Weird question about NTL digibox

Jeanious

Hey, i know this is a weird one, but does anyone know exactly where the IR sensor on an NTL digibox is? Just bought a wireless transmitter from LIDL, and it works grand, but i just dunno where to stick the IR thing, to send the remote control signal back to my NTL box. I made up a (very) sketchy pic of the box to help. Thanks in advance!

byte

Moved to Cable forum, where you might get more help.

watty

The NTL uses IRDA unlike everything else that uses 40KHz approx modulated IR. The remote won't work.

The tax man

It's roughly an inch from the left side of the card slot.

Jeanious

The tax man wrote:

It's roughly an inch from the left side of the card slot.

cheers dude, after a bit of flutin i got it to work!

watty

Which NTL box have you got as the IRDA variety definately don't work with anything!

tvbrat

watty wrote:

Which NTL box have you got as the IRDA variety definately don't work with anything!

Hi Watty
I have the small silver NTL digi pace box set up with an AV sender
The AV Sender is branded as "Tranw" model No.TTA-27T

This works on the Pace R.C. with all functions

I have found that the R.C. would not work with the second scart output, (VCR/ DVD OUTPUT. To get around this I pluged in a 2 way un-switched scart splitter box into the first scart (T.V. Output) on the ntl box.

Then from the splitter, I pluged in the TV and AV Sender.
This works fine and leaves the second scart on the pace box free for a dvd player.

The remote control only works on the first (TV) scart on the pace box, it will not work on the second scart. The reason it wont work, I think, is because the second scart output is designed to switch off the tv siginal acting like a switched scart, when you have DVD/VCR connected.
So when you switch on your DVD the audio/ video will pass through the pace box and switch off the T.V. siginal

I hope this info is useful

cgarvey

I had the small silver one, and the larger grey one (with channel number display) and both worked with a Digisender (from Argos).

watty

Thanks lads.