Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Cambridge, MA
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I feel pretty silly asking this, but what the h*ll - its not like this is the only frivolous topic!

I had bought an 'extra' DTivo since they were so cheap and I thought it was going to go to a relative. Having thought better of it, I kept it myself.

I've pretty much run the primary out of space, so yesterday I added another drive to new tivo and started using it. Unfortunately, since they're both DSR6000's, I'm having a little problem telling which remote is which.

At first I went by weight - I have a new remote and a flawed remote, and the flawed one seems slightly heavier. Unfortunately, I sometimes grab the wrong one without realizing.

Last night I got a bit less stupid and realized I could just look at the Chan button to see if Page is there. Better solution imao, but still feels odd. I've thought of labeling one remote with a taped label, but that seems ugly.

What do other multi-tivo owners do, or am I the only idiot with this problem? :}

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Just buy one of these new TiVo remotes. It has a switch on it so that you can use one remote to control both TiVos.

It's pretty cool.

Dan

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Wellll .... when I added the first DTiVo to my Standalone, it was easy. The DTiVo has the DirecTV logo on the bottom of the remote, and the SA doesn't. Now that I have two DTiVos, well if it wasn't for my Sima switcher with the remote control, I would have serious problems. I'm ordering the new 34 button remote though so that I just manually switch between DTiVo 1 and DTiVo 2.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Dan203
Just buy one of these new TiVo remotes. It has a switch on it so that you can use one remote to control both TiVos.

It's pretty cool.

Dan

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quote:

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Originally posted by omv
Hmm - that involves spending money - but you're right - it is dang kewl! Thanks!

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see:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-v...?threadid=43922

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Before I bought my pronto, I had 4 peanut remotes on the coffee table, each with a different color foil star. There were matching foil stars on each TiVo, too.

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I've got one of the clear red remotes from a promotion. Switched the red battery cover with my second remote.

Haven't gotten lazy/tired of it enough yet to spring for a new dual TiVo remote since I still have to change inputs on the AV switcher. And I'm too cheap to buy a fancy programmable remote that will do it all.

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So the TRUTH COMES OUT!

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I had 4 peanut remotes on the coffee table, each with a different color foil star. There were matching foil stars on each TiVo, too.

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Now we know why you don't MIND the star in the menu...you're USED to it!

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Originally posted by Pan Chun
Now we know why you don't MIND the star in the menu...you're USED to it!

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BUSTED!

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Registered: May 2001
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I use the MX-500 now but before I got it I used one TiVo remote and manually changed the code each time. I found this worked better for me than marking the remotes.

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Registered: Mar 2000
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Low tech approach. I put a rubber band around one remote. When it wears out I will put another rubber band there.

Jim West

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Registered: Aug 2000
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A number on a punched out circle of paper taped to the center of the arrow buttons, while suggesting TiVo provide stickers.

Before that, white-out on one of the channel buttons.

After both, using the MX-500 programmable remote. Lately I'm gravitating toward the 34-button replacement remote w/switch.

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Registered: Sep 2000
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I wish the new 34 button remotes worked with Sony SAT-T60. I currently have 4 remotes (two for each room). One of the remotes in the bedroom has a rough feeling on the TiVo guy so I feel for it when choosing the remote I need. I have the Jim West solution (rubber band) on one of the remotes in the den.

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Registered: Dec 2001
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Made a couple of 1" tall labels with my Brother P-Touch PT-2300. That and I bought a pair of the 34 button remotes.

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At first, I just put some duct tape on the back of one, but that wasn't very elegant. I work in the paint industry, and had a friend from Sherwin Williams paint one remote Sony Wega Silver (yes, the Wega TV's are all painted, that's not silver plastic.) The other one was a custom job: a friend formulated a clear lacquer with holographic and gold flake pigments. The holographic pigment costs $200/lb, so don't expect to see that commercially available. (Although I could get him to make one or two in exchange for one or two lifetime subs. Interested, Richard? )

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Registered: Nov 2001
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And what's wrong with just grabing one and see if it works, if not grab another till the channel changes!! It's what I do, but thanks now I'm going to want to buy one of those remotes with a switch!!

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Registered: May 2001
Location: Brew City
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One clear, one black. In the dark I hold it up to my eyes to see if I can see TV through it. No, really. OK, I'm odd.

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urc-8080 or rs-1994 universals...using the jp1 interface you can program them to control up to 8 tivos for the urc, or 6 for rs. or control however many tivos you have along with all your other devices like i do. using ebay either remote should cost around $20.

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I have 3 TiVos. I use one of the new controllers, one of the old. Before I got the new controller, I had three of them at my side. In the dark, I couldn't use the "red-dot" method, So I went low tech. Skinny rubber bands. 0,1,2 to tell them apart. There are spots on the control where the rubber band do not get in the way.

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