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Media Center remote wont work w/ comcast cable box jenn 06-02-2008
Posted by jenn on June 2, 2008, 1:44 am
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i can watch tv on my media center but i cant use the remote to change the
channels if i use the media center remote to change all i see is snow, so i
have to keep it on a certin channal but i can only use the remote that came
with my comcast cable box. i had direct tv and media center learned that
remote with no prob but its not that way with comcast. someone please help

Posted by Barb Bowman on June 2, 2008, 4:01 am
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Did you go back through TV Setup? I wrote this about setting up two
tuners, but it applies to one tuner/one STB as well.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mce/expert/bowman_dualtuners.mspx



On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:44:00 -0700, jenn

>i can watch tv on my media center but i cant use the remote to change the
>channels if i use the media center remote to change all i see is snow, so i
>have to keep it on a certin channal but i can only use the remote that came
>with my comcast cable box. i had direct tv and media center learned that
>remote with no prob but its not that way with comcast. someone please help
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Posted by jenn on June 3, 2008, 12:29 am
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i went through the steps several times but it never woked. So i tryed to put
it in when media center asked DO YOU HAVE A REMOTE i put no and went through
the codes and it worked so THANK GOD I FIXED IT but thank you anyway for your
help

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> Did you go back through TV Setup? I wrote this about setting up two
> tuners, but it applies to one tuner/one STB as well.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mce/expert/bowman_dualtuners.mspx
>
>
>
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:44:00 -0700, jenn
>
> >i can watch tv on my media center but i cant use the remote to change the
> >channels if i use the media center remote to change all i see is snow, so i
> >have to keep it on a certin channal but i can only use the remote that came
> >with my comcast cable box. i had direct tv and media center learned that
> >remote with no prob but its not that way with comcast. someone please help
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

Posted by Barb Bowman on June 3, 2008, 4:16 am
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thanks for the update

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:29:02 -0700, jenn

>i went through the steps several times but it never woked. So i tryed to put
>it in when media center asked DO YOU HAVE A REMOTE i put no and went through
>the codes and it worked so THANK GOD I FIXED IT but thank you anyway for your
>help
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>
>> Did you go back through TV Setup? I wrote this about setting up two
>> tuners, but it applies to one tuner/one STB as well.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mce/expert/bowman_dualtuners.mspx
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:44:00 -0700, jenn
>>
>> >i can watch tv on my media center but i cant use the remote to change the
>> >channels if i use the media center remote to change all i see is snow, so i
>> >have to keep it on a certin channal but i can only use the remote that came
>> >with my comcast cable box. i had direct tv and media center learned that
>> >remote with no prob but its not that way with comcast. someone please help
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS-MVP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

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