H_Hancock Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Dredging up last year's Best Buy Westinghouse 32" LCD HD TV....did anyone who uses DirecTV in their house get their DTV remote to function with the Westy TV? I seem to remember, and my memory gets quite faulty as I get older so it may have been discussed and previously solved, that a lot of people were having problems getting a DTV remote to work with that TV, myself included. But, I made a weird "discovery" a week or two ago. I've got DTV in three rooms....one has the Westy in it, one has a cheapie Philips 20", and one has a Sony Trinitron 36" in it. Well, I mixed up the remotes and mistakenly tried to use the one programmed for the Sony on the Westy......and it worked. Even called up the TV's own internal menu program, just like the TV's own remote control. So, I tried reprogramming the DTV remote that is being used for the Westy's room......programmed it for a Sony and worked like a charm. Last year, no amount of plugging in Westinghouse numbers ever got the DTV remote to do anything with the Westy LCD....not the volume, not turning it on or off, and certainly not accessing the TV's internal menu. Odd that the Sony programming codes "unlocked" the remote to work with the Westy LCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant5ouL Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Thanks for this. The 32' Westy was one of my purchases last year and toiled with the fact that I couldn't find the right codes for it for either a Tivo remote or a DTV remote. Taking one remote out of my coffee table is definitely a plus. I will test the Sony codes tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthTM Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I had a sony tv before my westy, I didn't even need to setup the remote because it already worked. Sony Codes Work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_Hancock Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 After I found out they did work on the Westy, almost made me want to open up the Westy and see what the guts really look like, or what's silkscreened on the pcb and components. Might be surprised.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant5ouL Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Just wanted to report back here that using a DTivo remote (Hughes SD-40), I was able to control the Westinghouse 32" LCD HDTV with the Sony codes. So yes, thanks H_Hancock, for hooking us up with this info! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctnhd Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 I have a new hd direct tv unit and I can use it on my Westinghouse, but for some reason I think the tv's them selves do not have a good receiver for any remote, the one that comes with it is probably the worst remote I have ever owned. Sometimes I get so frustrated I think there is something wrong with my tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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