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From: sean@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sean P. Nolan)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Cable Remote Frequencies
Summary: Anybody know what they are?
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Date: 5 Oct 89 02:46:42 GMT
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Reply-To: Sean_Nolan@mac.dartmouth.edu (Sean P. Nolan)
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Hey there...

The other day whilst playing with an oscillating circuit, I happened to
flash an infrared LED in from of my cable box, just to see what would
happen. The Remote Control unit in the box thought I was sending a "7."

"Gee," I thought. "Maybe I'll make a remote control for the TV and save the
whopping $3.50/month or whatever they charge for one."

But I don't know the whole set of frequencies, and trial-and-error doesn't 
seem like a pleasant task. Sooo, if anyone out there has a list of standard (if
in fact they ARE standard) frequencies that these boxes respond to, I'd
really appreciate an email note.  If not, I'll go with the trial and error
method. *grin*

Thanks...

--- Sean

Oh, by the way... the make of the box is General Instruments Jerrold 460.

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