Remote oddity

[everthewatcher]

Just bought a used early remote on ebay - the one with the translucent battery hatch strap which comes apart easily - and on out-of-the-box testing there's a funny.

All the other remotes I've got here, regardless of age and version, transmit a single IR code on pressing PVR, TV, DVD & AUDIO but this one doesn't. The buttons work and light up, just no code transmitted to the HDR so no confirmation pops up on screen.

[Later]
I've now pulled it apart, using the iSesame spudger pair I wish I'd got when they came out. Not a trace of gunk under the keypad but there are some signs of use including a couple of cat/dog hairs.

Batch code on the PCB is cryptic but the IC has U950 so possibly week 50 of 2009 so I'm guessing it's a very early one?

 

[Black Hole]

The buttons work and light up, just no code transmitted to the HDR so no confirmation pops up on screen.

That rings a bell.

The 3-digit remote should have a sticker in the battery compartment with MDB 1.3
The 4-digit remote should have a sticker in the battery compartment with ADB 1.0

(with the footnote there is no guarantee the stickers are actually correct) "3-digit" or "4-digit" refer to the number of digits in the configuration codes for programming devices onto the TV, DVD, and AUDIO buttons.

This package also adds the option to disable the on-screen notifications of remote control mode changes which appear with later Humax firmwares and newer remote controls.

(ie 4-digit ones)

But... are you sure you haven't got them suppressed in the WebIF >> Settings >> Settings for ir package?

 

[Luke]

Just bought a used early remote on ebay - the one with the translucent battery hatch strap which comes apart easily - and on out-of-the-box testing there's a funny.

All the other remotes I've got here, regardless of age and version, transmit a single IR code on pressing PVR, TV, DVD & AUDIO but this one doesn't.

The very original remotes do not transmit an IR code on pressing PVR, TV, DVD or AUDIO. Your remotes that do are later versions.

 

[everthewatcher]

But... are you sure you haven't got them suppressed in the WebIF >> Settings >> Settings for ir package?

I was using my homebrew IR tester, no HDR involved.

 

[everthewatcher]

The very original remotes do not transmit an IR code on pressing PVR, TV, DVD or AUDIO. Your remotes that do are later versions.

The remotes that do are a mixture of first (natural retaining strap) and second (black strap) versions so this must be a very early one.

From a thread linked to by BH above this one may have been sold with an HD-FOX T2 which might explain its condition.