Weird question about NTL digibox

Jeanious · 30-11-2006 08:12PM #1

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 · 30-11-2006 09:01PM

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

watty · 01-12-2006 12:47AM

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

The tax man · 01-12-2006 02:42PM

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

Jeanious · 01-12-2006 09:52PM

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 · 03-12-2006 01:33AM

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

tvbrat · 03-12-2006 10:45AM

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 · 04-12-2006 01:09AM

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

watty · 04-12-2006 09:45AM

Thanks lads.

Weird question about NTL digibox

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