Download Searchable PDF For Remote Programming

There’s been a lot of changes with the local Jamaican telecoms and cable services. Currently the largest one is FLOW – which was purchased by Liberty Global recently. One of their services is AVS which stands for Advanced Video Service. This is similar to FIOS provided by Verizon – where you can pause live TV and record things in the cloud. All seems really good except that on the older service the universal remote provided seemed better. Most persons that have this service installed don’t even have the basic function of turning on/off their television and the technicians don’t seem to know how.

Until we figure out or find out how to access more functions from the remote we’re gonna help you at least use it to turn your TV on/off. Doing this can make things a little easier – just use the volume control on the cable box instead of your TV. This means setting the TV at an acceptable volume beforehand but, at least you won’t have to be using two remotes.

First have your TV on. The set top box (cable box) doesn’t need to be on. Press and hold the OK key on the FLOW cable box remote then press the TV power button (top right) once. The TV power button should now remain lit red. Press the power button repeatedly until your TV powers off. Then press any of the directional keys around the OK button. The code should now be stored and the remote should power on/off your TV.

Once we find any other information on this device we will update the post.

*UPDATE*

We spoke with other users of the service and found that the remote actually does have a document but it seems that some of the technicians don’t read it. Here are the basic instructions. We will attach a PDF of the actual document at a later time.

So yes – the instructions are there. And I didn’t even find the info online. Weird.

So – let’s put the info online.

TV PROGRAMMING – BRAND CODE
This will be listed after. It’s a lot. I’ll probably scan the paper to PDF.

TV PROGRAMMING – AUTO
Turn the TV on. Hold the OK button and the TV POWER button for 3 seconds. The TV button will light up and stay on. Point it at the TV and wait – it will automatically be transmitting a power signal. Once the TV turns off press any key on the remote (except the SET button) and that will stop the auto search. Press the TV POWER button again and once the TV turns on it is set.

TV PROGRAMMING – MANUAL
Turn the TV on. Hold the OK button and the TV POWER button for 3 seconds. The TV button will light up and stay on. Point it at the TV and press the TV POWER button once every 2 seconds. Once the TV turns off press nothing on the remote until the TV POWER light on the remote goes off. The remote is now programmed.

VOLUME PRIORITY
The volume is set to the cable box (STB – Set Top Box) by default. To change it to/from the TV press and hold the OK button and the volume up button (+) at the same time. Each time this is done it will switch between TV volume and STB volume.

Download Searchable PDF For Remote Programming

THE BEST?

This is a question all persons in IT get at some point or another. What’s the best hard drive? Monitor? Laptop? PC? The truth is – there is no best. While you can find a particular brand that works nicely there are many factors that determine “best”.

DISCLAIMER

This post was originally done in 2015. While the concepts are the same, what would be classed as “the best” then would be different now. This post was also unfinished, but I decided to publish since it would still be good info.

Laptop Brands

If you were to go into technical details there are brands that you may not have heard of that have excellent specs. The more popular brands like HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer and Asus would be what come to mind. Take a look at this laptop – the AORUS X3Plusv3-CF1.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S9AIDRU/ref=asc_df_B00S9AIDRU3956740/?tag=hawk-future-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B00S9AIDRU&linkCode=df0&ascsubtag=hawk-752282098-20

That laptop is BEASTLY. It will do just about all you need with a whopping USD$2,000+ price tag. That link on Amazon actually has it marked down from USD$4,000+ which is probably much more than the average user is willing to pay.

For persons who own desktops other brands such as MSI and Gigabyte may come to mind for motherboards – these companies make gaming laptops as well as can be seen in the link below.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SQGAV7C/ref=asc_df_B00SQGAV7C3953261/?tag=hawk-future-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B00SQGAV7C&linkCode=df0&ascsubtag=hawk-1890380132-20

For a brand that you may be more familiar with here is an HP Omen.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O0M750W/ref=asc_df_B00O0M750W3957416/?tag=hawk-future-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B00O0M750W&linkCode=df0&ascsubtag=hawk-1251150049-20

If you want to look at some of the “best” laptops for 2015 you can head over to TechRadar and look at their list.

