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Article #3385Re: Cable Remote Frequencies
From: Hank Bovis
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 18:58
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 18:58
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In article <645@wet.UUCP> mcw@wet.UUCP (Martin Warnett) writes: >In article <850@lopez.UUCP> flash@lopez.UUCP (Gary Bourgois) writes: >>sean@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sean P. Nolan) writes: >>[wants to build a [converter] remote control and save CATV charges] >There is a potential problem here, some cable boxes will only accept >remote control signals if told to do so by the cable company computer. > ... My Zenith box works that way. Zenith Z-TAC boxes do work this way, but as far as I know, most Jerrolds don't. I believe the poster said he had a Jerrold 460. I'm not familiar with that one; is that baseband or RF? Hank Bovis (hb@Virginia.EDU, hb@Virginia.BITNET)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!uvaarpa!hb From: hb@uvaarpa.virginia.edu (Hank Bovis) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Cable Remote Frequencies Message-ID: <1031@uvaarpa.virginia.edu> Date: 11 Oct 89 18:58:57 GMT References: <15939@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <850@lopez.UUCP> <645@wet.UUCP> Reply-To: hb@Virginia.EDU (Hank Bovis) Organization: University of Virginia, Charlottesville Lines: 14