Anybody got a solution to this recorder problem

alankearn

I have a Sony HXD870 DVD Recorder that I bought around year 2008 but only used for a couple of years and then put into storage.
Click below for picture

https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/sony-rdr-hxd870-digital-video-recorder

I have now found a use for it but have remembered that if the batteries are out of the remote for long period the remote needs to be retuned to the recorder.
You retune by pressing certain buttons on the remote, I use to have a record of these buttons but of course after getting on for 10 years since last used this idiot has lost the record.
The recorder itself does hve a few buttons built in but not enough to use it properly.
I have Google around for an answer to "retuning the remote to the recorder" and got "press select button plus either buttons 1 2 or 3" (could someone confirm these codes) but using any of these combinations does not get the remote to work the recorder
If I could buy a new remote for it I would still need the retune code to make it work the recorder.

It is an old recorder so it is a big ask, does anyone have a solution to my problem.

Thanks

Inner_Zone

alankearn wrote: »

I have a Sony HXD870 DVD Recorder that I bought around year 2008 but only used for a couple of years and then put into storage.
Click below for picture

https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/sony-rdr-hxd870-digital-video-recorder

I have now found a use for it but have remembered that if the batteries are out of the remote for long period the remote needs to be retuned to the recorder.
You retune by pressing certain buttons on the remote, I use to have a record of these buttons but of course after getting on for 10 years since last used this idiot has lost the record.
The recorder itself does hve a few buttons built in but not enough to use it properly.
I have Google around for an answer to "retuning the remote to the recorder" and got "press select button plus either buttons 1 2 or 3" but using any of these combinations does not get the remote to work the recorder
If I could buy a new remote for it I would still need the retune code to make it work the recorder.

It is an old recorder so it is a big ask, does anyone have a solution to my problem.

Thanks

OM on the Sony UK website.

dan958

No instructions on how to do this in the manual? https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/res/manuals/3113/31137601M.pdf

alankearn

dan958 wrote: »

No instructions on how to do this in the manual? https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/res/manuals/3113/31137601M.pdf

I have the recorder manual downloaded to my computer since 2010 there is no information on the remote code in it


Thanks

alankearn

Inner_Zone wrote: »

OM on the Sony UK website.

I have the recorder manual downloaded to my computer since 2010 there is no information on the remote code in it


Thanks

googler

Step 5 p.24 "Preparing the Remote" at the link above?

Also "Changing command code for recorder" p149

alankearn

googler wrote: »

Step 5 p.24 "Preparing the Remote" at the link above?

Also "Changing command code for recorder" p149

Page 24
Those are the codes for controlling different manufacturers TVs with the recorder remote not matching the remote to the recorder


page 149
not possible unless remote is working to enter the requests


Thanks for tring for a solution

Inner_Zone

alankearn wrote: »

I have the recorder manual downloaded to my computer since 2010 there is no information on the remote code in it


Thanks

Maybe not but online there is.

alankearn wrote: »

Page 24
Those are the codes for controlling different manufacturers TVs with the recorder remote not matching the remote to the recorder

Go to page 25. "If you have a Sony DVD player or more than one Sony DVD recorder"

alankearn wrote: »

page 149
not possible unless remote is working to enter the requests


Thanks for tring for a solution

If it is not showing then it might be set to DVD 3.


All the information to set it up is there, unless the remote is actually faulty.

droopsnoot

I have one of these, and don't recall ever having to tune the remote to the device. From time to time there's a need to re-tune it as it's not so good at doing that automatically, but other than that it's fine. Played a DVD on it last week, for the first time in months, if not years.

Interestingly it does say that you can check what command mode the device is set to on the front panel, but doesn't tell you how to do it without the remote. There is a suggestion elsewhere that it will show the information each time you press a button on the remote, even if it's not set the same on both the remote and the recorder. Or maybe that should read "only" if it's not set the same.

googler

alankearn wrote: »

Page 24
Those are the codes for controlling different manufacturers TVs with the recorder remote not matching the remote to the recorder

page 149
not possible unless remote is working to enter the requests

Thanks for tring for a solution

There are only three command codes, and the implication is that, out of the box (and possibly after power-down) the recorder default is DVD3 (last para, p25).

Assuming the remote is working, you follow the procedure in the para Command Mode, subsection 3 on p149, surely? "Set the command mode for the remote so it matches the recorder". There's only three options to try, and you start with the implied default of command code 3. You don't need to change the recorder, just cycle through the only three options on the remote until it matches the recorder. Then you can change the command mode on the recorder if you want or need to.

Also, the Hint para below that implies that if you press any button on the remote, and the recorder is not set to the same command code, it will show the command code it is actually set to on the front panel. i.e. press a command code 3 remote, and if recorder is set to 1, it will show "1" on the panel to guide you.



I have a number of Panasonic DVD recorders and such, and in a similar fashion, if I use Remote 1 with Recorder 2, the recorder flashes "DVD 2" on the panel to let me know I have the wrong remote - it is recorder 2, and I'm using Remote 1

Inner_Zone

OP has posted on at least three forums and seems to be ignoring the advise given.