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

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.