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Article #15568help - tv remote
From: glen mead
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 03:46
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 03:46
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Hi All, Recently I learned that a friends mother suffers from Hodgkins (sp?) disease. As a result, her motor control has become very poor and she is having alot of trouble changing channels on her tv set. The problem is that her remote control (supplied by the cable company) only gives the user a certain amount of time to press the required numbers to change the channel (IE 3 & 8 to change to 38). As a result of her condition, she cannot enter the numbers quick enough to operate the remote. There are only three channels which she actually watches with the highest numbered one being 38. 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. If they do, I could probably put together a small wired remote which would give her three large buttons (one for each channel) to work with. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Glen Mead - RZ/RD 500 Owners Group --- * Amiga-Reader V2.00B * -- Canada Remote Systems - Toronto, Ontario World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!canrem!dosgate!dosgate![glen.mead@canrem.com] From: "glen mead" <glen.mead@canrem.com> Subject: help - tv remote Message-ID: <1992Dec29.4265.27307@dosgate> Reply-To: "glen mead" <glen.mead@canrem.com> Organization: Canada Remote Systems Distribution: sci Date: 29 Dec 92 22:46:56 EST Lines: 25