Brand: Singtel

Model: HD DVR (Mio TV) Cable Reveiver (Set Top Box)

Problem: Press 10 times, maybe 1 or 2 are ok. Most of them no response. No problem when using original remote.

I press the remote around 1m from the box.

Pls help. Thanks.

 

Edit: It's working fine controlling Panasonic TV and Onkyo Receiver. I'm having problem with Singtel device only.

Edited January 13, 20233 yr by Fardi273
Added info about status on other devices

Same here.

Setup is

TV: LG OLED55E6P
Audio: Sonos Playbar
Cable Box: ARRIS XG1v4 (Xfinity X1)
Set as Activity B

First, the XG1v4 isn't in the list (the XG1v3 is), though Xfinity X1 is. That seems to work, however button presses are very intermittent. I'd say I also have about a 10% success rate. But what's also weird is that sometimes when button presses do register, the incorrect press is registered. For example, if I hit play or pause on live TV, it normally doesn't register, but when it does, it might end up fast forwarding or rewinding. It's very bizarre behavior. 

What does work though is changing the channels manually. If I hit channel up or down, it's responsive and works very well. 

Contrast this to by Activity A, which is Streaming.

TV: LG OLED55E6P
Audio: Sonos Playbar
Set as Activity A

This works flawlessly. I'm able to navigate any streaming apps (Hulu, Netflix, etc), play, pause, fast forward, etc. all work great. Audio is responsive too.

 

I'll figure this out. Do both of you have the original remotes?

6 minutes ago, jason said:

I'll figure this out. Do both of you have the original remotes?

Yes, i have the original remotes and I also have flirc usb

2 minutes ago, Fardi273 said:

Yes, i have the original remotes and I also have flirc usb

Perfect, can you fire up the Flirc USB app, go to file->device log. Enable IR debugging. 

With the original remote, click and hold one of the problematic buttons for a couple seconds. Then wait about 2 seconds, and do the same on the skip with the same button. That will be really helpful. Not to worry, this is fixeable. Just let me have a stab at it.

I do have the original remote, but I don't have a flirc USB. Is there anything you'd like me to do with my cable box setup?

4 minutes ago, infrb said:

I do have the original remote, but I don't have a flirc USB. Is there anything you'd like me to do with my cable box setup?

I'm willing to bet whatever @Fardi273is seeing, is the same issue. If it's a problem with the database, or decoding an entry, I'll fix it. So let's wait for @Fardi273, me to pull out some hair, and I'll get it fixed. Promise. 

18 minutes ago, jason said:

I'm willing to bet whatever @Fardi273is seeing, is the same issue. If it's a problem with the database, or decoding an entry, I'll fix it. So let's wait for @Fardi273, me to pull out some hair, and I'll get it fixed. Promise. 

I think we might have a repro from a team member, will start to work on this

Thanks.

I also have the issue with a Xbox Series X. 

39 minutes ago, jason said:

I think we might have a repro from a team member, will start to work on this

Great.. Looking forward for the solution. I don't have access to my remotes right now, but I will attached my results here within today. 

1 hour ago, infrb said:

Thanks.

I also have the issue with a Xbox Series X. 

Ooh I'm having this issue with a Series X as well. I thought maybe it was just that my Xbox is at the bottom of my console and wasn't receiving the IR well enough but even if I stick the remote directly in front of the IR receiver on the console, it still doesn't seem to be 100% consistent.

6 minutes ago, theboomr said:

Ooh I'm having this issue with a Series X as well. I thought maybe it was just that my Xbox is at the bottom of my console and wasn't receiving the IR well enough but even if I stick the remote directly in front of the IR receiver on the console, it still doesn't seem to be 100% consistent.

What was the make and device of the code you have installed. I should have this figured out tomorrow 

7 hours ago, jason said:

Perfect, can you fire up the Flirc USB app, go to file->device log. Enable IR debugging. 

With the original remote, click and hold one of the problematic buttons for a couple seconds. Then wait about 2 seconds, and do the same on the skip with the same button. That will be really helpful. Not to worry, this is fixeable. Just let me have a stab at it.

Here's the results. I just notice when typing now that I press skip remote 1st in each file. Hope it's fine. If not, I take again next time.

log1: Ch down button (problematic with skip, ok on original). Skip remote, followed by original remote.

log2: Ch up button (OK. TV channel was changed). Skip remote, followed by original remote.

my_flirc_log1 - Ch down (no response).txt my_flirc_log2 - Ch up (OK).txt

Can you go to remote manager, export your config, and post that? I'm having a bit of trouble reproducing this. 

19 hours ago, jason said:

What was the make and device of the code you have installed. I should have this figured out tomorrow 

Game Console - Microsoft - Xbox One.

14 hours ago, Fardi273 said:

Here's the results. I just notice when typing now that I press skip remote 1st in each file. Hope it's fine. If not, I take again next time.

log1: Ch down button (problematic with skip, ok on original). Skip remote, followed by original remote.

log2: Ch up button (OK. TV channel was changed). Skip remote, followed by original remote.

my_flirc_log1 - Ch down (no response).txt 12.23 kB · 2 downloads my_flirc_log2 - Ch up (OK).txt 11.76 kB · 1 download

@Fardi273I'm stuck. I'm not sure what I'm looking at. 
Can you separate these. Can you create two distinct files. One with CH down skip. One with Channel down original. And also attach your configuration, specify which device is giving you the problem?

19 hours ago, theboomr said:

Ooh I'm having this issue with a Series X as well. I thought maybe it was just that my Xbox is at the bottom of my console and wasn't receiving the IR well enough but even if I stick the remote directly in front of the IR receiver on the console, it still doesn't seem to be 100% consistent.

Can you export your configuration, attach here? Is there one button inparticular that is problematic?

Here's my config. No specific button, they all seem to have significant delays.

As I mentioned above, the Streaming activity (Activity A) works fine. But B and C don't. 

Living Room.skip

3 hours ago, infrb said:

Game Console - Microsoft - Xbox One.

@jason this is also the config I was selecting to use with my Series X. I didn't have time to do thorough testing yet but it seemed like all buttons were problematic, not any one in particular. I know there is an option to adjust button repeats/timing, I didn't try messing with that yet either.

Edited January 19, 20233 yr by theboomr

Just now, theboomr said:

@jason this is also the config I was selecting to use with my Series X. I didn't have time to do thorough testing yet but it seemed like all buttons were problematic, not any one in particular.

Got it, thank you.

10 hours ago, jason said:

@Fardi273I'm stuck. I'm not sure what I'm looking at. 
Can you separate these. Can you create two distinct files. One with CH down skip. One with Channel down original. And also attach your configuration, specify which device is giving you the problem?

Attached. This time I change the problematic button to number 6. Channel down somehow recovered by itself. Maybe for now only.

my_flirc_log3 - number 6 (original).txt my_flirc_log3 - number 6 (skip).txt Remote Configuration.skip

I think I have something that should fix this.

Hi Jason, do you have something you'd like us to test? I'm not using the remote until this gets resolved. It's too painful for anything other than streaming apps via the TV. Thanks

I should have a firmware image really soon to try. Probably tomorrow.

Awesome! Looking forward to it.