OT? TV Uinversal Remote

[whit3rd]

On Friday, May 17, 2013 4:55:12 AM UTC-7, amdx wrote:

On 5/16/2013 7:31 AM, ABLE1 wrote:

Anyone in here know of a TV Remote Control that has the ability to change
channels per a schedule??

They have been made.
I saw one at a Salvation army store.

There were a few such items; I have a VCR Plus+ (from Gemstar Devellopment Corp).
It even had a toll-free phone number, you could hold the remote up to the
phone and get the codes entered by the customer service department.
It had an internal clock, and you could do record-once, or once weekly, or all weekdays.

 

[ABLE1]

"Bill Bowden" <bperryb@bowdenshobbycircuits.info> wrote in message
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On May 16, 5:31 am, "ABLE1" <nospamh...@nowhere.net> wrote:

Hello,


Anyone in here know of a TV Remote Control that has the ability to change
channels per a schedule??

TIA

Les

Yes, Radio Shack and Memorex used to have one that did 48 key macros.
You can set it on a table, point it at the TV, and it turns things on
an off and selects channels by time and day of the week. It has a LCD
display, but it's a big ugly thing that eats four AA batteries every
couple months. I have a RS modle 15-1901 but I never learned how to
program it. I was too busy changing batteries. I imagine you might
find it on ebay, or something similar.

-Bill


Bill,

Thanks for the tip. I did find one on eBay and bought it. Just $23 bucks.
Upon receipt I found that some buttons did not work. Had to tear it apart
and clean the contact pads and circuit board to get the buttons to work
properly. Had some crud on the button pads that would not allow a button
selection. After that re-assembled and it respond like new.

Yes, it is really clunky to program. But, I worked my way through the
manual. After all that it does do what I wanted.

Again thanks!!

Les