vcr commander II not recording

[Puck]

Well, housecode wouldn't really matter since you are programming, should work no matter what, right?

Yes it does matter, and no it won't work if it is different.

And for which button, I'm using one of the top 4 'on' buttons, so any should work while programming, right?.

Like the house code, the button on the remote MUST match the unit code of the sensor you plan on using to start the recording.
Any other combination of house code and unit code during programming will not start the recording when the intended motion sensor gets triggered.

[porsche4786]

Well, housecode wouldn't really matter since you are programming, should work no matter what, right?

Yes it does matter, and no it won't work if it is different.

And for which button, I'm using one of the top 4 'on' buttons, so any should work while programming, right?.

Like the house code, the button on the remote MUST match the unit code of the sensor you plan on using to start the recording.
Any other combination of house code and unit code during programming will not start the recording when the intended motion sensor gets triggered.

Right, but what I'm saying is that it would still program...just not the codes you want. It would still program the wrong code or code you really didn't want.

[Puck]

Right, but what I'm saying is that it would still program...just not the codes you want. It would still program the wrong code or code you really didn't want.

Yes, that's right. But like Tom said, an RF signal from a motion detector is the same as that from the palm pad, so I'm still having a difficult time believing the vcr commander is bad if it programs OK with the motion sensor.

Let us know how the new one works.

[porsche4786]

Right, but what I'm saying is that it would still program...just not the codes you want. It would still program the wrong code or code you really didn't want.

Yes, that's right. But like Tom said, an RF signal from a motion detector is the same as that from the palm pad, so I'm still having a difficult time believing the vcr commander is bad if it programs OK with the motion sensor.

Let us know how the new one works.

I'm just not sure what else it could be. The palmpad it working to switch cameras on the tv so I know it's good.

[porsche4786]

Right, but what I'm saying is that it would still program...just not the codes you want. It would still program the wrong code or code you really didn't want.

Yes, that's right. But like Tom said, an RF signal from a motion detector is the same as that from the palm pad, so I'm still having a difficult time believing the vcr commander is bad if it programs OK with the motion sensor.

Let us know how the new one works.

Okay, got the new VCR commander yesterday and played around with it for a minute. It beeps the right amount of times now. Even works with the palm pad! But it still will not turn my VCR on, so I moved the IR thingy around on the vcr and still nothing.