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/laptops/best-gaming-laptops-top-5-gaming-notebooks-reviewed-1258471

Durability

All laptops are about the same when it comes to durability. Really, as an example – you can’t look at an old Dell and compare it to a new one. Matter of fact – almost all older hardware was “better” than the newer ones on the market. While standards such as RoHS are good for the environment it has caused PC/laptop durability to be challenged. Manufacturers have scrambled to find ways to get their hardware to last longer within the limitations given, all vendors have made strides and any laptop you get will last if proper care is given.

Caveat

With all of that said – there are some things that should be checked prior to any purchase. I (personally) wouldn’t recommend the older HP DV series to anyone. They’re known to have GPU overheating issues which will lead to requiring reflow/reball – something that users really shouldn’t have to contend with.

Summary – So What To Get?

A statement that has been said – the best one is: the one that suits your needs.  Any laptop that will do what you need to get done is fine for you. Do some checking into the model line before purchase so you know if there are problems. Check online stores such as Amazon beforehand since they usually have reviews of the product.

If you want a laptop for office or general use then anything will do.

If you want a laptop for gaming or editing then expect to spend USD$500 or more.

If you’re concerned about speed then avoid the low-end processors – don’t do Celeron or others like that.

Some persons may remember in 2013 that Winamp had shut down.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/20/after-15-years-of-whipping-the-llamas-ass-winamp-shuts-down/

Since then the days of easily, quickly (and freely) skinning your audio player went out the window. Personally I never used Winamp to organize music – just play, but it did have some very nice features. I even had some skins that exactly matched my wallpapers or fit into certain sections of the screen.

While some functions in Winamp are replaced by functions in your OS, there are persons that would still love to go back to their familiar player that had excellent functions. On that note I have good news: Winamp seems to be making a comeback.

http://www.winamp.com/

The new site looks good but they are working on it. Things moved quickly and while this may be old news it’s not known by some. So – here is a quote from Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winamp#Acquisition_by_Radionomy

On November 20, 2013, AOL announced that on December 20, 2013, it would shut down Winamp.com, and the software would no longer be available for download, nor supported by the company after that date. The following day, an unofficial report surfaced that Microsoft was in talks with AOL to acquire Nullsoft. Despite AOL’s announcement, the Winamp site was not shut down as planned, and on January 14, 2014, it was officially announced that Belgian online radio aggregator Radionomy had bought the Nullsoft brand, which includes Winamp and Shoutcast. No financial details were publicly announced.However, TechCrunch has reported that the sale of Winamp and Shoutcast is worth between $5 and $10 million, with AOL taking a 12% stake (a financial, not strategic, investment) in Radionomy in the process.

The program is still being worked on, but you can still get their application to download from within their forums.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=374929

Personally I’m looking forward to the finished product, but so far it brings me back to a time when music was easier to play – playlists were easier to manage and skinning my player was a piece of cake.

https://carlosthomas.net/blog/2015/09/command-conquer-free-on-origin/

As we said before Origin was giving away the game for free. It’s back up again and seems much more stable now. Have fun!

https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/buy/c-c-the-ultimate-collection/pc-download/base-game/standard-edition

As we said before the game is available for free on Origin. The problem is that EVERYONE knew about it and stormed it. Was difficult to get a download going.

Due to this they had to take it down. They said it’ll be back soon but they realize that the demand for that game is much higher than they thought.Quote from the site:

https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/buy/c-c-the-ultimate-collection/pc-download/base-game/standard-edition

Earlier today one of our friends alerted us to this deal. Check it out while it lasts!

It has come to my attention that recently the ISPs locally have been making changes. One change results in all persons no longer having public addresses – this means that the access to view DVRs using other services such as DynDNS will no longer work. In order to fix this customers will have to call FLOW directly and request public addresses. While this should not be very hard to do it is an inconvenience. Please also note that persons with less than a 15Mb service will be required to pay an additional fee for a public IP address.

The game publisher known as 2K is having a 10th anniversary sale on STEAM. Most titles are 50%-80% off. Check it out and save!

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/2k_publisher_weekend/

For all the old school UT fans – this is a revamped version of the game. Looks VERY pretty! Will be downloading this to test!

http://www.unrealtournament.com/blog/

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/kr9kst/unreal-tournament–2015–gdc-2015–outpost-23-gameplay-trailer