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- From: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
- Subject: Re: Universal Remotes
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.204713.4167@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- Sender: news@bmerh85.bnr.ca (Usenet News)
- Reply-To: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <Yeh=wke00WB5IYb1UL@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 20:47:13 GMT
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- From what I have seen, there are 2 types of universal remotes.
- One type is preprogrammed with codes for every brand and you
- cycle through the internal list until you find the codes that control
- your machine and then store that setting in the remote. This usually
- known as a preprogrammed UR.
-
- The other type requires you have the machines original remote.
- You line up the remotes so that the original remote's signals
- are transmitted and recorded into the universal remote. The recording
- procedure is typically 'hit record on UR', 'press button to record
- into on UR', 'press key on original remote to transmit code'. This is
- usually known as a learning remote.
-
- Both have different uses. The first type are especially useful if
- you have no original remote (you stepped on it, lost it, etc.).
- But I have found that the pre-preprogrammed codes don't cover every
- possible device. Similarly , I have found that learning remotes
- can have problems learning with certain brands (eg. Yamaha).
-
- It would be nice if someone combined both types into one so that
- you could cycle through the preprogrammed stuff and if you couldn't
- find a match you could program your own.
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