TiVo remote doesn't support my TV/brand - irritating having to use 2 remotes

[Jo.Cassady]

I have used (and loved) TiVo for many years


I used to have a Sony TV (CRT tv) years ago - it worked fine


I now have a Sony TV/PC Monitor -




This is the TV (model Sony MFM-HT75W) :



It becomes really irritating having to fidget with 2 remotes - must use the Sony remote to control volume & also to change picture mode (widscreen->zoom->4:3 etc)

Obviously I've tried ALL the different 'codes' on the TiVo remote & this doesn't work. Any ideas please?

[mjk]

I think this is what universal learning remotes are for!

Plenty to choose from - at all price points.

[TCM2007]

You shouldn't need to manually switch aspect ratios if all is set up properly.

[Jo.Cassady]

Originally Posted by TCM2007

You shouldn't need to manually switch aspect ratios if all is set up properly.

It's

RGB Scart (freeview box to tivo)

RGB Scart (tivo to Sony box)

Component Video Cables - Gold plated - (Sony box to Screen)



(all because the screen has no scart input. Component video gives the best picture quality)

[johala_reewi]

What is a 'Sony box' ?

As for having to manually change aspect ratio, have you set your freeview box up to output to a widescreen TV?

[TCM2007]

Originally Posted by Jo.Cassady

It's

RGB Scart (freeview box to tivo)

RGB Scart (tivo to Sony box)

Component Video Cables - Gold plated - (Sony box to Screen)



(all because the screen has no scart input. Component video gives the best picture quality)

What model of Sony AV Amp?

It's very unusual for those to convert from RGB to Component, mine certainly doesn't; they normally just pass through a signal - are you sure you're not watching composite?

[Jo.Cassady]

Originally Posted by TCM2007

What model of Sony AV Amp?

It's very unusual for those to convert from RGB to Component, mine certainly doesn't; they normally just pass through a signal - are you sure you're not watching composite?

This is the story

- My first tivo died
- I sold it on ebay with a dead hard drive

- The Sony RDRHX510 came on the market. Built in 80GB hard drive, DVD recorder & rave reviews.

- Alas, it was no substitution for my tivo (ease of use, interface etc.)
- I bought a Tivo on steroids on eBay (turbonet, cachecard etc. etc.)


Things like Channel 4 news & friends look 'wrong'. I always have to change the screen 'mode' for them (they are 4:3)


(hope my ramblings make some sense. forgive me - not much sleep recently)

[johala_reewi]

So 'Sony box' = DVD recorder so you need to double check the freeview box setup and DVDR setup to make sure they know you have a widescreen TV which can do aspect switching and not a 4:3 TV which can't.

If either of the freeview box or DVDR are set for 4:3, they will do the aspect switching .

[TCM2007]

The TV Jo has has no SCART input, so barring it sensing line 23 switching (unlikley) it's manual all the way I'm afraid.

It's a 15:9 set so everything's distorted all the time anyway! Why did Sony think they were a good idea?

[johala_reewi]

A new TV with no SCART input in this day and age

[ndunlavey]

That's cos it's not a telly - it's a monitor designed to do both PC and video duty, and has nothing so low-tech and old-fashioned as scart It has VGA, DVI, component, composite and S-Video inputs (and a scart-to-composite adaptor).