![]() IR corruption - Ironically, the RF remote was often offered as a resolution for IR problems. If it is not hidden it is subject to the following problems: The STB using RF must be hidden due to the dongle conversion of RF to IR. The number buttons were already good - see below for that solution. I replaced the black tape with the "duct tape" & saw an immediate improvement in response to menu buttons. I had the IR sensor covered with black tape. I run an STB well hidden for a second TV. It should not be a surprise, but it is, that half the problems with the RF remote are IR. Previously, there would have been at least 6x100=600 occurrences.Īlmost all button presses are accepted & none are changed to a different action. In over 100 evenings since I applied the tape - watching recordings while FF through the ads - I have not had one chan up - chan down corruption. I thought I would use it to cover the IR sensor. Actually, it just looks like duct tape, but is electrical tape available at the Home Depot in the electrical dept. I happened to notice that I had a specific kind of "duct tape" covering the blue light on the STB. Recently, my most common problem was FF and Play Buttons often corrupted to chan up and chan down more than six times a night while watching recorded shows, exclusively. This reinforces my theory that the IR sensor is too sensitive. It appeared to me that the Harmony IR signal is stronger than the U-verse remote. ![]() I looked at the IR signal through a digital camera. I noticed that the U-verse remote does work better than my Logitech Harmony model 700. That, somehow software updates can make it better or worse, So, it is a moving target. That command type buttons are worse than the number buttons. I came to believe that the IR sensor is too sensitive, That the DVR is worse than other STBs. ![]() Oddly, a U-verse customer posted in this community that they had a NIles install that was not working & after they contacted Niles they did not get any satisfactory resolution. They said their new line of repeaters could handle it. makes IR repeaters & has a video on their web site showing the fragility of the IR coding that is used for U-verse & other boxes. But, one day long ago that just went away. My personal initial primary problem was getting the zero to register. The number of reports of this have totally fallen away. Remedies included taping over the IR sensor, hiding the STB, turning off auto brightness on the TV.Ī common fault was the info button press corrupting to an STB mute action. Going back 5-6 years there are many posts about IR interference. THe tape mentioned below will work like magic, You need to cover the IR sensor on the DVR, Try newspaper, gauze or thin masking tape. Billcrowley - My theory is that the new box is too sensitive to the powerful harmony.
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