Ideas on DirectTV infared problem?

[dnaps]

The situation is this: In the pool room i have 4 tvs, one in each corner, and 4 satellite receivers all stashed under the bar. Right now when any of the remotes are used, every receiver responds. Making it very annoying when trying to display a different program on each tv. I couldn't find anything in setup to change remote codes or anything of that sort. Is there a such setup? I've thought about using some type of remote extender or IR distribution setup but its a pretty small room and the receivers and in a very small cabinet and im worried about the IR still bouncing around too much and causing the same problem. Any ideas are appreciated.

Also I dont have the model of the receivers right now.....not at home..... sorry if that is needed to help answer

 

[MDS]

Unless the sat receivers can be assigned different IDs and the remotes configured with a matching ID (unlikely) there is really only one solution for this problem.

You would have to get a remote and RF base station with 'assignable' emitters. You connect cables from the base station to the sat receivers and assign each emitter to a different mode on the remote. All of the remotes from the Home Theater Master 'Total Control' series can do that. The MX-350 is the cheapest ($125) and would work if you only need control of 10 or fewer total devices. The RF base station is an additional $150.

 

[dnaps]

thanks for the info.... i didnt even know addressable emitters existed. i do have the pronto tsu7000 with the RF base but i dont remember ever reading anything about "addressable emitters." do you know off hand if this remote is capable?

 

[MDS]

I'm not familiar with the Pronto but being a high end remote it may well have that capability.