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Article #3358Re: Cable Remote Frequencies
From: Martin Warnett
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1989 08:44
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1989 08:44
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In article <850@lopez.UUCP> flash@lopez.UUCP (Gary Bourgois) writes: >sean@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sean P. Nolan) writes: > >>Hey there... > >[wants to build a TV 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. It just the same way that it will only decode scrambled signals you have paid for, it will only honor the remote control signals is you have paid for the remote. My Zenith box works that way. -- +====================================================================+ | Martin Warnett | uucp: ...sun!claris!wet!mcw | | San Francisco, CA | claris!wet!mcw@ames.arc.nasa.gov | +====================================================================+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ginosko!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!amdahl!pacbell!lamc!wet!mcw From: mcw@wet.UUCP (Martin Warnett) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Cable Remote Frequencies Message-ID: <645@wet.UUCP> Date: 7 Oct 89 08:44:31 GMT References: <15939@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <850@lopez.UUCP> Reply-To: mcw@wet.UUCP (Martin Warnett) Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco Lines: 20