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Re: Univ. Remotes for Mont. Cable TV (MD)??

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From: Dave Weissman
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1992 13:17
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In <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.


Did you have a remote control in the first place.  I thought Montgomery
Cable had the power to disable remote control if you did not rent one of
their remotes.

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Subject: Re: Univ. Remotes for Mont. Cable TV (MD)??
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