote to power on/off the Sat box while using GB-PVR? I have been searching for a while but with no success. I know I can do that since I can test it with the blaster config program, but I do not know how to map to the remote.