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I use MCE2005 with a dual view decoder (DSD820).  I have the Microsoft IR and have a blaster for the 2nd TV.  The second TV also has a TVlink connected.  Under TV2 settings in the DSTV environment I have selected "blaster only", but have also tried the other options there.

The problem is that I can no longer get the remote at the TV1 site (which is a keyboard) to change the TV2 channel.  I have been through all the TV settings options in MCE and cannot seem to get it working.  TV1 changes all right.  Any suggestions?  Also, what is the role of the TVlink and is it actually necessary in the set up?

I'm not sure this solves your problem, but here goes anyway:

The TVLink is needed to change channels at the TV2 site; nothing to do with MCE.

At the MCE site (TV1), MCE automatically selects which channel (TV1 or TV2) you will watch. For example, if you are recording something using TV1 and you wish to watch something else, MCE will automatically switch to watch on TV2 whilst still recording on TV1. There is no built in way of swapping your watching between TV1 and TV2 on the MCE side. You can of course fool the system into swapping between TV1 and TV2 by starting to record on the channel you are watching and then change DSTV channels.

You can set up your watching and recording priorities using a program called MCETweak (if I remember correctly), but the fact that you cannot 'hotswap' between TV1 and TV2 using your MCE remote is frustrating.

Good Luck - Mully

thanks for the reply.

 My problem is actually that when MCE tries to record or play a channel on the TV2 channel, it does not actually change the TV2 channel.  Put differently it simply records whatever is on that channel without changing to the new required channel.

 This is very frustrating as you can imagine!