Re: Disassembling a remote control (and still have it working ;-)

["egelbeertje" <r_d_k@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I want to install this "remote volome control" next to a fridge
&
microwave, a cheap phone and a boiler - I'll keep the remote relay
option open in case of hummmm...doubt I'll need it since the phone
doesn't humm either.

rgds Rob.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Keith Doxey" <ukha@d...> wrote:
> When I was "Station Engineer" for an RSL station - Coastal
Radio, I
modified
> some CD players to have remote start by wiring directly to the rear
of the
> buttons.
>
> Everything was working fine all through rehersals but when the
transmitter
> was delivered and turned on we discovered a bit of a problem. The
long leads
> to the remote starts on the mixing desk were picking up RF and
locking all
> the controls on the CD player.
>
> This was overcome by fiting a tiny relay inside the CD player
to "press" the
> button when the relay was operated. That completely cured the
problem. I
> have also modified Pace and Amstrad satellite receivers in a
similar manner
> but using Opto-Isolators across the buttons instead of relays.
>
> Apart from the added benefit of electrical isolation, it also
prevented any
> potential problems with interference being picked up on the cable.
>
> Probably total overkill in this situation though.
>
> Keith
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Clive Chapman [mailto:clivechapman@s...]
> >
> >
> > No bad experiences.
> >
> > I was using it to put a vcr in record from a unit that monitored
PIRs.  I
> > guess the cable was around 1Metre.
> >
> > > Probably the safest way to do it.. I'll give it a go.
> > >
> > > Any experience with wire lenght & Interference ? the
intended
wire
> > > extension would be about 60 cm.
> > >



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