Remote Blaster setup?

[riscbroker]

I'm trying to get an old remote blaster set (Elsat, probably circa 2001) to talk to my new DSTV decoder model DSD1131. I believe there is a 'learning' process for the newer blasters (place units facing each other and power up within 3 seconds of each other), this however doesn't seem to work with these older units. Can someone help?

 

[zeb]

No learning neccesary on the old units, but if they're not too far apart, put the areals down and in their slots. I remeber having a similar problem many years ago and the Ellies techie told me to do this. It worked so I was happy.

 

[riscbroker]

Hmmm, I tried this, the receiver unit seems to be responding to the remote but nothing gets transmitted to the decoder. Is this model decoder (DSD1131) actually compatible with these ancient blasters?

 

[Smurfatefrog]

Nope, not compatible. You'll need a newer remote blaster, or get a TV Link

 

[riscbroker]

OK thanks, I thought maybe I was just doing something dumb....

 

[mikewww]

A deliberate disabling of Remote Blasters ?

I had a Dual-Vue decoder fore some years. Then, suddenly the Dual-Vue gave an unusual error message. The agents said "Oh, its the software."

It was cheaper to just replace the decoder with a 1131 decoder, although I lost the Dual View function. Then, a few days later, my Remote Blaster stopped working. On enquiring from Ellies, I was told that DSTV had done a software upgrade that reduced the Remote Blasters to paperweights.

Aah ! So DSTV can just ruin your hard-earned equipment by the flick of a switch. They probably hoped that I would get a PVR decoder. So what do they have in store for us Remote Blaster owners ?

 

[McGuywer]

No need to revive old thread. There is already one for the remote blasters issue.