From: Steven Passmore <spassmore156-AT-earthlink.net>
Date: 27 Apr 2008 18:03:39 UTC   (12:03:39 PM in author's locale)
To: xtensionlist-AT-shed.com

Jerry:

James note on the cfs reminded me that I've had the x10 powermids go
crazy when a receiver is too close to an ir source. My biggest
problem is transmitter located next to and behind a (crt) TV, if it
gets too close it transmits so much that i cant use any remote.

Steve

>Well, Our little one is only 4 months old so she still just rolls
>around a drools. I guess the wife could have had peanut butter on
>her hands but I doubt it.
>
>The TV is about 11 years old now and I've been waiting until late in
>the year to replace it.. Closer to the DT move and hoping the price
>of HD TVs drops even more. (Am I deluded?) I can't justify
>changing out the TV because I have to get my butt of the couch to
>turn up the volume. Everything else works fine.
>
>I guess I'll just unplug the TV tonight for a few hours and
>hopefully it's a logic problem and will reset after the power
>drains...
>
>Jp
>
>On Apr 27, 2008, at 9:16 AM, James Sentman wrote:
>
>>Some fancier TV's have the ability to use multiple remotes with
>>different tv's by either pairing remotes like the AppleTV's do, or
>>just setting them to respond to remote1 or remote 2 the way that a
>>TiVO does. This is to support you if you have an IR distribution
>>system and 2 TV's of the same make that would respond to the same
>>remote signals so that you dont get the TV in the living room and
>>bedroom responding to the remote in the bedroom when you only
>>wanted the DVR or something. Could the TV have gotten itself set to
>>remote 2 or whatever the equivalent is?
>>
>>Or is there just a big child fingerprint of peanut butter on top of
>>the IR receiver... Thats happened to me...
>>
>>Thanks,
>>James