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Controlling 2 Pioneer DVD Players
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Post 1 made on Thursday October 28, 2004 at 18:04
EricGee
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I have 2 Pioneer Players in my home theater setup, a DVL-700 DVD/LD player and a DV-45a DVD player. They both respond to either remote control. I cannot seem to find in the manuals how to change the remote address. What can I do?

Thanks
Post 2 made on Thursday October 28, 2004 at 18:48
Daniel Tonks
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It's possible you can't change the address, especially if they're both single disc players (not changers).

One thing you can do is buy an IR routing system, where you place a wired IR emitter over the IR receiver on the equipment (ensuring that it can no longer receive IR from normal remotes), and then specify a specific output before sending codes.

If you go for a remote like the Home Theater Master MX-800 or MX-3000 (or wait for the MX-350 / MX-650 / MX-850 / MX-950), those have RF basestations where you can address a specific wired IR output.
Post 3 made on Thursday October 28, 2004 at 21:24
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Daniel,

Can you do that with the Pronto RF extender?

Mark
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Post 4 made on Thursday October 28, 2004 at 23:05
Daniel Tonks
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No. Well, not unless you buy multiple RF extenders - you can specify a specific extender, but not a specific output like on the HTM versions.
OP | Post 5 made on Saturday October 30, 2004 at 14:42
EricGee
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I spoke with Pioneer, neither of these players has an addressable remote.
Post 6 made on Saturday October 30, 2004 at 16:57
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I had the same problem. I got the idea to use X-10 receivers that turn on and off power to each player depending on which one you are using. It works very well and can be controlled by a remote using an IR543. For more info on this check out some old threads or go to the X-10 forum and they will tell you all you need to know. Its pretty cool especially if you are into gadgets.

Take care.
Post 7 made on Sunday October 31, 2004 at 17:39
Daniel Tonks
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That's an option, but make sure your player doesn't mind being turned off like that all the time (I know of a couple that lose settings)...
Post 8 made on Monday November 1, 2004 at 22:19
bri in nz
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I have used a Xantech cc12 to open (or close ) the ir circuit in a similiar situation. These are addressable so I just attached the relevant command to the macro for each source. Just ensure the emmiters are totally covered otherwise you will still get both units responding.
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Post 9 made on Tuesday November 2, 2004 at 03:47
Riche_guy
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On 10/31/04 22:39 ET, Daniel Tonks said...
That's an option, but make sure your player doesn't
mind being turned off like that all the time (I
know of a couple that lose settings)...

One of the DVD player is a Pioneer megachanger the other is the Pioneer unversal player. There are no adverse affects when turning power off. They both keep there memory.
Post 10 made on Tuesday November 2, 2004 at 17:10
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There is another trick that we use here often. Several companies make a remote controlled A-B switcher for cable. MCM electronics sells them for $20 I think. We use this as a very basic inexpensive IR router, very often. There is one input, and two outputs, and both have discrete IR codes (A and B). You can simply intsall an IR repeating system, with IR emmiters on the components (your two pioneer DVD's). Then take the IR output from your block, and go to the input of this RF switcher. Best way to do this is to use a $1 F-RCA adaptor. Then get a short RCA cord, cut it, and use the 2 conductors for your IR in (signal and ground). Then do the same thing on the two outputs. Two adaptors, two cut RCA cords, hooked up to your IR emmitters going to the Pioneers. Now, if you hit "A" on the remote, your IR will only travel to DVD player on that output. Hit "B" and it goes to the other DVD player.

This is a very inexpensive IR router trick that has worked for us for many years.


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