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  • saxon
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    Re: The remote

    Originally posted by saxon View Post
    My VUDU remote suffers from the same reception problems that have been reported elsewhere. I think it must be a design flaw.

    Even though I have tried changing remote channels with the dip switches, and increasing/decreasing the sensitivity setting, the remote (especially the wheel) is annoyingly sluggish even at a range of only 8 feet.

    I live in downtown Chicago. Perhaps the RF signal needs to be stronger in a location like this to overcome all the other RF traffic. Do any rural customers have these problems?
    An Update: I hope this is helpful.

    It may indeed be a design "flaw", having to do with the placement of the internal antenna. For the sake of accuracy, here's my setup.

    When I experienced lag problems with the remote, I was lying on my side on the couch, with the remote resting on my right thigh. The remote was exactly 10 feet from the box antenna. And here's the key: I was operating the remote wheel with my index finger, the bottom of the remote facing my head, the top facing my feet, and the front of the remote facing the box.

    But now I discover, when I roll the remote and operate the wheel with my thumb (as I suspect it was tested in the factory), it works flawlessly!

    Thanks,
    saxon

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  • WhiteMask
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    Re: The remote and all you "Seniors"

    Guilty as charged. While I feel I did the set up that very important remote fact escaped me. On that day I was also replacing my a/v receiver with a Sont STR-DA3400ES and reprogramming my Harmony. . . now that was a big setup day!

    Thanks for the heads up

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  • NA9D
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    Re: The remote

    Originally posted by WhiteMask View Post
    Why isn't there a way to reverse or fast forward. While watching a movie the other day, my wife asked about something that happened in the previous scene. I couldn't remember the words she wondered aboust, so she said, "Just rewind it." I told her I couldn't and she was shocked. Her experience is with Tivo and DTV dvr's.

    So, c'mom, Vudu, give us a feal functional remote. I can control rented movies from DTV.
    Someone ignored the Guided Setup video where all this is explained...

    The remote works great...

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  • Nded
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    Re: The remote

    Push/roll the wheel forward to go "forward".

    Push/roll the wheel backwards (i.e. towards yourself) to go "backwards".

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  • MaxH
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    Re: The remote

    Originally posted by WhiteMask View Post
    Why isn't there a way to reverse or fast forward. While watching a movie the other day, my wife asked about something that happened in the previous scene. I couldn't remember the words she wondered aboust, so she said, "Just rewind it." I told her I couldn't and she was shocked. Her experience is with Tivo and DTV dvr's.

    So, c'mom, Vudu, give us a feal functional remote. I can control rented movies from DTV.
    I know you're probably expecting a button that will keep the movie scanning at a steady rate until you release it or press Play, but I think you'll find that the scroll wheel is much easier once you get used to it. A really fast flick with the length of your thumb should bring you through a good portion of any movie, and you can slow or reverse your scanning quite easily with the wheel.

    Let us know what you think of it once you play with it for a while.

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  • rstone
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    Re: The remote

    Originally posted by WhiteMask View Post
    How does i8t work? and thanks . .
    It works by you manually scrolling the wheel up or down. The faster you scroll the wheel, the faster it forwards or reverses.

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  • WhiteMask
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    Re: The remote

    RSTONE -

    How does i8t work? and thanks . .

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  • rstone
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    Re: The remote

    Originally posted by WhiteMask View Post
    Why isn't there a way to reverse or fast forward. While watching a movie the other day, my wife asked about something that happened in the previous scene. I couldn't remember the words she wondered aboust, so she said, "Just rewind it." I told her I couldn't and she was shocked. Her experience is with Tivo and DTV dvr's.

    So, c'mom, Vudu, give us a feal functional remote. I can control rented movies from DTV.
    Actually, you can fast forward and rewind, try using the scroll wheel next time.

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  • WhiteMask
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    Re: The remote

    Why isn't there a way to reverse or fast forward. While watching a movie the other day, my wife asked about something that happened in the previous scene. I couldn't remember the words she wondered aboust, so she said, "Just rewind it." I told her I couldn't and she was shocked. Her experience is with Tivo and DTV dvr's.

