Re: UR51A X-10 Remote

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

Very interesting.  That picture looks a little weird around the edges and
it's clearly NOT what I have with the MP3 label on the back.  The UR51A docs
also indicate there's a MP3 button on the remote, and there's no such animal
on my remote.  So far it programs up just like a normal UR24A so I am just
going to assume it *is* one and that they either slapped the wrong labels on
it at the factory or for some reason stopped providing the remote that you
found pictured on Segal's page.

That was about the time they began putting slips of paper in shipments
explaining that what they sent was better than what you ordered.  I recall a
number of switcheroos they pulled on me, particularly with the video and
audio transmitters.

Thanks for the input, Dave.  Another of X-10's many freaking mysteries.  The
UR51A might be some sort of "in" joke at X-10 based on the USAF's infamous
"Area 51."

--
Bobby G.


"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:446313a3.98868921@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I got the UR47A with DVD Anywhere. It doesn't resemble the UR24A but looks
> like the UR51A pictured at...
>
>      http://www.drsegal.com/technical/mp3_remote.htm
>
> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know anything about this remote?  It's allegedly for the MP3
> >Anywhere kit.  I came across one today, and although it's identical to
the
> >8-in-1 remote physically, the label on the back says "MP3 Remote Model
> >UR51A - For use with M26A receiver"" and the inside label says "X1005"
> >instead of the more usual P1024 for models of that era (Jan 2000,
according
> >to the date code).  The label also gives a different FCC code for the
UR51A:
> >B4SUR47A.  The code for the UR24A is B4SUR23A.
> >
> >There were a number of messages in Google from people who had bought the
kit
> >but got a remote different than that pictured in the X-10 ads, but alas,
no
> >actual pictures turned up.  Searches for the manual at the X-10 site
reveal
> >nothing but dead links.
> >
> >It seems to me they either slapped the wrong label on this remote or they
> >had designed MP3 Anywhere with a different one and then switched to this
> >model because of some glitch.
>