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In article <mhart.699710517@blackjack>, mhart@blackjack.dt.navy.mil (Michael Hart) writes:
|> My very customer oriented :-( cable tv company,
|> Montgomery Cable TV in Mont. County, Maryland seems to have
|> a proprietary IR control system on their cable boxes.
|> 
|> I've tried two different styles of universal remotes; one of the
|> learning types, and the 'All-in-One' (I believe that was the name),
|> where you enter a code based on the manf. of the device you
|> wish to control.
|> Neither remote would control the cable box, although the learning
|> style one would control power on/off.
|> 
|> I'm looking either for suggestions for alternatives, or
|> specific answers/leads to universal remotes for this cable box
|> 
|> 
|> thanx
|> 
|> --
|> |   Michael G. Hart                   mhart@blackjack.dt.navy.mil    |
|> |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|> |     You think _I_ speak for the government or the navy?  HAH!      |
|> | Aviation, computers, quality improvement, Northern Exposure, money |

I was under the impression that the remote control system in
the cable converter could be enabled/disabled remotely by the
cable company just like they enable/disable pay-per-view reception.
Thus, if you don't pay them to have remote control, you don't get
remote control.

Bob Crosson