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

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No problem, glad to help.

 Robert Green wrote:
> That's good to know.  The HK vendors I've checked out do a lot of
> business with fairly good feedback so for $4, I'm not worried.  I
> just hope it's got the required codes in its codebase.  HK mail
> sounds like the mail to Oz. I've sent mail to Melbourne that gets
> there in just a few days but the longest was 6 weeks.  Thanks again
> for finding it for me!
>
>
> "BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:48045bf4$0$20181$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I've ordered many things on ebay that come from HK and have never
>> had a problem. Allow 2 weeks for delivery but it could arrive in as
>> little as 4 days.
>>
>>  Robert Green wrote:
>>> Great!  Thanks, Bruce.   This will be my first order from Hong Kong
>>> through Ebay.
>>>
>>>
>>> "BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:4802d2a6$0$30230$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 4 bucks delivered. Ebay is your friend tonight!
>>>>
>>>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Tiny-Mini-Universal-TV-Remote-Control-Keychain-BLACK_W0Q
>>>
> QitemZ300214221665QQihZ020QQcategoryZ61323QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewI
>>> temQQ_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 1,000 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.