    So, c'mom, Vudu, give us a feal functional remote. I can control rented movies from DTV.

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  • NA9D
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    Re: The remote

    Originally posted by raaurora View Post
    I've had my vudu for a couple of weeks now. My only issue with the remote is the battery door. I have a really hard time getting it on and off...it is just too snug of a fit and I'm afraid I'm going to break it.

    I had to replace the batteries as part of a trouble shooting exercise the first week and I got it lined up pretty good but I was going to have to force it shut to get it 100% closed. It is rubber-banded in place at this point because I was afraid it would break if I pressed harder. Other than there being a rubber band wrapped around the remote battery door, this solution actually works out pretty good.

    For those with reception issues, you can increase/decrease the remote sensitivity on the vudu box under advanced settings.
    The remote door has a particularly tricky fit. Once you get it lined up properly though it just snaps on and off very nicely. It sorta needs to slide on, sorta snap on.

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  • raaurora
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    I've had my vudu for a couple of weeks now. My only issue with the remote is the battery door. I have a really hard time getting it on and off...it is just too snug of a fit and I'm afraid I'm going to break it.

    I had to replace the batteries as part of a trouble shooting exercise the first week and I got it lined up pretty good but I was going to have to force it shut to get it 100% closed. It is rubber-banded in place at this point because I was afraid it would break if I pressed harder. Other than there being a rubber band wrapped around the remote battery door, this solution actually works out pretty good.

    For those with reception issues, you can increase/decrease the remote sensitivity on the vudu box under advanced settings.

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  • RonV
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    Re: The remote

    Have you tried a keyboard...here is a thread that discusses the use of a USB keyboard and the VUDU:

    http://forum.vudu.com/showthread.php...oard#post30962

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  • tamanaco
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    Using the Vudu remote without a left and right buttons is a bit frustrating when using the search feature of youtube. I wonder if the current remote supports has the ability to support double-click. If this was the case then one could use double-click to select a letter and single-click to change the direction that the wheel moves the cursor. e.g. single-click move cursor sideways... single-click again move cursor up and down. Clicking another key to get the same change of direction, if double-click is not supported, could also do the trick. Of course this behavior would only be supported when the cursor is in certain areas of the Vudu UI. In the future, it would be nice if the a "new" remote had a wheel just like the wheel of many Logitech mice which have the ability to also move the cursor sideways. I'm sure there are patens attached to this functionality, but it would be nice to move the cursor up/down and sideways with just the wheel.

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  • rstone
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    Originally posted by redwein View Post
    I just wish that the remote was a plain old infrared remote similar to the one that comes with the Tivo. Even when it does work, I like the Tivo way of doing FF compared to the scroll wheel. Each click (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) go to an increasing (though consistent) speed. The 4th click (or hitting play) brings it back to normal.
    Yeah, I got to admit, I did love my TIVO Remote, while I had my TIVO running, which is now just sitting in a closet, collecting dust. To be honest, I haven't even tried the IR adapter with my Harmony, so I'm not sure how much different it is, but when I use my VUDU remote, I tend to scroll fast, quite often, and I've noticed with a lot of IR remotes, when you scroll up and down there is a lag, which is why I've been hesitant to switch over.

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  • redwein
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    Originally posted by rstone View Post
    I doubt it is a design flaw, I own 3 VUDU remotes, and they all work flawlessly and always have. My guess would be interference in your location from other RF signals present. Maybe VUDU should come out with a RF repeater or something to increase the signal saturation within a home, although the the signal strength may be limited by FCC regulations.
    I have 5. 3 of them work very well and 2 work similar to what the OP described. I think you are right about the FCC thing. I just wish that the remote was a plain old infrared remote similar to the one that comes with the Tivo. Even when it does work, I like the Tivo way of doing FF compared to the scroll wheel. Each click (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) go to an increasing (though consistent) speed. The 4th click (or hitting play) brings it back to normal.

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