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Re: Re: Should a US X10 remote be compatible?



Hi,

I believe this might do it for you (basically a US model that someone has
modded already):
http://www.laser.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=73&category_id=46d1eb592cfb31a22cf2a16d44ca81aa&;

http://tinyurl.com/h5zx

Thanks,
Andy.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Malme" <ChrisM@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:04 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Should a US X10 remote be compatible?


> Oh well, you learn something every day. The US gear actually runs on
> 310 Mhz.
>
> The people in the States who sold it to me weren't aware of the
> problem either (and having received an extremely nice email from
> them, I believe them), but hopefully they will check in future,
> should someone order from the UK. It really is not worth returning
> the goods for a refund, as the cost would outweight the value.
>
> A little research tonight shows that the problem can be hacked by
> using a US transceiver, converted to 240 volts. I am not sure if I am
> up to the job, so I may just have to write it off to experience.
>
> I may advertise them on Ebay, with a suitable warning - there
> obviously are people running US frequency kit over here.
>
> If anyone here is interested in taking them off my hands at a cheap
> price, drop me a line, offlist. I have a UR74A Learning Remote (X10 +
> 4 x IR channels) and 3 MS16A External Sensors.
>
> Chris
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Robert Welsh" <bob-ukha@s...>
wrote:
> > Chris,
> >
> > IIRC the US stuff doesn't operate on 433MHz..which is where the
> > UK stuff works.
> >
> > So everything RF related being US-sourced, or everything
RF-related
> > being UK-sourced is fine; but mixing the two is troublesome.
>
>
>
>
>
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