Re: Tiny learning remote (or one with a large library!)

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

4 bucks delivered. Ebay is your friend tonight!
 http://cgi.ebay.com/Tiny-Mini-Universal-TV-Remote-Control-Keychain-BLACK_W0QQitemZ300214221665QQihZ020QQcategoryZ61323QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247  or http://preview.tinyurl.com/5c6ww9 Robert Green wrote:> I am looking for a very small IR remote to control a TV (an el-cheapo> Emprex) that my UR24A X-10 8-in-1 remote can operate via Memorex code> 022. A while back I saw something about a company that was selling> them, but somehow, Google isn't my friend tonight.  I want something> small enough to velcro to PC keyboard - about the size of an X-10> credit card controller. Although the UR24A does control it, it's> pretty damn huge.  Something a little smaller would be nice.>> As I return to Google to try again, what I remember most was that> people were using these to shut off or change channels in bars.>> I tried to see if the much smaller (but still not really small> enough) UR41 "Beer Buddy" would operate the TV, but no joy.  It would> be nice if those "push power 1,00
0 times to find the proper code"> remotes had some way of setting up automatically, perhaps using a> photocell to tell when a code had actually turned off the TV and> locking in the code that did it.  The latest X-10 "Icon" remote does> a pretty good job of setting up devices without having to key in code> numbers, but it's even BIGGER than the UR24, so it's no help here.