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Introduction
I spent quite a bit of time looking for IR codes for my Mitsubishi TV that would allow me to go directly to a particular input. These discrete codes were the only thing stoping me from having a bunch of macro's handle switching from one activity to another (ie watching TV to watching a DVD). I had pretty much given up on the existance of discrete codes for the Mitsubishi TV's when someone using the alias Gecko posted the codes on the ProntoEdit.com forums. I was very happy when those codes worked for me. I learned my lesson and will not give up the hunt for discrete codes that easily ever again. Here is all the discrete code information that I have about the Mitsubishi TV's. I know that this stuff works on my Mistubishi 60" RPTV model VS-6043, hopefully it will work with your model too. Suggestion 1: Here is a link where you will find all the Mitsubishi codes in the pronto's hex format that have been posted to remote central. They were verified on VS50603, VS50803, VS6043, WS65903. There are also many CCF's there that you can grab that use these codes, including mine. www.remotecentral.com/files/i-mit.htm Suggestion 2: Those codes may not work with some of the older Mitsubishi sets, so the following may help a little. "If anyone wants to learn it fromt their Mits remote you can do this. Works like a dream on a VS50603, for Direct access to the inputs. Here's how you do it. If you know how to program the Mits remote, this is easy to do. Programming requires you to hold power button(wile in the mode you want to program), Put it in TV mode, Hold power and type in "90", To access each input directly you have to hit input then the number( 1 though 5 ). Keep in mind wile programming your other remote, when you press input, it doesnt send out any codes, only when you press the 1 through 5. To reset the remote back to normal, Hold power again(in tv mode) and Press "00" and it will be back to normal" Suggestion 3: "The Mit has an Active A/V network, that handles communication between the TV and a Mit. VCR. When the Active A/V network is set to on, pressing "play" on the TV remote will switch the input to Inp-1. This works without having a Mit. VCR as I am using a JVC S-VHS VCR. The play command will also turn the TV on if it is off, but will not turn it off if it is already on. So, it is a simple thing to write a macro that will insure you are at input 1, then just do a few input + or - commands to get you to the input you want. (adding a delay or 2 will help)." Suggestion 4: "I was able to locate a pretty good function through the feature service menu on my Mitsubishi TS-4557 (menu 2 3 5 8). There's an option on mine called Hotel. If you set this and power res to on then whenever you power off the TV it goes back to input Ant-A. That way you always know where you're starting from when the set is powered on." The "Audio" button cycles the subscreens, and the "Video" button cycles the attribute. Standard disclaimer: Messing around with your service menu options can put your TV into an unknown state or even damage your TV. It should not be done unless you know what you are doing or are willing to take all resposnibility. For more information about the service menus check out: http://www.neato.org/~page/mitsu/service.html Suggestion 5: The following suggestion is one that I hesitate to mention at all. It involves messing around with the service menu for each input change. With Suggestion 4 you only need to go into the service menu once and then after the change is made, you would have a known starting input number after all power on's. This method involves you doing the change much more often and is in my opinion too risky to incorperate into a macro for everyday use. I am mentioning it only for completeness's sake. Again, use at your own risk and preferabbly not at all. I was able to successfully get my Mitsubishi TV to be set to a known input state using the "Features Screen" service menu. The "Features Screen" service menu allows you to enable and disable some of the features of the TV, including the number of Inputs. When you make a change to the number of Inputs enabled and exit the features menu, the TV defaults to Antenna A. You can use Antenna A as a starting place for all your macro's and not have to worry about getting out of sync! You press MENU 2 3 5 8 to bring up the features service menu. Then you use the arrow keys to highlight the "Input" menu option. Then you hit ENTER to change the number of Inputs enabled, the default was 3 for my TV. Press MENU again to exit the features menu. When I leave the menu's, my TV is set to Ant A. I would then repeat the process changing the number of inputs back to three and then my TV is in a known state with everything re-enabled. There are a few things to worry about regaurding this solution to the "unknown input" problem. I don't know what the other menu options on the Features page do, so changing them may put your TV into an unknown state. If you turn the above sequence into a macro, you will have to be careful to keep the pronto pointed at the TV the whole time the marco is replaying or parts of the macro may not get through causing you to mess with the wrong menu options...so once again, be careful and use at your own risk. Good Luck!! |