OFF: Dead Remotes

[M Holmes]

Dave Berry writes:

> At 14:17 09/03/99 GMT, M Holmes wrote:
> >> I'd just go out and buy one of those "Universal Programmable Remotes"
> >> and then you'll only need to lose one remote before renewing the walking
> >> to the stereo exercise proramme.
> >
> >Errrrr, though it's likely that these things learn their programs from
> >the old remote...
>
> The one we've got for our TV+video comes with a list of 3-digit codes with
> which to select the devices you own.  E.g. it lists 6 codes for Toshiba
> TVs, and we had to try them one by one until we found one that worked.

I'm thinking I have remotes for two JVC videos (you can switch one
remote to "A" or "B" depending which VCR you want to control), a
Ferguson VCR, a Saisho TV and Aiwa tape deck, and a Marantz CD player.
The JVC has about 30 buttons alone on the remote. Would one Universal
Remote handle all that? Maybe by having 30 buttons and 6 different modes?

It`d be worth buying if it could but....

FoFP