Set-up:
The base:
Sylvania HDTV ATSC top box tuner who is linked by HDMI cable to a
Toshiba 34HFx84 16:9 CRT HDTV television
The challenge:
easy part: find a CECB for my Panasonic DMR EH-75v HDD/DVD recorder
hard part: who can be controlled by the DVD recorder between a Zenith 901 and a DTVpal. It's because a have this 2 at home and now holiday oblige, have lot of time to waste.
results: why wait!
Both can be controlled by my pannie DVD recorder as a DirectTV satelite receiver with the IR blaster. The Pal as an Echostar receiver and the Zenith as a LG receiver.
Both CECB can change channel with the pannie remote by using the numeric keys pad.
No TVGOS as I speak presentely for the pannie
Only the Zenith can change channels - the s is not an error- with success when a manual recording is scheduled by the pannie.
The Zenith use a more friendly pattern to enter the numbers to change a channel like to have 22-1. Zenith pattern: 22 , Pal pattern: 0022-0.
Because the pannie send at less twice the signal when recording two different channels back-to-back, the Zenith can stay on the channel but the Pal cannot.
The Zenith stay cool when on for a long time. The Pal can keep warm my coffee mug.
Winner: Zenith 901 and you have a better picture too.
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How I did this?
turn on the pannie and the Zenith put the IR blaster in front of the blue ligth and the IR blast plug in the pannie.
in the pannie TVGOS set-up:
-choose USA
-write you normal zip code
-chose DirectTV
-select IN3 (in my case)
-channel input: choose 28 + enter and 128 + enter but not 1128
-choose the LG satellite receiver
-choose code 1415 - it's work for me
-exit from the no-working TVGOS
Your converter box is set.
you will see, in place of IN3, the letters SAT on the lcd screen on your pannie.
with the pannie remote as the zenith remote you can change channel by using or not enter with the numeric keys pad but not the channels on the Zenith with the channel arrows on the pannie remote.
when recording a program.
-press schedule follow by sub menu.
-write your time
-input: IN3
-channel: you need to write all the numbers except for the main channel ( xx-1) Ex.: for the channel 26-4, you need to write 264 but you need to write 131 for the channel 13-1.
be sure to let the Zenith on when recording is scheduled because the pannie doesn't turn on the Zenith.
If you have two or more recording in a row, the pannie will switch the channel 2 sec before the beginning of the new recording.
To sale: DTVpal useful to keep warm your coffee mug or as a gun target or act as a Digital-analog converter for a secondary TV.
The base:
Sylvania HDTV ATSC top box tuner who is linked by HDMI cable to a
Toshiba 34HFx84 16:9 CRT HDTV television
The challenge:
easy part: find a CECB for my Panasonic DMR EH-75v HDD/DVD recorder
hard part: who can be controlled by the DVD recorder between a Zenith 901 and a DTVpal. It's because a have this 2 at home and now holiday oblige, have lot of time to waste.
results: why wait!
Both can be controlled by my pannie DVD recorder as a DirectTV satelite receiver with the IR blaster. The Pal as an Echostar receiver and the Zenith as a LG receiver.
Both CECB can change channel with the pannie remote by using the numeric keys pad.
No TVGOS as I speak presentely for the pannie
Only the Zenith can change channels - the s is not an error- with success when a manual recording is scheduled by the pannie.
The Zenith use a more friendly pattern to enter the numbers to change a channel like to have 22-1. Zenith pattern: 22 , Pal pattern: 0022-0.
Because the pannie send at less twice the signal when recording two different channels back-to-back, the Zenith can stay on the channel but the Pal cannot.
The Zenith stay cool when on for a long time. The Pal can keep warm my coffee mug.
Winner: Zenith 901 and you have a better picture too.

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How I did this?
turn on the pannie and the Zenith put the IR blaster in front of the blue ligth and the IR blast plug in the pannie.
in the pannie TVGOS set-up:
-choose USA
-write you normal zip code
-chose DirectTV
-select IN3 (in my case)
-channel input: choose 28 + enter and 128 + enter but not 1128
-choose the LG satellite receiver
-choose code 1415 - it's work for me
-exit from the no-working TVGOS
Your converter box is set.
you will see, in place of IN3, the letters SAT on the lcd screen on your pannie.
with the pannie remote as the zenith remote you can change channel by using or not enter with the numeric keys pad but not the channels on the Zenith with the channel arrows on the pannie remote.
when recording a program.
-press schedule follow by sub menu.
-write your time
-input: IN3
-channel: you need to write all the numbers except for the main channel ( xx-1) Ex.: for the channel 26-4, you need to write 264 but you need to write 131 for the channel 13-1.
be sure to let the Zenith on when recording is scheduled because the pannie doesn't turn on the Zenith.
If you have two or more recording in a row, the pannie will switch the channel 2 sec before the beginning of the new recording.
To sale: DTVpal useful to keep warm your coffee mug or as a gun target or act as a Digital-analog converter for a secondary TV.