View Full Version : Remotes for DV88+ and A85
vanwel
16-12-2003, 10:36 PM
Hi,
I've got a questions about these remotes. The A85 responds fairly well to it's remote, but the DV88+ does a lousy job!
You have to aim exactly, otherwise it won't work. Will another remote solve this issue, or is the problem with the 'eye' in the DV88+?
Furthermore I've got another strange problem. Sometimes when I press the back button when listening to a cd, it won't work. I have to fast forward, go to the next track, fast backward or something like that first and only then it will work! Does this sound familiar to anybody?
Kazuya Mishima
17-12-2003, 10:28 AM
The only suggestion I can come up with is to check the setup menu in the DV88+ - there is an option to select the type of remote you are using (I think there are four different options, including "learning remote").
Check that your remote is the one selected in setup.
stevemdavies
17-12-2003, 11:42 AM
I also have A85 and DV88+ and suffer from the same problem, i have to point the DV88+ remote right at the player for it to respond!!
Matt Horne
17-12-2003, 12:32 PM
my pronto works fine with the DV88+ must be the remote itself..
Matt
Kazuya Mishima
17-12-2003, 2:41 PM
My pronto is fine too....
vanwel
18-12-2003, 2:59 PM
The remote setup is good. So the remote must be :thumbsdow
Well... hopefully the problem will be fixed when i get another remote, like the pronto or so...
Kazuya Mishima
19-12-2003, 2:00 PM
You know, it could be a problem with the player. Arcam are very supportive and if you e-mail their customer support, someone with technical knowledge will phone you to discuss the problem, they may have heard of it and will suggest steps to fix it.
Try doing the same operation but using the buttons on the player, not with the remote. This may demonstrate that the problem is not exclusive to using the remote control!
Good luck.
vanwel
19-12-2003, 2:19 PM
Good thinking! I completely forgot about the fact that I had already tested that! And that doesn't work too! So it's a problem with the player :(
Well, I have to bring it by the dealer anyway, because I can hear the cd spinning sometimes, giving a high pitched noice. Really annoying. Changing of tracks could be more quite too, but that has always been loud. However, that's not so big a problem..