I upgraded the TV in my bedroom to this Vizio E470VL, and after putting it in I noticed that my cable box remote control started acting up, and controlling the TV AND the cable box became difficult and I have to keep moving the remote around to get the box or tv to respond.
It worked fine with the previous TV. When the Vizio is off and the cable box is on, the remote control hits the box easy from every angle (you can see the light on the cable box flashing), but as soon as the the tv powers on you have to point the remote almost dead at the box, and the TV volume control is always hard to make work unless you get closer.
It's crazy but it is something with this Vizio. I did find some others with similar issues.
http://towncommons.twit.tv/showthread.php?tid=2380
I tried putting a piece of tape over the TV IR sensor and it seemed to help a little but doesnt fix it.
Im trying to figure out what could be going on, and how there could be any interferance coming out of the TV that would affect the remote IR.
It worked fine with the previous TV. When the Vizio is off and the cable box is on, the remote control hits the box easy from every angle (you can see the light on the cable box flashing), but as soon as the the tv powers on you have to point the remote almost dead at the box, and the TV volume control is always hard to make work unless you get closer.
It's crazy but it is something with this Vizio. I did find some others with similar issues.
http://towncommons.twit.tv/showthread.php?tid=2380
I tried putting a piece of tape over the TV IR sensor and it seemed to help a little but doesnt fix it.
Im trying to figure out what could be going on, and how there could be any interferance coming out of the TV that would affect the remote IR.