Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!ispd-newsserver!kinsman From: kinsman@ssd.kodak.com (Andy Kinsman (253-XXXX)) Subject: VCR plus + codes (some listed) Message-ID: <1991May13.124701.11630@ssd.kodak.com> Originator: kinsman@antero Sender: news@ssd.kodak.com Organization: Eastman Kodak Distribution: usa Date: Mon, 13 May 91 12:47:01 GMT . note that codes 1 & 2 are both listed! and I only have 4 pages ripped from friends TV guides. . Shows in same locations on the "quick view" grid almost always have the same number of digits, day after day. clue? . Shows during prime time have low numbers... or is it that (7pm EST is 0 GMT clue?) Global thinking or concern for customers? . channels listed below are from New York Times newspaper. These vary across country. . 1-800-4321-VCR salesman says the device fits in your hand. It requires a code to identify your VCR, and a code to identify your cable decoder box. Provisions exist to translate the vcr_plus+ selected channel to a new one via a costomer loaded translation table. Devices retail for about $60 at big chain stores... Sears, Silo, Monkey Ward etc. . tables below list local (EST, then recently EDT), so correct the time before digging in to Zulu first. I can't remember when the clocks changed. . I stared at the tv guide for a half hour the other day and happened to spot 6 or more that ended in 807. After typing in a whole page, each number backwards and padding to the right with enough zeros to make 8 digits, I noticed a pattern. Lots of the numbers on any given page fall into a small set of 3 digit endings! . When are numbers re-used? I still have insufficient data to prove when they get reused... monthly, yearly? 1/2hrs local VCR plus+ date day chan len time code backward 91 04 01 m 2 1 1830 30 03000000 91 04 01 m 2 1 1900 2197 79120000 91 04 01 m 2 1 1930 2 20000000 91 04 01 m 2 1 2000 8517 71580000 91 04 01 m 2 1 2030 4492 29440000 91 04 01 m 2 4 2100 3159 95130000 91 04 01 m 2 1 2300 2427807 70872420 91 04 01 m 2 1 2330 8156888 88865180 91 04 01 m 4 2 1800 96284 48269000 91 04 01 m 4 1 1900 7265 56270000 91 04 01 m 4 1 1930 10 01000000 91 04 01 m 4 2 2000 8468 86480000 91 04 01 m 4 4 2100 1555 55510000 91 04 01 m 4 1 2300 3807 70830000 91 04 01 m 4 2 2330 20062 26002000 91 04 01 m 5 1 1830 7994 49970000 91 04 01 m 5 1 1900 2739 93720000 91 04 01 m 5 1 1930 3178 87130000 91 04 01 m 5 4 2000 55975 57955000 91 04 01 m 5 2 2200 67710 01776000 91 04 01 m 5 1 2300 25246 64252000 91 04 01 m 5 1 2330 39826 62893000 91 04 01 m 7 1 1830 2062 26020000 91 04 01 m 7 1 1900 7807 70870000 91 04 01 m 7 1 1930 8246 64280000 91 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