Sounds to me like a simple case of IR from the remote controlling 2 TVs at the same time. The only way to solve this is to either do as Buzz said and try and move TVs around...or get a universal remote that uses RF to communicate with a base station..that then sends IR commands to the TV and the cable box via IR emitter. This will allow you to control how far the IR can go...stopping the cross controlling of devices.


This is normal and nothing to be concerned about. It actually makes your problem easier to deal with IMO.

Sounds to me like a simple case of IR from the remote controlling 2 TVs at the same time. The only way to solve this is to either do as Buzz said and try and move TVs around...or get a universal remote that uses RF to communicate with a base station..that then sends IR commands to the TV and the cable box via IR emitter. This will allow you to control how far the IR can go...stopping the cross controlling of devices.


This is normal and nothing to be concerned about. It actually makes your problem easier to deal with IMO.

srmd,

I have no experience with Spectrum. Typically, there is a document supplied with a cable box remote that allows customization to the TV's Volume and Power IR codes. There will be a number associated with the brand of TV, some TV's might have multiple numbers and the operator will need to pick through those numbers until the correct number is discovered. There are more brands of TV than manufacturers. It is possible that several brands will use the same chassis and IR codes.

In your situation you will need to keep track of the code number and make sure that each room uses TV's with different code numbers.

As a management scheme, you could label each TV with the IR code set number.

Of course, this becomes more complicated if the resident brings a TV from home.

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Not very common, but some cable boxes support a plug-in IR emitter that will control the attached TV. In this case you would attach the emitter to the TV, then mask that TV in order to prevent any direct IR commands from reaching the TV's IR sensor.

A low tech "solution" would be to set the TV model to something wrong so that the spectrum remote doesnt control the TV at all. Each user would use the tv remote to adjust volume and turn the TV on or off.

I would not want to introduce another remote for the patient to manage. For many patients, it is hard enough to distinguish between remote and phone, then they struggle to figure out which end of the phone should point at the TV. (Lots of phone calls originate in this way.)