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<blockquote data-quote="TVmecken" data-source="post: 196984" data-attributes="member: 18385">Hi Pastill,From your description it seems you are moving around the transmitter diode sometimes closer to the TV, sometimes used to learn the MCE tranceiver, so maybe you are not following the practial arrangements guidelines?1. Positioning of the (very weak) MCE transmitter diode. In my case I have to locate (on my amp or TV) the exact location of the IR receiver sensor and then fix the transmitter diode right on that spot using the self-adhesive surface. When used on my Plasma I even had to optically shield it from Plasma TV screen light interference. Once fixed, you do not want to remove it since you wear out the selfadhesive surface.2. When learning the MCE tranceiver you must put the transmitting remote very close (within 1-2 cm) to the MCE receiver. This is required for standard remotes with strong IR emission. I never heard of someone learning back into the MCE tranceiver using the transmitter diode. The transmitter diode is very weak and I am not surprised if it fails learning the MCE tranceiver, even at short distance.Maybe you are already following these guidlines and maybe you are faced with a hardware error, but I could assure you that there are many ppl, including me, that are successfully using the IR server to control their whole setup (HTPC, amp, SetTopBox, TV etc)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TVmecken, post: 196984, member: 18385"] Hi Pastill, From your description it seems you are moving around the transmitter diode sometimes closer to the TV, sometimes used to learn the MCE tranceiver, so maybe you are not following the practial arrangements guidelines? 1. Positioning of the (very weak) MCE transmitter diode. In my case I have to locate (on my amp or TV) the exact location of the IR receiver sensor and then fix the transmitter diode right on that spot using the self-adhesive surface. When used on my Plasma I even had to optically shield it from Plasma TV screen light interference. Once fixed, you do not want to remove it since you wear out the selfadhesive surface. 2. When learning the MCE tranceiver you must put the transmitting remote very close (within 1-2 cm) to the MCE receiver. This is required for standard remotes with strong IR emission. I never heard of someone learning back into the MCE tranceiver using the transmitter diode. The transmitter diode is very weak and I am not surprised if it fails learning the MCE tranceiver, even at short distance. Maybe you are already following these guidlines and maybe you are faced with a hardware error, but I could assure you that there are many ppl, including me, that are successfully using the IR server to control their whole setup (HTPC, amp, SetTopBox, TV etc) [/QUOTE]

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