Anthem D2/D2v/AVM50/AVM50v/ARC1 tweaking guide - Page 210

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

This question was bound to come up, as I was anticipating asking it myself. I had been using a MX-700 (which is going to be sold with my Parasound Pre/Pro) and I know that it will not support "held" commands such as those used for "Setup" and "Video" adjustment (7) either. It's too bad that Anthem couldn't just have used separate discrete buttons for these menus.

I loved my MX-700, and would be perfectly happy getting a new one, but I am more than willing to consider other recommendations (Pronto isn't for me...I must have "hard" buttons).

Originally Posted by PaulT_BC

Rob - OT, but I have an MX500 and have learned the held button 'Setup' from my AVM30 remote.

A single press on the MX500 button brings up the 'Subwoofer +/-' adjustment menu, a press and hold of the same button brings up 'Setup' menu - just like the Anthem remote.

Are you sure the MX700 can't do this?

Originally Posted by PaulT_BC

FWIW with the MX500 I have been able to program other held buttons from other remotes as well. Such as Cable Box channel up/down and Volume up/down. Press and release does one channel at a time. Press and hold and the thing takes off like a rocket. Give it another try with the 700 before you get rid of it.

Once the MX700 is in Learn Mode, press and hold the Setup button on the Anthem remote and keep it pressed even thought the MX700 says OK or Learned or whatever it says when it reads the command OK. It 'should' read the extended command for 'Setup' and just fall back to the normal single button push as well.

Originally Posted by FilmMixer

Bob... you probably have no way to get me the hex code for that?

Originally Posted by Bob Pariseau

Both the V1.11e and the V1.11g test software versions contained fixes that improved Component video robustness per posters in this thread. If you pass on your current status to Anthem they will likely ask you to try one of these. V1.11e is the version currently reported to have the least overall problems, but since you are having a Component video problem they may ask you to try V1.11g or even a newer version.
--Bob

Originally Posted by bluemark81

Just read a pre-pro thread by Zissou who describes the 2 ch sound of Anthem's AVM/Statement preamps as horendous. Glad I'm not easily influenced by one person's opinion like all his followers seem to be in his thread. Very happy with my AVM50!

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

Interesting.

When I programmed my MX-700, I added control for my light dimmers. The remote that came with the dimmers would need the button to be "held" if you wanted to bring the lights down to a certain level. Otherwise, one "push" of the button would turn them all the way on or all the way off.

I could never get the MX-700 to work by "holding" the button, despite several attempts to make it "learn" this.

It was on this basis that I assumed it wouldn't work with the D2's remote for "hold" buttons either, but it would sure be nice if I am wrong.

I still have the MX-700, so I may take it out of the box before I sell it to see if it will work..

Originally Posted by ANSEK

Has there been confirmation the AVM50 and D2 will be able to upgrade to the new Gennum 9351 chip?

Originally Posted by ANSEK

Has there been confirmation the AVM50 and D2 will be able to upgrade to the new Gennum 9351 chip?

Originally Posted by FilmMixer

The D2 has more DSP which may be used for future features (room eq, etc.) and also upconverts everything internally to 24/192k for processing. As it stands, I don't think the AVM's or D2 will ever internally decode DTS HD... but that's a moot point, as all that is required is decoding inside the player.

TureHD is already in the picture if you have an HDMI equiped processor... it is decoded to PCM in the player and passed along to the proc.. all of the new codecs must be converted to PCM prior to processing (bass management, time delay, etc.) and in regards to the new optical formats, I see no benefit to doing it in the processor over doing it in the player.

Also, as far as HD DVD goes, 99% of the titles out there now will not pass the lossy or lossless HD codecs over HDMI as bitstreams because they are authored in the advanced format.

And as far as Logic 7 is concerned, the Anthems have their own version of that in addition to Dolby PLIIx.

