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Subject: Re: help - tv remote
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Date: 31 Dec 92 09:49:35 GMT
References: <1992Dec29.4265.27307@dosgate>
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Organization: Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego, CA
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In article <1992Dec29.4265.27307@dosgate>, "glen mead" <[e-mail]> writes:
> [...] Does anybody have any suggestions which would allow me to
> build some sort of circuit which would allow her to select any one of
> these 3 (and only these 3) stations with the press of a single button?
> was thinking of one of the older wired remotes which had a series of
> buttons along the top with a seperate button for each channel but I'm not
> sure if they go up to 38.

Those older remotes were (if you're thinking of the same thing I am) for
varactor-tuned cable boxes.  The buttons simply select from one of 'n'
voltage dividers and the varactors in the box act accordingly.  Probably
not a good answer for this problem.

Someone else has already mentioned that you could probably hack up a remote
and "press its buttons" from a sequencer circuit of your own design.

Another idea is to get one of the universal remotes (such as Memorex CP8;
a version is still sold by Radio Shack, I believe) which can memorize
sequences of keystrokes which can then be activated by a single button (or
maybe two).

    --- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
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