Re: Philips Remote Controller--help

In article <44722656.5B98C163@xxxxxxx>, Michael <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Jason Johnson wrote:
(snip)
I made one mistake in my post. I rechecked the list of over a thousand
codes that came with the Phillips Universal Remote Control and they are
all three digit numbers (eg 251, 894). You need to buy the Phillips
Universal Remote Controller and read the section in the manual entitled
"Programming With
Code Search" and "Code Search by Brand".

Yup. Been there; done that. The cheap little GE remote I mentioned several
posts back uses the same programming method as you describe, and it came with a
huge list of mfgrs. and corresponding code-reference numbers (my term). I say
"code-reference" because those numbers, per se, are not what gets transmitted;
they are like one SUBSCRIPT of an array while the actual data that gets sent is
an ELEMENT of that array. Consider a telephone number: even if I tell you I
dialed 123-4567, you know only the phone I called, not the person who I talked
with.

Possibly (I don't know) the list of x-digit numbers you refer to are different
for every programmable universal remote. There's no reason why they
couldn't be
different. Another way of putting it is that "031" programmed into the GE
remote might set it up to control a Sony TV and set up your Phillips remote to
operate a Sanyo TV.

My IR code grabber is coming along. Today I got PIC, IR sensor, and a 3-digit
hex display wired together and run through some hoops. Have yet to wire SRAM
and RS-232 conn. to PIC.

I hope that you get rich off of your invention. I was shocked that I was
not able to easily program the Philips Universal Remote to work with the
new television and combo VCR/DVD. I gave up after trying over 100 codes.
Jason
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