[mythtvnz] MythTV IRblaster
Craig Appleton
mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:19:27 +1200
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I disable the mute button on the remote with a bit of insulation tape over
the lower volume and mute microswitches in the remote so only the TV can be
muted not the decoder.
On 04/09/06, Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 21:57:11 +1200
> Robert Fisher <robert@fisher.net.nz> wrote:
>
> > On Monday 04 September 2006 9:19 pm, Craig Appleton wrote:
> > > New site to purchase IRblaster for myth.
> > >
> > > http://mythblasterz.gotdns.com/
> >
> > Maybe I should look into this.
> > Just kicked myself as I sat down to watch last night's World Basketball
> final.
> > Manually recorded the wrong sky channel.
>
> My wife forgot to change channels on the sky box before she went to bed
> before the rugby 2 saturdays ago. woke up to a 2 1/2 hour recording of the
> living channel. GRRRR.
>
> If you are recording off the sky box and don't have a blaster going, its
> worth remebering the sky "booking" system. Hit the O button in the EPG and
> it books the programme, it changes to that channel 5 minutes beforehand.
>
> Doesn't help if someone has left the box on mute though.
>
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I disable the mute button on the remote with a bit of insulation tape over the lower volume and mute microswitches in the remote so only the TV can be muted not the decoder.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 04/09/06,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Rout</b> <<a href="mailto:nick@rout.co.nz">nick@rout.co.nz</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 21:57:11 +1200<br>Robert Fisher <<a href="mailto:robert@fisher.net.nz">robert@fisher.net.nz</a>> wrote:<br><br>> On Monday 04 September 2006 9:19 pm, Craig Appleton wrote:<br>> > New site to purchase IRblaster for myth.
<br>> ><br>> > <a href="http://mythblasterz.gotdns.com/">http://mythblasterz.gotdns.com/</a><br>><br>> Maybe I should look into this.<br>> Just kicked myself as I sat down to watch last night's World Basketball final.
<br>> Manually recorded the wrong sky channel.<br><br>My wife forgot to change channels on the sky box before she went to bed before the rugby 2 saturdays ago. woke up to a 2 1/2 hour recording of the living channel. GRRRR.
<br><br>If you are recording off the sky box and don't have a blaster going, its worth remebering the sky "booking" system. Hit the O button in the EPG and it books the programme, it changes to that channel 5 minutes beforehand.
<br><br>Doesn't help if someone has left the box on mute though.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtvnz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz">mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
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