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

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry that didn't work but I'm glad to hear that you found a solution so
close at hand. I keep the remote in my briefcase and have fun
surreptitiously changing TV channels in public places - particularly the
carwash which always has the most annoying shows.  NOBODY has ever asked
to change it back.

 Robert Green wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> "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
>>>>>
>>>
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>>>>> 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.