I have a question for everyone about Hauppauge IR Blaster success rates with NextPVR.

[EpicComputerMan]

I've never used NextPVR or GB PVR before, and I was reading posts on VideoHelp.com about IR Blasters included with Hauppauge Products and someone said that they work well with NextPVR.

Now, I want to know more about the success rates from people on this forum about getting IR Blasters included with an HD PVR or an HD PVR 2 to work with NextPVR.

I'm a former owner of a PVR-150 and I currently have an HD PVR.

However, I've NEVER been able to get the IR Blaster from either product to work properly and that's always bothered me deep down.

I have no idea what I was doing wrong and I would love input from other people if it's not too much trouble.

This is my only real beef with Hauppauge Products. Otherwise, I love them and I have previous experience using MythTv on Linux with the PVR-150.

I've had the HD PVR for 4 years now but I haven't done too much with it since then because I grew out of wanting to record television shows onto my computer and now I'm starting to get back into that.

I started wanting to record television shows onto my computer in early 2003 and started off with WinTv2000 using some really crappy Hauppauge card and lost interest in doing stuff like this around the end of 2008.

[thisheat]

Hi ECM, and welcome to the forum.

I have an HDPVR and have a 100% success rate changing channels with the IR blaster. A few pointers on using the learning mode:

1. It will say "press and hold" the button you wish to program on your remote. Press and release several times, but do NOT hold the button down. This will cause "1" to be read as "1111", for example.

2. The default inter-digit delay is way too long. I have mine set to 20 ms and it works much better.

3. As with all IR blasters, it has to be right over the remote sensor on your STB to get consistent results. Think "taped to front of box".

Also, if your htpc has firewire, there are drivers for some Moto STBs that support channel changing. A lot of people prefer this method.
If you're still around, please post back with what your specific problems and goals are, and your system specs and cable box model. Then I'll try to dig up some links for you.

HTH

edit: you may have better luck in the hardware forum: http://forums.gbpvr.com/forumdisplay.php?11-Hardware