wheels Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 Hello all, Can anybody assist me with programming the favourites in the mx-850 remote control. I have tried everything I can think of. All Internet related searches are mostly for the 700. The 850 it seems is different to program the favourites. I wanted buy another remote while our dollar is high but until I fix in this one I don't want to spend the money. My 500 was a bit easier with certain things which I wish they had kept in the 850. In the assistance appreciated. I am trying favourites for Foxtel. Regards Mark
czzer Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 Try the remotecentral.com forums. There are a lot of URC experts there.
djOS Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 Hello all,Can anybody assist me with programming the favourites in the mx-850 remote control. I have tried everything I can think of. All Internet related searches are mostly for the 700. The 850 it seems is different to program the favourites. I wanted buy another remote while our dollar is high but until I fix in this one I don't want to spend the money. My 500 was a bit easier with certain things which I wish they had kept in the 850. In the assistance appreciated. I am trying favourites for Foxtel. Regards Mark It's pretty straight forward, what part are you having issues with? PS, Favorites are just another macro and are recorded the same way.
wheels Posted April 9, 2007 Author Posted April 9, 2007 It's pretty straight forward, what part are you having issues with?PS, Favorites are just another macro and are recorded the same way. Hello again, I have tried to do it the way it should be but I can't get the numbers to go into the macro. step one click on sat to expand the four pages. Step two click on the favourite you want to record. It is where the trouble starts with the instructions of favourites don't come up even though they are in the fav page setup. The only way I can get the favourites is too click on the fav button. It is really getting frustrating as I thought this remote would be much easier than the 500 and probably should be but something just isn't right. When I originally set up the remote I chose each device and inserted the right code from my previous 500 working codes which will all correct in the new equipment setup of the 850 remote. I am a quadriplegic and this remote takes a lot of effort away in programming from other remotes which is good is just this little stumble I had to fix. Any assistance appreciated. Regards Mark
djOS Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 Hi Mark, here's how I do it: (Do all your programming in the URC Software with MX-850 connected) Step 1: Expand Favorites pages and name all channel labels in desired order etc Step 2: (still in favorites and one channel at a time) select channel label (eg Fox News) and in the Macro panel select the "record" button. Step 3: Then navigate to your "Sat/Foxtel" page and select the "numeric" keys in order ( eg "1", "2", "3" followed by the "enter" or "select" button for the foxtel box if supported as this will make the channel change faster). Step 4: Once this is done, back in the macro panel, select the "save" button. Step 5: Repeat Steps 2 - 4 for each channel. Hope this helps mate, if not I'd be happy to give you an assist - just PM me and I'll give you my email address so you can send me your ".MXF" file with all the fav channels labeled to your liking, plus a list of all the channels* and their corresponding channel numbers and when I get some time I'll set up your favs for you. *I dont have foxtel these days and have no idea what the channel numbers are etc.
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