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[Potroast]

I work as a maintenance man at a retirement home. I have to install over 300 roku tvs and hang them on the wall. 

My biggest problem is that I'm installing 2 TV's per room 2 residents each room. one remote operates both TVS.

Is there any way there could be a setting that it can be used to tell which remote was sending signal?

The roku remote normally is lost in a week and I have to use "Clean Remote" a  Universal remote, easy to program and its easy for them to use. No extra buttons to push.

If there was a setting. Like remote signal #1 and remote signal #2 I could set it to either and start off with a Universal that way it doesn't change the other Tv channel

You have never seen anger until a 89 year old goes after a 85 year old because she changed her channel. 

[andyross]

For RF remotes, you should have one paired to one TV. I am assuming there should be two remotes per room, and not one shared. If you are using generic universal remotes with IR, there isn't much you can do. If you know where the sensor is, you could create some sort of shield so it can only see one side of the room.

[Potroast]

yeah 2 tvs 2 remotes, but the problem is the remotes universal or Roku, use the same signal. I have tried the tape and cardboard thing to block the light from one remote, but it doesn't always work it comes down to angle. there really needs to be a something you can change in the settings. Like I said I will have to do this with 300+ tvs.

[andyross]

Unfortunately, I don't think most any IR-based devices support something like an A and B code set like back in the old days. The only way to work would be to use RF-based remotes only. I'd assume most any Roku TV should support that. That will limit you to Roku remotes, through. You would need to be one step above the most basic remote.

[Potroast]

See the thing is that I keep coming back to is that RCA and Sony and all the other brands use different codes. It's a software response not a hardware. they still make remotes you can open the back and manually change the code. or you can go through the auto program on the remote. So, if there was a way to update the software to serve a different signal being sent problem fixed. I used to have a stereo that had a remote that you would have to switch between setting to control different parts of the stereo 

[andyross]

I think the multi-codes with some older brands is just legacy that they keep supporting. Roku is new from scratch.

I did ask on a forum that focuses on remotes and generating codes for certain remotes. Maybe someone there will know if Roku TV's support something like A/B codes.

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=148313#148313 

[Potroast]

thanks hopefully there will have an idea.