I just got a DirecTV H20 HD receiver box. My learning remote (a Radio Shack 2116) just will not learn the codes for this receiver. It works fine for everything else though.

The funny thing is that I can tell the H20 remote what brand of TV I have, then use it to teach the 2116 to control the TV. It is just the signal for the H20 itself (the power for example) that it can't learn.

Does anyone have a learning remote that works with the H20?

Thanks!

You probably have the H20 set to RF, the oem remote emits both RF & IR, but the receiver only accepts one at a time. Switch to IR, and the learned commands probably will work.

Thanks, but I already thought of that and verified that the Sat was set to IR. Besides, how would the receiver "tell" the remote to use RF anyway?

What I mean is that the remote must be sending out RF and IR unless you flip the switch from one to the other, and I can't find any switch to do so, and I don't think the receiver can emit RF or IR to "tell" the remote to change.

No, the remote gives off IR and RF all the time, it doesn't need to be told. You can't prevent it from doing that. But the H20 receiver itself, will only respond to one type at a time. if you can take the White remote into another room and control the H20, then it is still set to RF.

And remotes like your 2116 that are only IR, will have no effect on the RF set H20.

Yes, I understand. I tested it by pointing it away from the sat and it did not control it.

The thing is though, the 2116 tells me there is an error on the LCD. It just times out acting like it doesn't see any IR signal at all!

This is a thread from just last night:

[Link: hifi-remote.com]

You know that the 2116 can only learn about 20 or so commands for the whole remote? Sounds like you're out of memory.

Yes, I thought of that too and deleted all of the codes for my old sat receiver before trying to load new ones.

Good guess though!

Thanks!

I'll give that code a try.

Sorry, i didn't mean for you to try that code, which isn't in the 2116. The poster in that thread is hacking his 2116, he's loading a file via jp1. Its a cable that you use to hook your 2116 upto your computer, but of course it isn't as simple has that.

Understood....I'm looking into JP1 now as an option (a lot of trouble just to get a remote to work it seems but heh...it'll keep me out trouble I guess).

Thanks!

Hey Edmund... I am having the same trouble... i have an MX-950 and the remote will not learn IR commands... almost like the remote will not send out IR... HTM has not updated their database with any new Directv codes for the H20 yet. I checked MX-850 database too and nothing there...

I was having the same trouble... press menu on your remote, go to settings, select remote, follow the instructions there to program your remote for IR. Then you can learn all the commands you want...

I'm a Pronto user but I can confirm the H20 responds to the same codes as the D10...