- sluggish remote control - 2 Updates
| micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>: Sep 16 09:25PM -0400 In sci.electronics.repair, on Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:31:33 -0700 (PDT), >> has a red light that goes on when I'm shining the remote at it, and that >> does go on. Still, I don't think that is the cause of the delay. >I've never noticed that, no. It seems that with the equipment you have, your lag could be anywhere in the chain and not so much the remote since your powermid is responding to it apparently. I know the light on the powermid goes on, but I thought that only meant it detected a signal, but maybe not a strong enough signal. The powermid at both ends is plugged into the wall, doesn't depend on batteries. So it didn't seem like it would require "warming up". Maybe time will tell what the problem is. |
| "ohg...@gmail.com" <ohger1s@gmail.com>: Sep 17 06:17AM -0700 On Friday, September 16, 2022 at 9:25:52 PM UTC-4, micky wrote: > powermid at both ends is plugged into the wall, doesn't depend on > batteries. So it didn't seem like it would require "warming up". Maybe > time will tell what the problem is. There is a *tiny* window where a digital signal is usable and when it isn't. If the powermid is flashing, it does mean it detected an IR signal yes, and it certainly can also mean the signal is gibberish from the remote, but I can tell you in over 50 years in consumer electronics, I can't recall seeing more than one or two remotes that put out an IR pulsed signal that also put out gibberish or the incorrect code at the same time. IOW, if they transmitted IR, they were generally good. Could the powermid being seeing a signal too weak to reliably get the code read? I guess, it depends on what the light means. It could mean signal detection or it could mean code readable. What if you take your remote directly to your DVDR? If it responds immediately, the DVDR and the hand unit are good and the powermid is bad. If the DVDR doesn't respond immediately, the powermid is good and the hand unit or DVDR is bad. Lastly, those little IR beads are often very directional and I've seen times when simply relocating the transmitter bead improves the function greatly. Sometimes they're too far away, sometimes off axis, and sometimes they can even overwhelm the IR receiver they're transmitting to. I know that seems like it's not the problem since it clears up at some point, but I would investigate the placement of the IR bead carefully. I had a customer with a home theater (all equipment in a utility room) and I ended up sticking a plastic block to the front of his HT receiver with double sided tape and sticking the IR bead to that block to fix erratic remote operation. You can use your smart phone's camera to view the IR from the bead and see in which direction the light is travelling to get a better idea how to aim it and where to aim it. |
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