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How do you Turn Cabinet TV On??
Mr Ironpants:
I have a horrible confession to make. Before I worked up the hacked remote control mentioned earlier, I actually set up a sort of periscope and bounced the signal off some mirrors. I brought the IR down from the back (off a very classy Budweiser mirror) to a couple of mirrors inside the cab. I would not recommend this but it was fun setting it up with the laser pointer.
I will say that once I got it set up it was pretty reliable. Had some fun setting it up to but that may have been the beers.
Still with your setup you could easily add this
http://webpages.charter.net/rbecker5/plans.html#wiring from Talking Octopus
which is what I ended up with.
rlemmon:
My first cab used a 27 inch TV. Here's what i did. I made my bezel from plexi
and stuck a piece of painters tape over the area covering the infrared sencor or what ever its called. Then i sprayed the border black with krylon fusion. when it was dry I removed the piece tape and sprayed over the area with a light coat of fusion paint. That way it was black like the rest but the paint was light enough for the remotes signal to go through. :)
JoeJoe97:
What I read somwhere on this site to do was just find a way to make sure the power button is always depressed. I would try it a few times to see if your TV will work this way, but mine if the power button is pushed in it will turn on when power is applied.
So I have my PC setup to come back on power and my TV. So I just plug in my cab and away I go.
The way I forced down the button was with a paper clip. Just jam it in.
MiKman:
For what it's worth the JVC 27530 model TV has component/s-video and stays on Video-1 channel when powered off/on. AND when unplugged and plugged back in will power back on. So it will work with the smart strip.
um3k:
I am similar to some above in that a small hole in the bezel allows the TV remote to work normally. However, I just plugged the TV into the "control" outlet of the Bits Ltd strip, and set my PC to come on after power fail. Now I just use the TV remote to power up the TV and everything comes on. No power buttons at all... my cab has a remote control!
On shutdown I have to shut down the computer through software, then use the remote to power down the TV, which takes everything else with it - so no "one press" power off. But them's the breaks.