Davetrials Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Me and my house mate have the same tv in the living room, but we have a problem, both our remotes control each others tv, so we need to reconfigure them, but no idea how, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I don't think you can do that. What make's the TV? some TVs only use one type of program so if it's one like that you can't do it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Why are you watching two TVs in the same room anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Could you make a little cardboard deflector to put over the infra red sensor so its 'protected' from your mates signals from his one? Does that even make sense? Its home time, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) There's nothing you can do other than try angled slits of tape and card and hope you get lucky. Having the same tv though, that's a little gay. Edited September 8, 2012 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 There both LG tvs, im gonna try and craft some sort of card deflector, and we have two tvs, one for tv one for gaming consoles and what not, but atm its a bit of a ball ache! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Just put some tape over the gaming tvs receiver? then it wont chnage channel when you hop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 I doubt you can to be honest. You can try angled card etc but the infra-red beams bounce around everywhere so I doubt it'd make much difference. On the Apple TV there's an option to 'lock' the TV to a single remote, so unless your TV has that option buried in the settings (unlikely), you're out of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDoom Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 What you need is an IR repeater - tape a little box around the ir receiver on one of the tvs, and place the extender inside so the tv can ONLY see that repeater... Now, run the repeater to a corner of the room away from the un repeated tv - Like down behind the seating, so that when controlling that tv, the uncovered tv wont pick up the signal. Then, when controlling the uncovered one, the repeater wont pick it up. Attatched a quick mock up just incase what I said doesnt make sense... Wireless system available here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50M-WIRELESS-RF-INFRARED-IR-RECEIVER-REPEATER-SYSTEM-REMOTE-CONTROL-EXTENDER-/330678395589?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_RemoteControls&hash=item4cfdf7e2c5 Wired systems tend to be a bit cheaper...That wireless RF one doesn't even need line of sight, so you could box the IR receiver on the tv off completely, so only the repeater is visible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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