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How do Toggle functions work in Macros?
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Post 1 made on Wednesday December 29, 2004 at 18:02
movieman
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My wife bought me a universal remote for Christmas, and I am trying to decide whether to keep the one she bought, or get a different one - she admitted that she wasn't sure what she was buying.

What would really make life easy - at least for my wife - is to have macros programmed for "Watch TV" "Watch DVD" etc..

My question is this: How do the toggle button/functions work when doing this? For instance, to watch DVD, the TV needs to be on, and set to Video 1 input. My Sony TV has a remote with one button that toggles between ANT, Video 1, Video 2, and Video 3. Can these remotes be programmed to jump to Video 1 without having to toggle through ANT, etc.? I would have the same issue with TV/Video on the VCR - it needs to be in Video mode to run the VCR, but if I program a macro to set it to Video, and it's already in Video, will the macro just toggle it to TV? Power On/Off would be an issue on just about everything.

Thanks for any help you can provide me.

This message was edited by movieman on 12/29/04 18:13 ET.
Post 2 made on Wednesday December 29, 2004 at 19:10
Daniel Tonks
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What remote did you get? It matters as to what capabilities you have access to.

Although intended for a different remote, read the first couple of paragraphs on this page: [Link: remotecentral.com]
Post 3 made on Wednesday December 29, 2004 at 19:39
Ron Aronson
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The following link will get you started on the road to advanced/discrete codes, which will allow you to program your remote in the way you described above.

Click here to learn about advanced/discrete codes.
OP | Post 4 made on Thursday December 30, 2004 at 01:08
movieman
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Thanks for the replies. I will check out the links as soon as a get a moment. The remote my wife picked up is the Sima SUR-20 - I didn't find anything about it on this site at first, until I noticed that it is exactly the same as the UCommand 515, I believe.

I had looked into touch screen universal remotes a couple of years ago, and at the time, I was interested in the Pronto. I still am, but then again, if this one will do everything I need it to it is certainly cheaper than the Pronto. The Sony's are also decent looking, and not much more than the Sima, so that would also be an option. I really like the graphical capability of the Pronto - though I know they are a lot more work to set up.

The units I currently have are Sony TV (27" - nothing special) though I hope to get a wide-screen before too long. I have a Sony VCR and a Sony DVD carousel, and use all Yamaha Home Theater components.

This message was edited by movieman on 12/30/04 10:14 ET.
Post 5 made on Tuesday January 4, 2005 at 14:28
Anthony
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the good news is Sony has discrete codes (at least mostof their stuff do). The bad news is your remote is not PC programmable and I would guess it does not have discrete codes in its library. If you like your Sima, you can get a cheap one for all remote and use www.hifi-remote.com to find how to access the discrete codes and use it to teach them o your Sima.
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Post 6 made on Thursday January 6, 2005 at 17:11
RhysT
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if I program a macro to set it to
Video, and it's already in Video, will the macro
just toggle it to TV?

I dealt with this issue on my TV without using discrete codes (my TV doesn't have them). I found that by selecting any TV channel with the numeric keys, the TV returned to 'TV' mode, no matter what the starting point, and then always toggled through the AV inputs starting at AV1. The changes happen so quickly, I don't see the channels flash past (I get a blank screen for about 1/4 a second).

So to watch a DVD my macro goes: 1 - AV
And for a video it is: 1 - AV - AV

There are many limitations to this solution, and it can take a bit longer, but if you can find a way of returning your component to a predictable place on the toggle setup, you can usually make it work.


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