On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 22:21:33 +0000 (UTC), "keith" <keith@nospam.com> wrote:

>I have telewest digital TV, supplied on a PACE di4000 digital cable box.
>But there's no way to switch channels for timed recordings.
>
>However , the Philips do DVD recorders, where the manual  talks of using
>something called guide+  or guide plus , and an IR blaster to control a
>cable box.
>
>Has anyone done this and can confirm it's possible?
>
>(I'm a bit sceptical about how the philips manual says to switch to channel
>3 or 9, but the cable box chanels are 3 digit numbers... and surely the
>cabel woudl haveto include  asignal saying which channel was which?)
>
>I'm using Telewest dig. cable, (formerly eurobell) in south west england.
>
>Thanks

If the Philips unit does not support the Pace cable box directly, but does support the Philips
DTX3670 Digital Terrestrial box, then the Red-Eye translator (www.redremote.co.uk) may allow
it to
control the Pace box.