MySkyHDi and the Harmony remotes

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ockel

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#24654 30-Jul-2008 08:41

After a MySkyHDi install and the usual mucking around with the reprogramming the Harmony 1000i remote I wonder if anyone has found the perfect "equivalent" device settings?

The STB is listed as a Pace tds850NNZ however the closest that Logitech finds is the tds650NNZ. Although there were multiple issues on updating the remote I'm pretty sure it completed however..... no remote commands from the 1000i were recognised by the Pace box. *sigh*

Short of manually working my way through the process does anyone have any suggestions of alternate STB models that work?

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#152605 30-Jul-2008 08:50

Don't know what the model of the old MySky 1 is, but it would appear that the codes are the same as the MySkyHDi according to this post.

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?ForumId=34&TopicId=24626

I was about to get a harmony 1000i but your comments about its configuration make me pause....

If you are happy I might PM you with a few questions.

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#152611 30-Jul-2008 09:15

Mysky1 and Hdi remotes are interchangeable and are identical. As far as I can tell they use identical codes.

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#152612 30-Jul-2008 09:21

Thanks. Any chance someone can confirm the MySky1 is a Pace tds650NNZ? That being the case then I can trace back to the software not updating the remote.

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#152641 30-Jul-2008 10:47

Its an 850, but pace use a common set of codes for most of there PVRs.

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#152644 30-Jul-2008 10:54

I have a 525 had to reprogram it the wizard found a similar device works fine now, Just out of interest I notice the followimg
SKy movies one Hd Spiderman
Sky Movies TWO Sd Failure to launch
Sky Movies Great Hd Jerry Maguire

I think I noticed the sharing of Hd sports channels between Two and three as well

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#152646 30-Jul-2008 10:57

I have just had My Ski HDI installed an hour ago. The remotes are the same as My Sky, and are interchangable as I had My Sky put in the bedroom.

BUT I have a Logitech Harmony 880, and that will not work with HDI, but will work with orginal My Sky.

That is strange..

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tonyc

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#152662 30-Jul-2008 12:03

Gulfa, what was the device model number you found as I have had no luck with the reprogramming.

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#152667 30-Jul-2008 12:27

maybe it's simply a matter of teaching it all the buttons you use, still should only take about 30 mins.

I've got a 500, will have a play later on when mine gets installed.

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#152672 30-Jul-2008 12:49

Tonyc
Logon to the wizard
do the following

Select the device Tab
Set up device based on similar
No I dont have remote
follow instructions from here and the wizard will selct what it considers to be correct settings

See How you go

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#152691 30-Jul-2008 14:15

I had issues with the that - the MySKY HDi model on the Harmony remote site (TDS850-NZ) doesn't work however the Foxtel model, the IQ2 (TDS850-NF) does.

We got two HDi boxes installed- one in a room with a Harmony 880 (which worked with the old MySky remote codes) however in the other room with a Harmony 550 the MySky 1 remote codes won't work with the HDi at all which is curious. In the end I redid the setup on both remotes and changed to the TDS850-NF and all is well.

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#152703 30-Jul-2008 14:54

Using SANj01's suggestion I got them to work.

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#152930 31-Jul-2008 10:56

samj01: I had issues with the that - the MySKY HDi model on the Harmony remote site (TDS850-NZ) doesn't work however the Foxtel model, the IQ2 (TDS850-NF) does.

We got two HDi boxes installed- one in a room with a Harmony 880 (which worked with the old MySky remote codes) however in the other room with a Harmony 550 the MySky 1 remote codes won't work with the HDi at all which is curious. In the end I redid the setup on both remotes and changed to the TDS850-NF and all is well.

My Harmony 880 was setup for the old Mysky.....and, it works perfectly OK on the new Mysky hdi.

It is no big deal to learn the codes anyway

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#153090 31-Jul-2008 18:29

Took me about an hour to set up my "Harmony One", to sky HD, it even keeped all the icon's for the sky channels.
only cheched basic functions, but all works.