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[HK-Steve]

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Hey All,
I am looking for another remote for my Wife to control my HT system.

I use RF for all my control

Currently I have an MX650 and a MX3000.
The problem with the MX650 is that there is no computer interface to program it, also no Marquee frequency ability.
The MX3000 is just too big for her to use every day. I run DMX-3000 software for my DVD collection, also no Marquee frequency ability.


So my question is,
Is there a remote that I can control my Marquee, plus all other equipment, plus use with my RF bases??

The bases are the MRF 250, and MRF 300.
http://www.universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=42



Appreciate any comments

Cheers
Steve

[stefuel]

Steve,
I gave up on universal remotes, remote extenders and things like that a couple of years ago and went with Crestron. It was the best thing I ever did. All the theater equipment is rack mounted along with the Crestron processor which sends IR or RS232 to the equipment and a long serial cable from the equipment room to the projector for control. Crestron even has control of my rack mounted APC ups that protects everything. The only equipment in my theater is the projector, screen, speakers and 10.4 inch touch panel on the table. The table mounted one is wired and I have a smaller wireless touch panel that I can wander around the house with or use for up close to the screen tweaking. Anything you could ever need to control a kick a$$ theater can be found on e-bay for pennies on the dollar.

[Nashou66]

Hi Steve, I use the Harmony 1000 and it works perfectly . The only IR use is for the Marquee and it turns it on with a quick push, not the hold down for a few seconds like the original remote. But using it for adjustments and so forth nothing beats an original remote, or the marquee loader program(you actually get more precision adjustments with it). I had it set up for all my aspect ratios, sources, memories, etc.

Athanasios

[wkosmann]

Dear Athanasios;

When one is blending 2 Marquee projectors, as you and I are, one can set projector A on remote protocol A and set projector B on remote protocol B, thereby allowing the use of 2 Marquee remotes in the HT at the same time. (The other way to do it is to leave both projectors on protocol A, and place the projector you don't want to control on standby. A much less useful way of doing things.)

Does the Harmony 1000 allow control of both projectors, using both protocols A and B?

William

[J Kildare]

I am looking at getting a pronto tsu9600 which should control the marquee and anything else depending on how you configure it. It can be mated with the rfx9400 or an rfx9600 serial extender. Won't be cheap though.

[stefuel]

Again this is one of the great benifits of using a system like mine. If you have two identical devices you wish to control independently, you can assign projector A to comport A or IR port A and projector B to com B ir IR B and it's bullit proof.
If it's IR you just need to make sure the other projector can't see the others IR emmiter.

[wkosmann]

Dear Chip;

I have the AMX (Landmark) equivalent of your Creston control system. I have not set it up yet. It will take a lot of time to do so. I wanted to try a quicker way, with my Harmony 1100. The only components I have a question about, are the 2 Marquee Ultras.

William

[stefuel]

[Nashou66]

Yes you can set it up for different protocols , Gino was the first one to mention this on an AVS thread. I have to look for the link. But I think the Harmony remotes for even a complex system like mine works fine. Even though u don't set up A/B protocols I just put the one in stand by like you mentioed, it even turn on and off my lutron remote dimmer lights. But I am waiting for the release of iRule remote app for the iPhone, it will use a RS232 IR gateway to control IR and RS 232 devises via wifi from the iPhone. Looks very very promising.

ecrab id a beta tester right now so maybe he can chime in on that.

Athanasios

[HK-Steve]

Thanks for all the replies,

Crestron or AMX would be nice, but very costly.
Maybe I can budget for the next year to get one of these systems.
All my equipment is located in one rack,
The only things in my HT are the speakers, Projector and 2x Power amps. Plus remotes of course.


The Harmony would be a good solution IF it works with my RF recievers.
I saw that the Harmony remote RF output is Z-Wave, sub Gigahertz frequency range.
My reciever frequency is 418MHz, so doesn't look like it is compatible.
That would mean I need 3 Harmony recievers to replace my current 2 recievers.


The Pronto's, are expensive, but look like they would do everything I want but at a big cost.




Looks like I will have to keep the Marquee remote on the coffee table for a little longer.




Cheers
Steve

[Nashou66]

Steve, there are two fifferent RF extenders for the Harmony, a US and a euro version.

Logitech Supprt

What do you have source wise that you think will not work? I might be able to check the data base by looking to see if your device is listed.

Also the RF remote extender has 4 outputs and the IR repeaters have two emitters for a total of 8 sources. If you have a few more like 10 or 12 and they are not the same device( like a pioneers 400 disc changer and a pioneer single disc which use the same frequencies codes) you can put the emitter in a location where it will hit two or three devices, like on the cabinet door. That should be enough for most systems.

Athanasios

[HK-Steve]

[Nashou66]

Oh Ok, you would need the RF logitech receivers too , i thought you had equipment with built in RF. I did not know you had a separate RF to IR repeater. I am pretty sure that you can use more than one Logitech RF extender with the units. I have to look it up.

But from my experience and your list of EQ, looks like they all would work. and for the Marquee you would not need a RF repeater as the IR directly from the H1000 works extremely well, better than the original remote.

Athanasios

[HK-Steve]

So the RF logitech receivers are not addressable???
If they are not, then no deal for me.



Cheers
Steve

[Nashou66]

No they are addressable if you have the same name brand EQ that might use the same IR codes, I have two Pioneer DVD players and i address the outputs for individual IR repaters.

Nashou

[HK-Steve]

Sorry, I was not clear enough,
Can I have RF reciever no1, no2 and no3??


Cheers
Steve

[Nashou66]

[HK-Steve]

I have two switch on the bottom of my recievers that allow me to select the RF channel I want.
Something like 12 channels per reciever IIRC




Cheers
Steve