Help Setting Up Sky Remote To Work TV

I have just set up my Panasonic 42" Plasma screen and Sky HD. I have got the
Sky remote to control the TV but I cant get it to turn the TV on from
standby by pressing the Sky button. I know how to set it up by pressing
Select and Green together but no matter what I put in there it will not turn
the TV on - help please

Mr Muffin Top wrote:
I have just set up my Panasonic 42" Plasma screen and Sky HD. I have
got the Sky remote to control the TV but I cant get it to turn the TV
on from standby by pressing the Sky button. I know how to set it up
by pressing Select and Green together but no matter what I put in
there it will not turn the TV on - help please

You press the standby button on the Sky remote after the TV button is
pressed to switch the TV on or OFF, or with some TVs press the TV
up/down button.


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Mr Muffin Top wrote:
I have just set up my Panasonic 42" Plasma screen and Sky HD. I have got
the Sky remote to control the TV but I cant get it to turn the TV on
from standby by pressing the Sky button. I know how to set it up by
pressing Select and Green together but no matter what I put in there it
will not turn the TV on - help please

AIUI the sky button turns on the Sky box. You need to press the TV
button and then something else ie standby or a number.

There are two points here.

Firstly you can set the Sky button to simulate a channel number, so
with many TV's this also switches the TV on. (only the ones which
switch on with a number and slightly fewer do recently)

However, Panasonics need the standby (or number button) to be held
down for slightly longer than a quick press and the Sky remote doesnt
quite produce a long enough signal to actually switch the set on.
Interestingly the TV's own handset does produce a long enough pulse.

Secondly, although this would not be a problem with the way most
Panasonics work, you can cause some TVs to go to a channel number
rather than the AV input at switch on when the Sky button is
programmed with a channel number or, indeed every time you
subsequently press the Sky button.
This is, of course, what you want if this is a secondary TV fed by RF
from Sky in another room and Sky is tuned on a channel, but not in the
main room, where Sky is connected by Scart or, in your case, HDMI.

All in all, the thing to do is to press "TV" then "Standby/on" for a
second, then "Sky"

By the way, if you want to clear the channel number out of the SKY
button: Press and hold the "Select" and "Green" buttons until the led
flashes twice and then press "Select"

Sorry this is a bit long winded but I hope it helps. I have spent a
long time experimenting with Sky handsets and hundreds of different
TVs.

By the way, B+O owners, did you know that "TV" then "Backup" switches
most B+O TV's on?

"widgitt" wrote in message
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There are two points here.

Firstly you can set the Sky button to simulate a channel number, so
with many TV's this also switches the TV on. (only the ones which
switch on with a number and slightly fewer do recently)

However, Panasonics need the standby (or number button) to be held
down for slightly longer than a quick press and the Sky remote doesnt
quite produce a long enough signal to actually switch the set on.
Interestingly the TV's own handset does produce a long enough pulse.

Secondly, although this would not be a problem with the way most
Panasonics work, you can cause some TVs to go to a channel number
rather than the AV input at switch on when the Sky button is
programmed with a channel number or, indeed every time you
subsequently press the Sky button.
This is, of course, what you want if this is a secondary TV fed by RF
from Sky in another room and Sky is tuned on a channel, but not in the
main room, where Sky is connected by Scart or, in your case, HDMI.

All in all, the thing to do is to press "TV" then "Standby/on" for a
second, then "Sky"

By the way, if you want to clear the channel number out of the SKY
button: Press and hold the "Select" and "Green" buttons until the led
flashes twice and then press "Select"

Sorry this is a bit long winded but I hope it helps. I have spent a
long time experimenting with Sky handsets and hundreds of different
TVs.

By the way, B+O owners, did you know that "TV" then "Backup" switches
most B+O TV's on?


Thank you very much indeed for this