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| Topic: | What is the best lowest cost remote with a timer? This thread has 8 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday November 1, 2004 at 20:26 |
flip69 Lurking Member |
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A remote that will learn a sequence of commands and then send them to a receiver when a certain time is reached to change a channel.
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| Post 2 made on Tuesday November 2, 2004 at 04:50 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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The Sony RM-VL1000 has timers. It's got other issues, but it's about as cheap as you're going to get ($44!).
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| Post 3 made on Tuesday November 2, 2004 at 09:59 |
The Robman Loyal Member |
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Another option is an old "One For All" Producer 8 remote (or a Radio Shack 15-1995, 15-1935 or 15-1934). These remotes all have Timed Macros and can be found quite cheaply on ebay (ie, $20 to $30 or so).
They don't have learning but they are upgradeable using JP1.
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| OP | Post 4 made on Tuesday November 2, 2004 at 21:59 |
flip69 Lurking Member |
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Hi Daniel,
What are the other issues with the RM-VL1000 remote please?
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| Post 5 made on Tuesday November 2, 2004 at 22:14 |
edmund Elite Member |
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On 11/03/04 02:59 ET, flip69 said...
Hi Daniel,
What are the other issues with the RM-VL1000 remote
please? Let's see, the keys don't line up on the LCD. You need to scroll to often. The letters come very easily. Read the user reviews, its a terrible remote.
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| Post 6 made on Tuesday November 2, 2004 at 23:49 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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The thing is it *could* have been a great remote. But there's a lack of component hard buttons, buttons beside the LCD that don't line up with the text on the LCD, poor LCD contrast, no button backlighting, and a couple programming bugs. But, even with these issues, you get a lot of power for $44...
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| OP | Post 7 made on Thursday November 4, 2004 at 19:53 |
flip69 Lurking Member |
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I bought a vl1000 and tried to use it last night but I returned it today. What a confusing remote. I don't think it can do what I wanted to change the channel on a satellite box at set times. The codes would have to be learned also. I spent 4 hours with it and could not get it to work right. The manual is terrible.
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| Post 8 made on Thursday November 4, 2004 at 20:13 |
Stephen Tu Long Time Member |
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Is there any special reason you have to do it this way? What problem are you trying to solve, that requires you to do it by remote?
- most satellite boxes let you set up timers to change channel
- if yours is so old that it can't, consider getting a new one. (DirecTV-Tivo can be had for ~$50-$99!)
This message was edited by Stephen Tu on 11/05/04 14:30 ET.
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| Post 9 made on Thursday November 4, 2004 at 21:39 |
The Robman Loyal Member |
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If you want to give a "Producer 8" a try, I have a few of them available. What SAT box are you trying to control?
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