February 27, 2007 2:07 AM
Thanks very much, YY, for the info. You saved me a lot of trouble by trying out and letting me know about the 3100 codes. I just called HOT and am finding out what other cable boxes they have available for the Rehovot region. So far, they have mentioned that they have ABQ-6940 (which seems quite close to the ABQ-6642 codes available from the latest slingbox update). They also have some Samsung cable boxes, which might be promising, but they couldn't give me the model numbers yet. He says he will call me back with those. If he actually calls me back, I will be floored and further amazed with how customer service in Israel has changed in the past few years.
Regarding Remote desktop. I thought about that, but I don't have much experience with it (except using Citrix client intermittently). I might just rely upon walking the inlaws through it, since they will be available to sit at the computer.
I have one other set of relatives with the YES satellite box, I am thinking about setting the box up with them. Their version is ABS 6642 (perhaps that is controllable with the ABQ-6642 codes, though theirs is satellite and the codes are for a digital cable box).
while I wrote this, the customer service person from HOT just called back (!). They have Samsung DCATV2300RC and DCATV2100RC as well as another ADB box, ABQ-1H4G. None of these I have seen as packaged codes on the slingbox.
Sorry for the wordiness, I have become obsessed with getting this to work.