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

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

BTW, the remote arrived Friday, and though it controls a lot of different
TV's, it doesn't control mine.  )-:  The search method is nice, though.  You
just keep your finger on the button until the TV turns off and then let go
quickly.  Very quickly!  I think I'll put it on my keychain for the next
time I get my tires rotated and have to sit in the waiting room watching
Jerry Springer or worse.

I started searching for a learning keychain remote and came across some IR
learning wristwatches.  Then I remembered in the junk drawer I had a Casio
IR learning watch that I had retired because of the very soft plastic
crystal.  Took the straps off it, put some Velcro in the back and b now I
can control the three functions I needed the most (input, ON/OFF and volume)
from the end of the keyboard.

--
Bobby G.

"BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4804fdc2$0$20189$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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.
>
>