As a side note, while the Anthems (current models) will never accept 7.1 inputs on the HDMI ports, I am firmly in the camp that believes that discrete 7.1 trakcs will be indecernable from 5.1 extractions using DPLIIx.... why? If I want to pan something to the back center of the room, and I am using stereo surrounds, I will get the signal in both the LS and RS channel.. If I use a DPLIIx decoder, and have a 6.1 or 7.1 setup, it will end up on the CS area... since the decoder doesn't have to worry about a surround channel like straight DPL does (i.e. decoding and LCRS from LtRt), it doesn't suffer from as many steering artifacts, and should be hard to discern from discret LS LSB RSB RS sources...

Although I am working on some 7.1 tracks myself, this once again, in my opinion, is a lot of marketing that ends up making consumers nervous.... in the same way that HDMI 1.3 does.

Don't believe the hype

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

Interesting.

When I programmed my MX-700, I added control for my light dimmers. The remote that came with the dimmers would need the button to be "held" if you wanted to bring the lights down to a certain level. Otherwise, one "push" of the button would turn them all the way on or all the way off.

I could never get the MX-700 to work by "holding" the button, despite several attempts to make it "learn" this.

It was on this basis that I assumed it wouldn't work with the D2's remote for "hold" buttons either, but it would sure be nice if I am wrong.

I still have the MX-700, so I may take it out of the box before I sell it to see if it will work..

Originally Posted by billatlakegeorge

Does anyone have Nick's email address, thanks

Originally Posted by PooperScooper

Like said earlier, the MX-700 works just fine with the D2. I've yet to run into any problems. What D2 remote function don't you think will work?

larry

Originally Posted by CycloneMike

I have an MX-700 and a D1 as well as a Lutron dimmer. I had no problems programming for either the D1 or the dimmer. I can e-mail you my MX-700 file if you would like. Please contact me via a PM on this fourm and I will see about sending them to you when I get home later this evening.

In addition, go to www.remotecentral.com and you can find both Anthem and different dimmer setups that peolple have already programmed for the MX-700.

Mike

Originally Posted by billatlakegeorge

The halo stuff while beautiful to look at never sounded that good to me.

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

My MX-700 is going to be sold with my Parasound C2 though, so I am considering my options for a new universal remote, and am open to suggestions. As much as I loved the MX-700, it is no longer made so I may go with a MX-850, 900, or 950.

Originally Posted by soapman72

Thanks, Bob!

I'll update the software, I was just hoping they would get a non-beta update released before I needed to update mine. I would hate to have more issues than I currently do, because of a beta software download. The blue screens don't happen EVERY time I sit down to watch a movie, and when they do, they are brief, but considering I just dropped nearly 5K on a processor, it would be nice if it were glitch free.

Anyway, this forum is awesome, and you guys are great! LOTS of knowledge here. Thanks again!

Sean

Originally Posted by Fishysan

and the 8300HD still works fine with HDMI too. ( I don't channel flip - just watch recorded HD 720p or 1080i so don't mind any resync )

Originally Posted by yatchaks

Rob,

If you can hold out a bit longer, URC will be selling a couple new remotes. One will be an MX-810 which is RF capable, software programable, and should list for $400.00. This remote is unlike anything they have done before, and will feature a color LCD, very nice. It looks like it may fit between the current MX-850 and MX-900.

The other which I am aware of is a URC R70. Cosmetically, it is identical to the MX-810. The URC R70 remote will not offer the software you currently use (MX-810 will), as it is "wizard" based, similar to Harmony programming, and will not offer RF capabilities. The URC R70 should list for $300.00.

Both of these remotes are late out of the gate, and should have been released already. Although, dealers are speculating roughly two more months for the MX-810, the URC R70 will follow shortly thereafter. Rumor has it, new URC software will be availabe with the pending releases.

Lastly, a good guy to buy from is Mike (also a member here), from surfremotecontrol.com If you call him, he is the guy answering the phone, is an authorized dealer, and was within a few dollars of Ebay prices when I purchased from him.

Here is a link to a photo of the URC R70, which again, looks identical to the MX-810. http://www.remotecentral.com/wn000076.htm

Hope this helps

Mark