[mythtv-users] Resolved! Re: lirc & homebrew transmitter & scientific atlanta 2100

[Aleaxander]

> Hi Rich
> 
> ...that looks rather alot like the 'start' section of
> /etc/init.d/lircd on my system...
> 
> Thanks for your help - in the end it turns out that the most
> important thing of all is to position the IR LED so that it
> directly faces the IR receiver of the cable box.  Mine was
> dangling in front of the receiver, but sort of pointed down.
> 
> You can kick me now!
> 
>         Cheers
>                 Jay

Perhaps you will also find this interesting (kinda related).  When we 
first bought a Tivo, some two years ago, and tried to use its IR Blaster 
with our digital cable box to change channels, it hardly ever seemed to 
work.  I finally ended up calling Tivo's tech support where I was given 
what I considered strange advice on how to fix the problem.  They had me 
take some tin foil and completely cover the IR Blaster and the IR 
Receiver area of the cable box so that only the two could communicate. 
I was skeptical of this solution, but it actually did the trick! 
Apparently, we lived in an area with a lot of interference (near an 
airport?), so the "high-tech" solution was a sheet of tin foil stuck to 
the front of our cable box : )

-Alex Offermann